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 306th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 20, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,762,041,600 seconds 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 ‘trihectahexagon’ 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 107 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 4,699 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 2 Historical Events
- 1861 –American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.
- 1868 –Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally
- 1914 –Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 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.
- 1936 –The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
- 1966 –The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- 1983 –U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- 1984 –Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
- 1988 –The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
- 2000 –The first resident crew to the ISS docked in November 2nd on the Soyuz TM-31.
Who were born on November 2?
- 1795 –James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
- 1911 –Raphael Robinson, US mathematician (d. 1995)
- 1921 –Bill Mosienko, National Hockey League player (d. 1994)
- 1945 –J. D. Souther, American country-rock singer
- 1958 –Willie McGee, American baseball player
- 1961 –Jeff Tedford, American college football coach
- 1967 –Marc van Roon, Dutch improvising musician
- 1972 –Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
- 1978 –Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed-martial artist
- 1989 –Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer
Who died on November 2?
- 943 –Queen Emma of France, (b. 894)
- 1327 –King James II of Aragon (b. 1267)
- 1863 –Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)
- 1960 –Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
- 1961 –James Thurber, American humorist (b. 1894)
- 1979 –Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (b. 1936)
- 1996 –Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)
- 2002 –Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
- 2004 –Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951)
- 2010 –Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
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