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November 2nd


- Earliest day on which Election Day can fall, while November 8 is the latest; celebrated on Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every even numbered year (United States)
- All Souls Day (Roman Catholic and Anglican Church), and its related observances:
- Christian Feast Day:
Victorinus of Pettau
- Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari movement)
- All Souls Day or Day of the Dead is the Día de los Difuntos in Spain.
- Day of the Dead, The second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico)
- Indian Arrival Day (Mauritius)
- Karatsu Kunchi (Karatsu, Saga)
- Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota)

November 2nd


- 2000 - The first resident crew to the ISS docked in November 2nd on the Soyuz TM-31
- 1995 - Former South African defense minister General Magnus Malan and 10 other former senior military officers are arrested and charged with murdering 13 people in 1987, (all the accused are later acquitted).
- 1988 - The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
- 1984 - Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since .
- 1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- 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.
- 1973 - The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form a 'United Front' in the state of Tripura.
- 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.
- 1966 - The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- 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.
- 1964 - 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 , the channel still runs to this day.
- 1964 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.
- 1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Di?m is assassinated following a military coup.
- 1960 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case
- 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 - 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
- 1957 - The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity.
- 1953 - The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
- 1947 - In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
- 1936 - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
- 1936 - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers.
- 1930 - Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1920 - In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.
- 1917 - The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
- 1914 - Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1909 - Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University.
- 1899 - The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
- 1898 - Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
- 1895 - The first gasoline-powered race in the United States. First prize: $2,000
- 1889 - North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
- 1882 - Oulu, Finland is decimated by the Great Oulu Fire of 1882
- 1868 - Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally
- 1861 - American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.
- 1795 - The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.
- 1783 - In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".
- 1772 - American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
- 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.
- 1570 - A tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1,000 people.
- 1410 - The Peace of Bicêtre between the Armagnac and Burgundian factions is signed.

November 2nd


- 1995 - Brandon Soo Hoo, American-Chinese actor
- 1990 - Kendall Schmidt, American singer and actor
- 1989 - Luke Schenn, Canadian hockey player
- 1989 - Katelyn Tarver, American singer
- 1989 - Stevan Jovetic, Montenegrin soccer player
- 1987 - Danny Cipriani, English rugby union player
- 1986 - Lara Sacher, Australian actress
- 1986 - Andy Rautins, Canadian basketball player
- 1984 - Tamara Hope, Canadian actress
- 1984 - Julia Stegner, German model
- 1982 - Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer
- 1982 - Yunel Escobar, Cuban baseball player
- 1982 - Charles Itandje, French footballer
- 1981 - Wilson Betemit, Dominican baseball player
- 1981 - Avy Scott, American pornographic actress
- 1981 - Roddy White, American football player
- 1980 - Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
- 1980 - Amos Roberts Australian Rugby League player
- 1979 - Erika Flores, American actress
- 1979 - Julie Lund, Danish actress
- 1979 - Simone Puleo, Italian footballer
- 1978 - Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed-martial artist
- 1978 - Carmen Cali, American baseball player
- 1977 - Jason Cerbone, American actor (The Sopranos)
- 1977 - Konstantinos Economidis, Greek tennis player
- 1977 - Rodney Buford, American basketball player
- 1977 - Randy Harrison, American actor
- 1976 - Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
- 1975 - Stéphane Sarrazin, French rally driver
- 1975 - Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie)
- 1974 - Orlando Cabrera, Colombian baseball player
- 1974 - Nelly, American rapper
- 1974 - Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
- 1973 - Marisol Nichols, American actress
- 1972 - Samantha Janus, British entertainer
- 1972 - Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
- 1972 - Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player
- 1972 - Derek Mountfield, English football player
- 1970 - Sharmell Sullivan, American professional wrestling valet
- 1969 - Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, American bassist (Ko?n)
- 1968 - Ultra Naté, American musician
- 1967 - Kurt Elling, American jazz vocalist
- 1967 - Marc van Roon, Dutch improvising musician
- 1966 - Sean Kanan, American actor
- 1966 - Tim Kirkman, American filmmaker
- 1966 - Khaled Abol Naga, Egyptian actor
- 1966 - David Schwimmer, American actor
- 1966 - Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1965 - Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor
- 1965 - Samuel Le Bihan, French actor
- 1964 - Britta Lejon, Swedish politician
- 1963 - Jonas Gardell, Swedish writer
- 1963 - Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker
- 1963 - Park Young Seok, South Korean mountaineer
- 1963 - Bobby Dall, American musician Poison (band)
- 1962 - David Brock, American political commentator, pundit
- 1962 - Mireille Delunsch, French soprano
- 1962 - Simon Hill, English-Australian football commentator
- 1961 - k.d. lang, Canadian musician
- 1961 - Jeff Tedford, head coach of the California Golden Bears
- 1958 - Willie McGee, American baseball player
- 1957 - Notis Sfakianakis, Greek singer
- 1957 - Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band)
- 1956 - Peter Mullan, Scottish actor
- 1955 - Chris Burnett, American musician
- 1955 - Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer
- 1954 - Pat Croce, American entrepreneur
- 1952 - Maxine Nightingale, English singer
- 1951 - Thomas Mallon, American novelist and critic
- 1951 - Lindy Morrison, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens)
- 1946 - Alan Jones, Australian race car driver and one-time F1 world champion
- 1946 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
- 1944 - Patrice Chéreau, French director, actor and producer
- 1944 - Keith Emerson, British keyboardist and composer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
- 1942 - Shere Hite, American-German author
- 1942 - Stefanie Powers, American actress
- 1941 - Bruce Welch, English musician and songwriter (The Shadows)
- 1940 - Jim Bakken, American football player
- 1939 - Richard Serra, American sculptor and video artist
- 1938 - Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans)
- 1938 - Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
- 1938 - David Lane, American white nationalist (d. 2007)
- 1938 - Queen Sofia of Spain
- 1937 - Earl Carroll, lead vocalist of The Cadillacs
- 1936 - Rose Bird, American judge (d. 1999)
- 1936 - Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1934 - Bill Gothard, American minister and speaker
- 1934 - Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
- 1932 - Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (d. 2009)
- 1929 - Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan
- 1929 - Richard E. Taylor, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1928 - Paul Johnson, British historian
- 1927 - Steve Ditko, American artist
- 1924 - (Father) David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and priest (d. 1988)
- 1924 - Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer
- 1921 - Shepard Menken, American voice actor (d. 1999)
- 1921 - Bill Mosienko, National Hockey League player (d. 1994)
- 1920 - Ann Rutherford, American actress
- 1915 - Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (d. 2000)
- 1915 - Sidney Luft, American movie director (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (d. 1997)
- 1913 - Burt Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1911 - Odysseus Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
- 1911 - Raphael Robinson, US mathematician (d. 1995)
- 1910 - Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (d. 1999)
- 1908 - Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)
- 1906 - Daniil Andreev, Russian poet (d. 1959)
- 1906 - Luchino Visconti, Italian director (d. 1976)
- 1905 - James Dunn, American actor (d. 1967)
- 1903 - Travis Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1987)
- 1899 - Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, known from Seven Years in Tibet (d. 1973)
- 1894 - Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (d. 1976)
- 1893 - Battista Farina, founder of Pininfarina company (d. 1966)
- 1892 - Alice Brady, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1939)
- 1890 - Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (d. 1964)
- 1890 - Nishinoumi Kajir? III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (d. 1933)
- 1886 - Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (d. 1971)
- 1885 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (d. 1972)
- 1883 - Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, cardinal and archbishop of Quebec (d. 1947)
- 1878 - ?kido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (d. 1930)
- 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)
- 1865 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)
- 1855 - Henrik Schück, Swedish literary historian (d. 1947)
- 1844 - Mehmed V, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)
- 1837 - Émile Bayard, French artist, illustrator (d. 1891)
- 1833 - Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian doctor (d. 1904)
- 1821 - Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor (d. 1899)
- 1815 - George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
- 1808 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
- 1799 - John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)
- 1795 - James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
- 1777 - Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga ?ó?kowski, Polish actor (d. 1822)
- 1777 - Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
- 1766 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
- 1755 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)
- 1754 - Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French royalist general and counterrevolutionary (d. 1794)
- 1741 - Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784)
- 1739 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (d. 1799)
- 1734 - Daniel Boone American explorer (d. 1820)
- 1709 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
- 1699 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
- 1696 - Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)
- 1692 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
- 1667 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)
- 1636 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
- 1475 - Princess Anne of York, Countess of Surrey (d. 1511)
- 1082 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)