Tukuk-OS📅 November 2
13 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 2? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2008 — Lewis Hamilton (pictured) overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to win the Formula One championship by one point.
- 2000 — As members of Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured) became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station.
- 1997 — Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
- 1994 — A lightning strike ruptured three oil tanks near Dronka, Egypt, causing a flood that killed 469 people.
- 1984 — The serial killer Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.
- 1963 — President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was assassinated, marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh.
Ngo Dinh DiemSouth VietnamArrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
- 1957 — A large number of people witnessed a fiery object in the sky near Levelland, Texas, which the United States Air Force said was ball lightning.
- 1949 — The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
Dutch–Indonesian Round Table ConferenceDutch East IndiesUnited States of Indonesia
- 1943 — World War II: A U.S. Navy task force turned away an Imperial Japanese Navy formation at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus protecting the landings at Cape Torokina.
- 1932 — The Australian military began a "war against emus", flightless native birds blamed for widespread damage to crops in Western Australia.
- 1917 — The British government issued the Balfour Declaration in support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small Jewish minority.
Balfour DeclarationHomeland for the Jewish peoplePalestine (region)
- 1880 — James A. Garfield was elected as president of the United States; the election is the closest to date by popular vote margin.
James A. Garfield1880 United States presidential electionList of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin
- 619 — Emperor Gaozu of Tang allowed the assassination of a khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate by Eastern Turkic rivals, one of the earliest events in the Tang campaigns against the Western Turks.
Births
- 2001 — Moisés Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1999 — Park Woo-jin, South Korean singer
- 1998 — Jordan Love, American football player
- 1997 — Filip Hronek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1997 — Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer
- 1995 — Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete
- 1994 — Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer
- 1991 — Jimmy Garoppolo, American football player
- 1990 — Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer
- 1990 — Kendall Schmidt, American singer, songwriter, and actor
- 1989 — Tibor Pleiß, German basketball player
- 1989 — Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player
Deaths
- 2024 — Janey Godley, Scottish actor, writer and comedian (born 1961)
- 2024 — Alan Rachins, American actor (born 1942)
- 2024 — Paul Stephenson, British civil rights activist (born 1937)
- 2023 — Humaira Himu, Bangladeshi actress (born 1985)
- 2022 — Atilio Stampone, Argentine pianist and composer (born 1926)
- 2021 — Neal Smith, American politician (born 1920)
- 2019 — Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican television personality, astrologer, actor, and dancer (born 1932)
- 2018 — Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (born 1927)
- 2017 — Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (born 1944)
- 2015 — Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, Polish painter, historian, and academic (born 1924)
- 2015 — Mike Davies, Welsh-American tennis player and businessman (born 1936)
- 2015 — Roy Dommett, English scientist and engineer (born 1933)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day:
Agapius and companions
Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion and companions
- Christian feast day: Domninus of Vienne
- Christian feast day: Erc of Slane (Ireland)
- Christian feast day: Justus of Trieste
- Christian feast day: Malachy
- Christian feast day: Blessed Margaret of Lorraine
- Christian feast day: Victorinus of Pettau
- Christian feast day: Winifred
- Christian feast day: November 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion)
- Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
- Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico)
- Dziady (Belarus)
- Arrival of Indentured Labourers (Mauritius)
- International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations)
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against JournalistsUnited Nations
- Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota, United States)
List of U.S. states by date of admission to the UnionNorth DakotaSouth Dakota
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