About November 2

November 2, 2025 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.

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Scorpio is the sun 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.

What Happened On November 2

  • 1410 –
    The Peace of Bicêtre between the Armagnac and Burgundian factions is signed.
  • 1570 –
    A tsunami in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1,000 people.
  • 1675 –
    King Philip’s War: A combined effort by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts.
  • 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.
  • 1783 –
    In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his “Farewell Address to the Army”.
  • 1889 –
    North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
  • 1895 –
    The first gasoline-powered race in the United States. First prize: $2,000
  • 1899 –
    The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • 1914 –
    Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
  • 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.
  • 1940 –
    World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
  • 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.
  • 1963 –
    South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
  • 1967 –
    Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and “The Wise Men” conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
  • 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.
  • 2000 –
    The first resident crew to the ISS docked in November 2nd on the Soyuz TM-31.

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