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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