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 306^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 20, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,367,360 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 ‘trihectahexagon’ 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 107 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 4,699 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 2 Historical Events

• 1769 –
  Don Gaspar de Portolà leads the first documented European visit to San Francisco Bay.
• 1914 –
  Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
• 1940 –
  World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
• 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.
• 1957 –
  The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity.
• 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
• 1966 –
  The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
• 1983 –
  U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
• 2000 –
  The first resident crew to the ISS docked in November 2nd on the Soyuz TM-31.
• 2007 –
  50,000–100,000 people demonstrate against the Georgian government in Tbilisi.

Who were born on November 2?

• 1915 –
  Sidney Luft, American movie director (d. 2005)
• 1924 –
  Stavros Xenidis, Greek actor (d. 2008)
• 1947 –
  Dave Pegg, English multi-instrumentalist, bass guitarist, longest serving member of Fairport Convention
• 1951 –
  Vassilis Leventis, Greek politician
• 1952 –
  Jim Cummings, American voice actor
• 1961 –
  Jeff Tedford, American college football coach
• 1962 –
  David Brock, American political commentator, pundit
• 1966 –
  Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1974 –
  Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
• 1979 –
  Julie Lund, Danish actress

Who died on November 2?

• 1807 –
  Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)
• 1846 –
  Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer, educator, and bishop (b. 1782)
• 1898 –
  George Goyder, English surveyor (b. 1826)
• 1945 –
  Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)
• 1950 –
  George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1856)
• 1975 –
  Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
• 1982 –
  Lester Roloff, American religious personality (b. 1914)
• 2003 –
  Frank McCloskey, American politician (b. 1939)
• 2007 –
  Henry Cele, South African actor (b. 1949)
• 2011 –
  Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)