November 2 in History

Historical Events on November 2

1795 The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.

1889 North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

1914 World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.

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".

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 Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.

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.

1983 U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

1986 US Hostage, David Jacobsen, is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.[2]

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Famous Birthdays on November 2

1795 James K. Polk

1865 Warren G. Harding

1965 Shah Rukh Khan

1967 Scott Walker (politician)

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Famous Deaths on November 2

1950 George Bernard Shaw

1963 Ngô Đình Diệm

1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini

2007 The Fabulous Moolah

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