2 November

The2t o Novemberis the 306t day o the year (307t in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 59 days bidin.

Events

1889:Banner oNorth Dakota

1889:Current Banner oSooth Dakota

2000:Internaitional Space Station

• 1502–Christopher Columbusreaches present-dayPanama.
• 1852–Franklin Pierceis electitPreses o the Unitit States.
• 1880–James A. Garfieldis electitPreses o the Unitit States.
• 1889–North DakotaanSooth Dakotabecomes the 39nt an 40t states o theUnitit States.
• 1914–Warld War I:Roushiedeclares war on theOttoman Empire.
• 1917–Arthur Balfourissues theBalfour Declaration,proclaimin Breetish support forJewishsettlement inPalestine.
• 1920–Warren G. Hardingis electitPreses o the Unitit States.
• 1930–Alfred Wegeneris seen alive for the last time, on a expedeetion inGreenland.
• 1930–Haile Selassieis crowned as Emperor oEthiopie.
• 1936– TheBBCstairts telly braidcastin.
• 1948–Harry S. Trumanis electitPreses o the Unitit Statesin his aen richt.
• 1963–Sooth VietnameseleaderNgo Dinh Diemis assassinatit.
• 1964– KeengSaud o Saudi Arabieis deposed.
• 1967–Winnie Ewingo theScots Naitional Pairtywins the Wastmeenster by-election inHamilton, Scotland.
• 1976–Jimmy Carteris electitPreses o the Unitit States.
• 1982–Channel 4stairts on Breetish telly.
• 2000– TheInternaitional Space Stationenters intae orbit around theyird.
• 2004–George W. Bushis re-electitPreses o the Unitit States.
• 2008–Lewis Hamiltonwins theFormula Anechampionship for the first time.
• 2017– The discovery o a previously unkent species oorangutanis propaled, the "Tapanuli".
• 2019–Sooth Africaewins theRugby unionWarld Cup for a thrid time, defeatinIngland32-12 inTokyo,Japan.
• 2019–Dresdendeclares a "Nazi State o Emergency" in relation tae far-richt activities in the ceety.

Births

Marie Antoinette

Peter Mullan

• 1470–Edward V o Ingland(d.1483)
• 1549–Anna o Austrick,Queen oSpainanPortugal(d.1580)
• 1734–Daniel Boone,American frontiersman (d.1820)
• 1755–Marie Antoinette,Austrick-born Queen Consort o Fraunce (d.1793)
• 1766–Joseph Radetzky von Radetz,Czech-Austrick nobleman an general (d.1858)
• 1767–Prince Edward, Duke o Kent an Strathearn(d.1820)
• 1795–James K. Polk,11tPreses o the Unitit States(d.1849)
• 1815–George Boole,Inglis mathemateecian, philosopher an logician (d.1864)
• 1844–Mehmed V,Ottoman Sultan (d.1918)
• 1865–Warren G. Harding,29ntPreses o the Unitit States(d.1923)
• 1881–Tom Johnston,Scots politeecian (d.1965)
• 1888–Scott Duncan,Scots fitbawer (d.1976)
• 1906–Luchino Visconti,Italian film director an screenwriter (d.1976)
• 1911–Odysseas Elytis,Greek poet (d.1996)
• 1913–Burt Lancaster,American actor (d.1994)
• 1929–Richard E. Taylor,Canadian pheesicist (d.2018)
• 1932–Melvin Schwartz,American pheesicist (d.2006)
• 1938–Queen Sofia o Spain
• 1959–Peter Mullan,Scots actor an filmmakker
• 1961–k.d. lang,Canadian sangster
• 1961–Mark Strange,Scots bishop
• 1963–Borut Pahor,Slovenie politeecian, 4tPresesoSlovenie
• 1965–Shah Rukh Khan,Indian actor
• 1966–David Schwimmer,American actor, director, an producer
• 1967–Scott Walker,American politeecian
• 1974–Nelly,American rapper
• 1985–Paul Masterton,Scots politeecian

Daiths

• 1773–John Glas,Scots clergyman (b.1695)
• 1874–Thomas Anderson,Scots chemist (b.1819)
• 1887–Jenny Lind,Swadish soprano (b.1820)
• 1919–Bobby Templeton,Scots fitbawer (b.1880)
• 1950–George Bernard Shaw,Erse writer (b.1856)
• 1963–Ngo Dinh Diem,Vietnamese politeecian, 1stPreseso theRepublic o Vietnam(b.1901)
• 1966–Peter Debye,Dutch-American pheesicist an chemist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1884)
• 1975–Pier Paolo Pasolini,Italian film director (b.1922)
• 1997–Harold Plenderleith,Scots airt conservator an airchaeologist (b.1898)
• 2004–Theo van Gogh,Dutch film director (b.1957)
• 2007–Alan Lyell,Scots dermatologist (b.1917)

Halidays

Day o the Dead altar inMexico

• Aa Sowels' Day
• Day o the Dead (Mexico)
• Statehood Day (North DakotaanSooth Dakota)