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2005-11-01

On this day in History - Nov. 2

0655 - IX Concilio de Toledo.
0676 - Donus becomes Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II
1082 - Emperor Huizong of China was born (d. 1135)
1327 - King James II of Aragon dies ( b. 1267)
1389 - Início do pontificado do Papa Bonifácio IX
1470 - Edward V was born. King of England.
1483 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham dies (b. 1454). English politician
1512 - D. Leonor de Bragança dies (b. c. 1480). Portuguese noble
1610 - Richard Bancroft dies (b. 1544). Archbishop of Canterbury
1618 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria dies (b. 1568)
1636 - Edward Colston was born (d. 1721). English merchant and philanthropist.
1667 - James Sobieski was born (d. 1721). Crown Prince of Poland.
1692 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer was born (d. 1766). Dutch composer.
1699 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin was born (d. 1779). French painter.
1716 - Engelbert Kaempfer dies (b. 1651). German physician and traveler
1721 - Pedro I foi proclamado Czar de Todas as Rússias.
1734 - Daniel Boone was born (d. 1820). American frontiersman.
1739 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf was born (d. 1799). Austrian composer.
1739 - Charles Jervas dies (b. c. 1675). Irish portraits painter
1741 - Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol was born (d. 1784). Dutch politician
1755 - Marie Antoinette was born (d. 1793). Queen of France
1766 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz was born (d. 1858). Austrian field marshal
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".
1795 - James Knox Polk was born (d. 1849). 11th President of the United States
1808 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly was born (d. 1889). French writer
1814 - George Boole was born (d. 1864). English mathematician and philosopher
1821 - Sir George Bowen was born (d. 1899). Governor of Queensland and Victoria (Australia) and of New Zealand and Hong Kong at various times
1844 - Mehmed V was born (d. 1918). Ottoman Sultan
1847 - Georges Sorel was born (d. 29 Aug 1922). French philosopher and sociologist.
1861 - American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.
1863 - Theodore Judah dies (b. 1826). American railroad engineer
1865 - Warren G. Harding was born (d. 19213). 29th President of the United States
1868 - Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally, and is perhaps the first country to do so.
1868 - Mário Pederneiras was born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 8 Feb 1915). Brazilian poet and journalist
1873 - Dimitrie Paciurea was born (d. 13 Jul 1932). Romanian sculptor
Piro was born (d. 1933). Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul
1877 - Victor Trumper was born (d. 1915). Australian international test cricketer
1877 - Teixeira de Pascoaes was born (d. 1952). Portuguese poet and writer
1877 - Friedrich Graf von Wrangel dies (b. 1784). Prussian field marshal
1885 - Harlow Shapley was born (d. 1972). American astronomer.
1887 - Jenny Lind dies (b. 1820). Swedish soprano
1889 - North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
1894 - Alexander Lippisch was born (d. 1976). German scientist.
1897 - Vito Genovese was born (d. 1969). American gangster.
1898 - George Goyder dies (b. 1826). English-born surveyor-general of South Australia
1899 - The Boers started their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Boer War.
1902 - Rudolph Albert von Kölliker dies. Swiss biologist
1904 - Louis Eugène Félix Néel was born (d. 2000). French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1906 - Daniil Andreev was born (d. 1959). Russian poet, writer, and mystic.
1906 - Luchino Visconti was born. Italian film director ( Damned, Death in Venice)
1907 - Joseph Rudyard Kipling won The Nobel Prize in Literature
1910 - Enrique Molina was born. Argentine poet.
1908 - Fred Bakewell was born (d. 1983). English cricketer
1911 - Odysseus Elytis was born (d. 1996). Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate in 1979
1913 - Burt Lancaster was born (b. 1994). American actor
1917 - Zionism: The Balfour Declaration proclaims support for Jewish settlement in Palestine.
1919 - Jorge de Sena was born in Lisbon (d. 4 Jun 1978). Portuguese writer and poet
1920 - In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast was the results of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.
1924 - Artur Semedo was born in Arronches (d. 8 Feb 2001). Portuguese actor and director.
1927 - Steve Ditko was born. American artist
1927 - Luis Chacón was born. Venezuelan sculptor.
1929 - Muhammad Rafiq Tarar was born. President of Pakistan
1929 - Richard E. Taylor was born. American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 - Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
1931 - Juan Zorrilla San Martín dies. Uruguyan poet.
1932 - Melvin Schwartz was born. American physicist who would win the 1988 Nobel Physics Prize, jointly with Lederman and Steinberger “for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino”.
1932 - António Barbosa de Melo was born. Portuguese politician (PSD).
1934 - Ken Rosewall was born. Australian tennis champion
1935 - Jock Cameron dies (b. 1905). South African cricketer.
1936 - Jack Starrett was born (d. 1989). American actor and director
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.
1938 - Pat Buchanan was born. American journalist and politician
1938 - Queen Sofia of Spain was born
1941 - Bruce Welch was born. Rhythm guitarist and songwriter (The Shadows)
1942 - Shere Hite was born. American author
1942 - Stefanie Powers was born. American actress
1944 - Keith Emerson was born. British keyboard player and composer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
1944 - Thomas Midgley dies (b. 1889). American chemist and inventor.
1945 - Costa Rica e Libéria são admitidas como Estados-Membros da ONU
1946 - Giuseppe Sinopoli was born (d. 2001). Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
1946 - Alan Jones was born. Australian Formula One racing car driver
1946 - Marieta Severo was born. Brazilian actress. Marieta Severo
1947 - In California, Designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce Goose; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
1948 - U. S. presidential election, 1948: Harry S. Truman defeats Thomas E. Dewey for the US presidency.
1950 - George Bernard Shaw dies (b. 1856). Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate in 1925
1954 - Pat Croce was born. American entrepreneur
1958 - Willie McGee was born. Baseball player
1959 - Said Aouita was born. Moroccan athlet.
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 in Britain, was opened between the present junctions 5 and 18.
1960 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case
1960 - Dimitri Mitropoulos dies (b. 1896). Greek conductor, pianist and composer
1961 - James Thurber dies (b. 1894). American humorist
1961 - k.d. lang was born. Canadian singer
1962 - US President Kennedy announces end of Cuban Missile Crisis.
1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngo Dihn Diem is assassinated following a military coup.
1963 - Ngo Dihn Diem dies (b. 1901). President of South Vietnam
1964 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.
1965 - Shahrukh Khan was born. Indian actor
1966 - Tim Kirkman was born. American filmmaker
1966 - David Schwimmer was born in Astoria, Queens, New York. American actor.
1966 - The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
1966 - Peter Debye dies (b. 1884). Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
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.
1969 - Reginald Arvizu was born. American bassist (KoЯn)
1971 - Dr. Gerhard Herzberg receives The Nobel Prize for Chemics
1971 - Ricky Martin was born. American musician
1973 - Marisol Nichols was born. American actress.
1974 - 78 die as the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after club official barred the doors after the fire started.
1975 - Pier Paolo Pasolini dies (b. 1922). Italian film director
1976 - U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford to become first candidate from deep south to win since the Civil War.
1980 - Diego Lugano was born. Uruguyan football player
1982 - Channel 4 in the United Kingdom was launched.
1983 - US 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.
1984 - Velma Barfield dies executed (b. 1932). American murderer.
1985 - A atleta portuguesa Aurora Cunha torna-se, pela segunda vez, campeã mundial de estrada.
1986 - Lara Sacher was born. Australian actress
1986 - Erika Jo was born. American musician
1986 - 16th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06
1986 - 17th New York City Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06
1986 - Paul Frees dies (b. 1920). American voice actor
1988 - The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, was launched from MIT.
1990 - Moçambique: Nova Constituição que consagra o multipartidismo e a economia de mercado.
1991 - Bartholomew I becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
1991 - Jermaine Jackson's single Word to the Badd!, which attacks his brother Michael, is leaked to radio station KPWR in Los Angeles.
1991 - Frederick Chiluba assumes the presidency of Zambia
1992 - Hal Roach dies (b. 1892). American director and producer
1995 - Álvaro Gómes Hurtado dies assassinated in Bogotá. Colombian journalist, diplomat and politician. President of Colombia ( 24 Nov 1982 - 5 Sep 1984).
1997 - 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switzerland 2:28:43
1997 - 28th New York City Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12
1997 - Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam
2000 - The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.
2001 - Monsters, Inc. debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film.
2001 - By a vote of 87-4 (Norway, Russia, Turkey, Venezuela) with 15 abstentions (Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, Israel, Netherlands, Paraguay, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Uruguay) the 31st General Conference of UNESCO adopts the Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage, which took experts four years to finalize Text of the Convention in English
2002 - Tonio Selwart dies (b. 1896). German actor
2002 - Charles Sheffield dies (b. 1935). American author and physicist.
2004 - Theo van Gogh dies shot (b. 1957). Dutch filmmaker (Submission). His murderer, Mohammed Bouyeri [08 Mar 1978~], was on 26 July 2005, sentenced to life in prison.
2004 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan dies (b. 1918). President of the United Arab Emirates
2004 - President George W. Bush wins U.S. Presidential Election over John Kerry.
Catholicism - All Souls Day / Dia dos fiéis defuntos, conhecido popularmente por Dia de finados.
Ancient Latvia - Dveselu Diena held
Rastafari movement - The coronation of Haile Selassie celebrated
Mexico and the United States - Day of the Dead (Spanish: El Dia de los Muertos), a Mexican and Mexican-American celebration of dead ancestors


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