November 2 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 59 days remaining until the end of the year.
1570 - A tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland , killing more than 1,000 people.
1675 - A combined attack by the Plymouth , Rhode Island , Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War .
1772 - American Revolutionary War : Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence .
1783 - In Rocky Hill , US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".
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 .
1868 - Time zone : New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally
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
1898 - Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
1899 - The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War .
1909 - Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University .
1914 - Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire .
1917 - The Balfour Declaration proclaims support for Jewish settlement in Palestine .
1920 - In the United States , KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station . The first broadcast was the results of the U.S. presidential election .
1930 - Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia .
1936 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
1936 - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers .
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.
1947 - In California , designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose ; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
1953 - The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
1957 - The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland , generates national publicity, and remains one of the most impressive UFO cases in American history.
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.
1959 - Ice Hockey : After being struck in the face with a puck, goalkeeper Jacques Plante returns to play wearing a protective mask for the first time in professional play.
1959 - The first section of the M1 motorway , the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom , is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway
1960 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover 1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup .
1964 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup , and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal .
1965 - Norman Morrison , a 31-year-old Quaker , sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
1966 - The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States .
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.
1973 - The Communist Party of India and the Communist Party of India forms 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.
1982 - Channel 4 begins transmission in the UK
1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Day .
1984 - Capital punishment : Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962 .
1988 - The Morris worm , the first internet -distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT .
1991 - Bartholomew I becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople .
1995 - Former South African defence minister General Magnus Malan and 10 other former senior military officers are arrested and charged with murdering 13 black people in 1987 , (all the accused are later acquitted).
2000 - The first crew arrives at the International Space Station .
1082 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135 )
1475 - Princess Anne of York (d. 1511 )
1636 - Edward Colston , English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721 )
1667 - James Sobieski , Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737 )
1692 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer , Dutch composer (d. 1766 )
1696 - Conrad Weiser , Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760 )
1699 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin , French painter (d. 1779 )
1709 - Anne (d. 1759 )
1734 - Daniel Boone , American frontiersman (d. 1820 )
1739 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf , Austrian composer (d. 1799 )
1741 - Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol , Dutch politician (d. 1784 )
1755 - Marie Antoinette , Queen of France (d. 1793 )
1766 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz , Austrian field marshal (d. 1858 )
1777 - Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski , Polish actor (d. 1822 )
1777 - Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848 )
1795 - James Knox Polk , 11th President of the United States (d. 1849 )
1808 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly , French writer (d. 1889 )
1815 - George Boole , English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864 )
1821 - Sir George Bowen , British provincial governor (d. 1899 )
1837 - Émile Bayard , French artist, illustrator (d. (1891 )
1844 - Mehmed V , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918 )
1865 - Warren G. Harding , 29th President of the United States (d. 1923 )
1877 - Joseph De Piro , Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (d. 1933 )
1877 - Victor Trumper , Australian cricketer (d. 1915 )
1877 - Aga Khan III , Shia Imam (d. 1957 )
1883 - Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve , cardinal and archbishop of Quebec (d. 1947 )
1885 - Harlow Shapley , American astronomer (d. 1972 )
1886 - Dhirendranath Datta , Bangladeshi politician (d. 1971 )
1892 - Alice Brady , Academy Award -winning American actress (d. 1939 )
1893 - Battista Farina , founder of Pininfarina company (d. 1966 )
1894 - Alexander Lippisch , German scientist (d. 1976 )
1903 - Travis Jackson , American baseball player (d. 1987 )
1905 - James Dunn , American actor (d. 1967 )
1906 - Daniil Andreev , Russian poet (d. 1959 )
1906 - Luchino Visconti , Italian director (d. 1976 )
1908 - Fred Bakewell , English cricketer (d. 1983 )
1910 - Fouad Serageddin , Egyptian politician (d. 1999 )
1911 - Odysseus Elytis , Greek writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1996 )
1911 - Raphael Robinson , US mathematician (d. 1995 )
1913 - Burt Lancaster , American actor (d. 1994 )
1914 - Johnny Vander Meer , baseball player (d. 1997 )
1915 - Sidney Luft , American movie director (d. 2005 )
1920 - Ann Rutherford , American actress
1921 - Shepard Menken , American voice actor (d. 1999 )
1921 - Bill Mosienko , National Hockey League player (d. 1994 )
1924 - Father David Bauer , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988 )
1924 - Rudy Van Gelder , American recording engineer
1927 - Steve Ditko , American artist
1929 - Muhammad Rafiq Tarar , President of Pakistan
1929 - Richard E. Taylor , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 - Bill Gothard , American speaker
1934 - Ken Rosewall , Australian tennis player
1936 - Jack Starrett , American actor and director (d. 1989 )
1936 - Abdullah the Butcher , wrestler
1936 - Rose Bird , American judge (d. 1999 )
1937 - Earl Carroll , lead vocalist of The Cadillacs
1938 - Pat Buchanan , American journalist and politician
1938 - Queen Sofia of Spain
1938 - Jay Black , American singer (Jay and the Americans )
1940 - Jim Bakken , American football player
1941 - Bruce Welch , English musician and songwriter (The Shadows )
1942 - Shere Hite , American author
1942 - Stefanie Powers , American actress
1944 - Patrice Chéreau , French director, actor and producer
1944 - Keith Emerson , British keyboardist and composer (Emerson )
1946 - Alan Jones , Australian race car driver
1946 - Giuseppe Sinopoli , Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001 )
1949 - Simon Augustini , Albanian politician
1951 - Thomas Mallon , American novelist and critic
1951 - Lindy Morrison , Australian musician (The Go-Betweens )
1952 - Maxine Nightingale , English singer
1954 - Pat Croce , American entrepreneur
1955 - Chris Burnett , American musician
1956 - Peter Mullan , Scottish actor
1957 - Carter Beauford , American drummer (Dave Matthews Band )
1958 - Willie McGee , American baseball player
1960 - Tihomir Blaškić , Croatian war criminal
1961 - K.D. Lang , Canadian musician
1961 - Jeff Tedford , head coach of the California Golden Bears
1962 - Simon Hill , Australian Football commentator
1962 - Mireille Delunsch , French soprano
1963 - Craig Saavedra , American filmmaker
1964 - Britta Lejon , Swedish politician
1965 - Shahrukh Khan , Indian actor
1966 - Tim Kirkman , American filmmaker
1966 - Sean Kanan , American actor
1966 - Khaled Abol Naga , Egyptian actor
1967 - Kurt Elling , American jazz vocalist
1967 - Marc van Roon , Dutch improvising musician
1968 - Ultra Naté , American musician
1969 - Reginald Arvizu , American bassist (KoЯn )
1970 - Sharmell Sullivan , American professional wrestling valet
1972 - Samantha Janus , British entertainer
1972 - Darío Silva , Uruguayan footballer
1972 - Vladimir Vorobiev , Russian ice hockey player
1973 - Marisol Nichols , American actress
1974 - Prodigy , American rapper (Mobb Deep )
1974 - Orlando Cabrera , Colombian baseball player
1974 - Stéphane Sarrazin , French rally driver
1974 - Nelly , American rapper
1975 - Chris Walla , American musician (Death Cab for Cutie )
1976 - Sidney Ponson , Aruban baseball player
1977 - Randy Harrison , American actor
1977 - Jason Cerbone , American actor (The Sopranos )
1978 - Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro , Brazilian mixed-martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion
1979 - Julie Lund , Danish actress
1980 - Travis Allan Bryan , American politician
1980 - Kim So-yeon , South Korean actress
1981 - Wilson Betemit , Dominican baseball player
1981 - Avy Scott , American actress
1982 - Kyoko Fukada , Japanese actress, model and singer
1984 - Julia Stegner , German supermodel
1984 - Tamara Hope , Canadian actress
1986 - Erika Jo , American musician
1986 - Lara Sacher , Australian actress
1988 - Lindze Letherman , American actress (General Hospital )
1989 - Katelyn Tarver , American singer
943 - Queen Emma of France , (b. 894 )
1083 - Matilda of Flanders , Queen consort (b. 1031 )
1285 - King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239 )
1327 - King James II of Aragon (b. 1267 )
1483 - Henry Stafford , English politician (b. 1454 )
1610 - Richard Bancroft , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1544 )
1618 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568 )
1716 - Engelbert Kaempfer , German physician and traveler (b. 1651 )
1807 - Baron de Breteuil , French statesman (b. 1730 )
1852 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky , Russian general (b. 1782 )
1863 - Theodore Judah , American railroad engineer (b. 1826 )
1877 - Friedrich Graf von Wrangel , Prussian field marshal (b. 1784 )
1887 - Jenny Lind , Swedish soprano (b. 1820 )
1898 - George Goyder , English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826 )
1905 - Albert von Kölliker , Swiss anatomist (b. 1817 )
1935 - Jock Cameron , South African cricketer (b. 1905 )
1944 - Thomas Midgley , American chemist and inventor (b. 1889 )
1945 - Princess Thyra , daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880 )
1949 - Jerome F. Donovan , American politician (b. 1872 )
1950 - George Bernard Shaw , Irish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1856 )
1960 - Dimitris Mitropoulos , Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896 )
1961 - James Thurber , American humorist (b. 1894 )
1963 - Ngô Đình Diệm , President of South Vietnam (b. 1901 )
1966 - Peter Debye , Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884 )
1966 - Mississippi John Hurt , American blues singer (b. 1892 )
1970 - Richard Cardinal Cushing , archbishop of Boston (b. 1895 )
1975 - Pier Paolo Pasolini , Italian film director (b. 1922 )
1979 - Jacques Mesrine , French criminal (b. 1936 )
1984 - Velma Barfield , American murderer (b. 1932 )
1986 - Paul Frees , American voice actor (b. 1920 )
1991 - Irwin Allen , American film producer (b. 1916 )
1992 - Hal Roach , American director and producer (b. 1892 )
1996 - Eva Cassidy , American singer (b. 1963 )
1998 - Vincent Winter , British actor (b. 1957 )
2002 - Tonio Selwart , German actor (b. 1896 )
2002 - Charles Sheffield , American author and physicist (b. 1935 )
2003 - Frank McCloskey , American politician (b. 1939 )
2004 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan , President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918 )
2004 - Theo van Gogh , Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957 )
2004 - Gerrie Knetemann , Dutch cyclist (b. 1951 )
2005 - Ferruccio Valcareggi , Italian football player and coach.
2007 - Charmaine Dragun , Australian journalist (b. 1978 )
2007 - Witold Kiełtyka , Polish metal drummer (Decapitated ) (b. 1984 )
2007 - Igor Moiseyev , Russian choreographer (b. 1906 )
2007 - Lillian Ellison , American professional wrestler (b. 1923 )
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