What are the important events that happened on November 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 2: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 2 is the 307^th 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 20, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,841,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaheptagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac 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.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,334 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 2 Historical Events

• 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.
• 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 –
  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.
• 1947 –
  In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
• 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.
• 1964 –
  King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.
• 1988 –
  The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
• 2000 –
  The first resident crew to the ISS docked in November 2nd on the Soyuz TM-31.

Who were born on November 2?

• 1734 –
  Daniel Boone American explorer (d. 1820)
• 1821 –
  Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor (d. 1899)
• 1915 –
  Sidney Luft, American movie director (d. 2005)
• 1929 –
  Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan
• 1939 –
  Richard Serra, American sculptor and video artist
• 1942 –
  Stefanie Powers, American actress
• 1963 –
  Park Young Seok, South Korean mountaineer
• 1966 –
  David Schwimmer, American actor
• 1966 –
  Tim Kirkman, American filmmaker
• 1986 –
  Andy Rautins, Canadian basketball player

Who died on November 2?

• 1852 –
  Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
• 1877 –
  Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
• 1905 –
  Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)
• 1935 –
  Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
• 1961 –
  James Thurber, American humorist (b. 1894)
• 1970 –
  Richard Cushing, cardinal and archbishop of Boston (b. 1895)
• 1979 –
  Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (b. 1936)
• 2002 –
  Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896)
• 2005 –
  Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and coach (b. 1919)
• 2007 –
  Henry Cele, South African actor (b. 1949)