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on November 2nd
Events
1772 - American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
1895 - The first gasoline-powered race in the United States. First prize: $2,000
1947 - In California, Designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce Goose; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
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.
1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðìhn Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Day, the only current national holiday honoring an individual American.
2000 - The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.
Births
1082 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
1755 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)
1885 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (d. 1972)
1897 - Vito Genovese, American gangster (d. 1969)
Deaths
1963 - Ngo Dihn Diem, President of South Vietnam (b. 1901)
1975 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
1984 - Velma Barfield, American murderer (executed) (b. 1932)
2004 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918)
2004 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
Holidays and Observances
Mexico and the United States - Day of the Dead (Spanish: El Dia de los Muertos), a Mexican and Mexican-American celebration of dead ancestors.
USA - admission day (1889) of North Dakota and South Dakota as 39th and 40th states.
Rastafari movement - The coronation of Haile Selassie (1930) celebrated
on November 2nd
Events
1772 - American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
1895 - The first gasoline-powered race in the United States. First prize: $2,000
1947 - In California, Designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce Goose; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
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.
1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðìhn Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Day, the only current national holiday honoring an individual American.
2000 - The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.
Births
1082 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
1755 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)
1885 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (d. 1972)
1897 - Vito Genovese, American gangster (d. 1969)
Deaths
1963 - Ngo Dihn Diem, President of South Vietnam (b. 1901)
1975 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
1984 - Velma Barfield, American murderer (executed) (b. 1932)
2004 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918)
2004 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
Holidays and Observances
Mexico and the United States - Day of the Dead (Spanish: El Dia de los Muertos), a Mexican and Mexican-American celebration of dead ancestors.
USA - admission day (1889) of North Dakota and South Dakota as 39th and 40th states.
Rastafari movement - The coronation of Haile Selassie (1930) celebrated