What happened this day in history November 2

What are the important events that happened on November 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 2: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 2 is the 307th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 20, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 480,696 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaheptagon’ day.

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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 88 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,334 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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November 2 Historical Events

  • 1769
    Don Gaspar de Portolà leads the first documented European visit to San Francisco Bay.
  • 1772
    American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
  • 1882
    Oulu, Finland is devastated by the Great Oulu Fire of 1882
  • 1899
    The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • 1909
    Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University.
  • 1920
    In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.
  • 1936
    The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world’s first regular, “high-definition” (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
  • 1953
    The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
  • 1959
    Quiz show scandals: Twenty One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
  • 1965
    Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.

Who were born on November 2?

  • 1883
    Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, cardinal and archbishop of Quebec (d. 1947)
  • 1915
    Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (d. 2000)
  • 1924
    Stavros Xenidis, Greek actor (d. 2008)
  • 1934
    Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
  • 1954
    Pat Croce, American entrepreneur
  • 1962
    Derek Mountfield, English football player
  • 1966
    Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
  • 1970
    Sharmell Sullivan, American professional wrestling valet
  • 1976
    Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
  • 1995
    Brandon Soo Hoo, American actor

Who died on November 2?

  • 943
    Queen Emma of France, (b. 894)
  • 1327
    King James II of Aragon (b. 1267)
  • 1846
    Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer, educator, and bishop (b. 1782)
  • 1945
    Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)
  • 1959
    Michael Considine, Australian politician (b. 1885)
  • 1971
    Robert Mensah, Ghanaian Olympian and association football player(b. 1939)
  • 1975
    Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
  • 1984
    Velma Barfield, American convicted murderer (b. 1932)
  • 2004
    Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
  • 2007
    Witold Kiełtyka, Polish metal drummer (b. 1984)

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