About November 2
November 2, 2024 is the 307th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 88 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 2
- 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.
- 1795 –The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.
- 1895 –The first gasoline-powered race in the United States. First prize: $2,000
- 1909 –Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University.
- 1936 –Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers.
- 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.
- 1957 –The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity.
- 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.
- 1960 –Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley’s Lover case
- 1966 –The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- 1973 –The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form a ‘United Front’in the state of Tripura.
- 1974 –78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
- 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.
- 2007 –50,000–100,000 people demonstrate against the Georgian government in Tbilisi.
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