What Happened on Nov 2

Piero Tomacelli (Boniface IX) elected Pope

Pope Boniface IX (1356 – October 1, 1404), born Piero Tomacelli, was the second Roman Pope of the Western Schism from November 2, 1389 – until... Read more

Governor Josiah Winslow Leads Militia Against Narragansett Tribe

On November 2, Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow led a combined force of colonial militia against the Narragansett tribe. The Narragansetts... Read more

Daniel Boone Born

On June 7, 1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone first saw the forests and valleys of present-day Kentucky. For more than a century, the Kentucky... Read more

The Mormon Community Forms The Kirtland Safety Society

A bank illegally organized by Joseph Smith and other LDS leaders in 1836, The Kirtland Safety Society, failed in November 1837, loosing “a... Read more

Mary Todd Lincoln Corresponds With Her Husband

Mary Todd Lincoln corresponded with her husband on November 2, 1862, advising him of popular sentiment against the cautious commanding of general... Read more

North Dakota And South Dakota are the 39th and 40th States Admitted to the Union

On November 2, 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted to the Union as the 39th and 40th states. The first European explorers, Louis... Read more

Thirsk Rail Crash

One of the saddest stories in all railway history is that of the Thirsk disaster of November 2, 1892, when through the mistake of a signalman the... Read more

Serbia Declares War on Turkey

Theatre definitions: Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia... Read more

Russia Declares War on Turkey

Because of the help given by Turkey to the German attack of Russia, Russia declared war on Turkey. Read more

Balfour Declaration

The Balfour Declaration of 1917 (dated 2 November 1917) was a formal statement of policy by the British government stating that "His Majesty's... Read more

Rastafari - The Emergence

The Rastafari movement is a monotheistic, Abrahamic, new religious movement[1] that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former, and final, Emperor of... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes Cards on the Table

Cards on the Table is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 2 1936 and... Read more

Pat Buchanan Is Born

Buchanan was born on November 2, 1938, in Washington, D.C., a son of Catherine Elizabeth (née Crum) (Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania,... Read more

"The Palm Beach Story" Is Released

The Palm Beach Story is a 1942 romantic screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, and starring Claudette Colbert, Joel McCrea,... Read more

Battle of Changde

The Battle of Changde (simplified Chinese: 常德会战; traditional Chinese: 常德會戰; pinyin: Chángdé Huìzhàn) was a major engagement in the Second... Read more

Lyndon B. Johnson Wins Texas Senate Seat

Johnson defeats Republican candidate Jack Porter in the general election to win the Senate seat vacated by Senator W. Lee “Pappy” O'Daniel. During... Read more

Gerald R. Ford is Elected as a US Congressman

After returning to Grand Rapids, Ford became active in local Republican politics, and supporters urged him to take on Bartel J. Jonkman, the... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes Cat Among the Pigeons

At the start of the Summer Term at Meadowbank School for Girls, there is no reason for Miss Bulstrode, the popular but aging Headmistress, to... Read more

Charles Van Doren Admits to Cheating on the Game Show Twenty-One

I was involved, deeply involved, in a deception. The fact that I, too, was very much deceived cannot keep me from being the principal victim of... Read more

Jimmy Carter Wins Election to the Georgia Senate

1962 October 1: Carter tells Rosalynn he plans to run for the state senate. October 16: Carter loses the primary by 139 votes to Homer Moore,... Read more

Diem Overthrown and Executed

The inept performance of the South Vietnamese army was exemplified by failed actions such as the Battle of Ap Bac on 2 January 1963, in which a... Read more

Arrest and Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem and His Brother, Nhu

The arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, then president of South Vietnam, marked the culmination of a successful CIA-backed coup d'état led... Read more

The Police release Outlandos d'Amour

Outlandos d'Amour is the debut album by The Police, released in 1978. The album, while at times incorporating reggae, pop, and other elements of... Read more

Bill Clinton re-elected as Governor of Arkansas

He helped Arkansas transform its economy and significantly improve the state's educational system. He became a leading figure among the New... Read more

'Martin Luther King Jr. Day' Becomes a National Holiday

Coretta King’s most enduring contribution to American culture has been as chair of the Martin L. King Jr. Federal Holiday Commission. In the late... Read more