Today in History: November 2
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A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
November 2
| 1570 |
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A tidal wave in the North Sea destroys the sea walls from Holland to Jutland. More than 1,000 people are killed. |
| 1772 |
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The first Committees of Correspondence are formed in Massachusetts under Samuel Adams. |
| 1789 |
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The property of the church in France is taken away by the state. |
| 1841 |
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The second Afghan War begins. |
| 1869 |
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Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok loses his re-election bid in Ellis County, Kan. |
| 1880 |
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James A. Garfield is elected the 20th president of the United States. |
| 1882 |
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Newly elected John Poe replaces Pat Garrett as sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory. |
| 1889 |
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North Dakota is made the 39th state. |
| 1889 |
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South Dakota is made the 40th state. |
| 1892 |
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Lawmen surround outlaws Ned Christie and Arch Wolf near Tahlequah, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). It will take dynamite and a cannon to dislodge the two from their cabin. |
| 1903 |
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London's Daily Mirror newspaper is first published. |
| 1914 |
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Russia declares war with Turkey. |
| 1920 |
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The first radio broadcast in the United States is made from Pittsburgh. |
| 1920 |
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Charlotte Woodward, who signed the 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration calling for female voting rights, casts her ballot in a presidential election. |
| 1921 |
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Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett form the American Birth Control League. |
| 1923 |
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U.S. Navy aviator H.J. Brown sets new world speed record of 259 mph in a Curtiss racer. |
| 1926 |
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Air Commerce Act is passed, providing federal aid for airlines and airports. |
| 1936 |
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The first high-definition public television transmissions begin from Alexandra Palace in north London by the BBC. |
| 1942 |
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Lieutenant General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Gibraltar to set up an American command post for the invasion of North Africa. |
| 1943 |
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The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay in Bougainville ends in U.S. Navy victory over Japan. |
| 1947 |
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Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flies for the first and last time. |
| 1948 |
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Harry S Truman is elected the 33rd president of the United States. |
| 1959 |
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Charles Van Doren confesses that the TV quiz show "21" is fixed and that he had been given the answers to the questions asked him. |
| 1960 |
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A British jury determines that Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence is not obscene. |
| 1963 |
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South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated. |
| 1976 |
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Jimmy (James Earl) Carter elected the 39th president of the United States. |
| 1983 |
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President Ronald Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. |
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Born on November 2 |
| 1734 |
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Daniel Boone, American frontiersman and explorer. |
| 1755 |
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Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, executed during the French Revolution. |
| 1795 |
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James Polk, 11th president of the United States (1845-49). |
| 1865 |
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Warren G. Harding, 29th president of the United States (1921-23). |
| 1885 |
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Harlow Shapley, astronomer who discovered the Sun is not at the center of the galaxy. |
| 1906 |
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Luchino Visconti, film director (Obsession, Death in Venice). |
| 1913 |
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Burt Lancaster, American film actor. |
| 1929 |
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Richard Taylor, Nobel Prize-winning physicist who proved the existence of quarks. |
| 1932 |
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Melvin Schwartz, physicist who won the Nobel Prize for work on neutrinos. |
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