Major Events
- 1875 Verney Cameron reaches Benguela in Angola, from Africa's east coast, 1st European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea
- 1917 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine
- 1930 Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, 225th Emperor of Ethiopian Solmonic Dynasty
- 1949 The Netherlands recognizes its former colony Indonesia as a sovereign state at conclusion of the Round Table Conference at the Hague, Netherlands
- 1966 The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the US
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Nov 2 in Film & TV
- 1936 At 3pm the BBC begins the world's first regular high-definition TV broadcast service from specially constructed studios at Alexandra Palace, North London
- 2020 Baby Shark by Pinkfong becomes the most-watched video on YouTube with over 7.04 billion views
Nov 2 in Music
- 1983 "Thriller" single released worldwide by Michael Jackson
Nov 2 in Sport
- 1898 Cheerleading begins in the United States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota
- 2016 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians, 8-7 in Game 7 at Progressive Field, Cleveland; first Cubs' title in 108 years; MVP: Chicago utility Ben Zobrist
Did You Know?
The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain mainstream media attention is launched from MIT, strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and six universities
Edward V
Daniel Boone
Marie Antoinette
James Knox Polk
Warren G. Harding
Aga Khan III
Burt Lancaster
Stefanie Powers
Shah Rukh Khan
David Schwimmer
Nelly
Victor Trumper
Ken Rosewall
Dave Stockton
Fun Fact About November 2
The "Great Emu War" begins: Australian soldiers armed with Lewis Guns seek to cull the Emu population over crop destruction in Campion district, Western Australia
Famous Weddings
- 1887 Baseball legend Connie Mack (24) weds Margaret Hogan
- 1896 Nizari Imam Aga Khan III (19) weds first cousin Shahzadi Begum in Pune, India
- 2005 Irish TV and radio presenter Sile Seoige (26) weds Glen Mulcahy at St. Brendan's Church in County Offaly
Famous Divorces
- 2006 British singer Rod Stewart (58) divorces model Rachel Hunter (33) due to irreconcilable differences
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George Bernard Shaw
Ngô Đình Diệm
Willie Sutton
Toni Stone
Zayed bin Sultan Al NahyanArticles, Photos and Quiz
Theatre Madness, But There’s Method In It
Methodist church founder John Wesley wrote in his journal on this day of an astonishing night at the theatre when events almost literally brought the house down.
November 2, 1743
First Official Cheerleader
Johhny Campbell coordinates a team to lead the crowd on a football game cheering for University of Minnesota team
November 2, 1898
