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What happend on 2. November in History

In our data base we found 303 events happened on 2. November:
  • 943: Emma of France, (b. 894) [category: Deaths]
  • 971: Mahmud of Ghazni (d. 1030) [category: Births]
  • 1082: Emperor Huizong of Song (d. 1135) [category: Births]
  • 1083: Matilda of Flanders (b. 1031) [category: Deaths]
  • 1285: Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239) [category: Deaths]

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  • 1327: James II of Aragon (b. 1267) [category: Deaths]
  • 1410: The Peace of Bicêtre between the Armagnac and Burgundian factions is signed. [category: Events]
  • 1470: Edward V of England (d. 1483) [category: Births]
  • 1475: Anne of York, Countess of Surrey (d. 1511) [category: Births]
  • 1483: Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1454) [category: Deaths]
  • 1610: Richard Bancroft, English archbishop (b. 1544) [category: Deaths]
  • 1618: Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (b. 1568) [category: Deaths]
  • 1636: Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (d. 1721) [category: Births]
  • 1667: James Louis Sobieski, Polish prince (d. 1737) [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1692: Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766) [category: Births]
  • 1696: Conrad Weiser, American diplomat (d. 1760) [category: Births]
  • 1699: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779) [category: Births]
  • 1709: Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759) [category: Births]
  • 1716: Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician (b. 1651) [category: Deaths]

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  • 1734: Daniel Boone American explorer (d. 1820) [category: Births]
  • 1739: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer and violinist (d. 1799) [category: Births]
  • 1741: Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784) [category: Births]
  • 1754: Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French general (d. 1794) [category: Births]
  • 1755: Marie Antoinette, Austrian wife of Louis XVI of France (d. 1793) [category: Births]
  • 1766: Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858) [category: Births]
  • 1769: Don Gaspar de Portolà leads the first documented European visit to San Francisco Bay. [category: Events]
  • 1772: American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence. [category: Events]
  • 1777: Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (d. 1822) [category: Births]
  • 1783: In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army". [category: Events]
  • 1795: James K. Polk, American politician, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849) [category: Births]
  • 1795: The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France. [category: Events]
  • 1799: John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885) [category: Births]
  • 1799: Titian Peale, American entomologist and photographer (d. 1885) [category: Births]
  • 1807: Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French politician (b. 1730) [category: Deaths]
  • 1808: Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly, French author (d. 1889) [category: Births]
  • 1815: George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864) [category: Births]
  • 1821: George Bowen, Irish-English colonial administrator, 1st Governor of Queensland (d. 1899) [category: Births]
  • 1833: Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian physician and academic (d. 1904) [category: Births]
  • 1837: Émile Bayard, French illustrator (d. 1891) [category: Births]
  • 1844: Mehmed V, Ottoman sultan (d. 1918) [category: Births]
  • 1846: Esaias Tegnér, Swedish bishop (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
  • 1852: Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
  • 1855: Henrik Schück, Swedish historian (d. 1947) [category: Births]
  • 1861: American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter. [category: Events]
  • 1863: Theodore Judah, American engineer (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
  • 1865: Warren G. Harding, American politician, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923) [category: Births]
  • 1868: Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally [category: Events]
  • 1877: Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam (d. 1957) [category: Births]
  • 1877: Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (d. 1933) [category: Births]
  • 1877: Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915) [category: Births]
  • 1877: Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784) [category: Deaths]
  • 1878: Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (d. 1930) [category: Births]
  • 1879: Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (d. 1965) [category: Births]
  • 1882: Oulu, Finland is devastated by the Great Oulu Fire of 1882 [category: Events]
  • 1883: Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, Canadian archbishop (d. 1947) [category: Births]
  • 1885: Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
  • 1886: Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (d. 1971) [category: Births]
  • 1887: Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820) [category: Deaths]
  • 1889: North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. [category: Events]
  • 1890: Moa Martinson, Swedish author (d. 1964) [category: Births]
  • 1890: Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (d. 1933) [category: Births]
  • 1891: David Townsend, American art director (d. 1935) [category: Births]
  • 1892: Alice Brady, American actress (d. 1939) [category: Births]
  • 1893: Battista Farina, Italian businessman, founded the Pininfarina Company (d. 1966) [category: Births]
  • 1894: Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1895: The first gasoline-powered race in the United States. First prize: $2,000 [category: Events]
  • 1898: George Goyder, English-Australian surveyor (b. 1826) [category: Deaths]
  • 1898: Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team. [category: Events]
  • 1899: Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
  • 1899: The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. [category: Events]
  • 1903: Travis Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1987) [category: Births]
  • 1904: Hugh Patrick Lygon, German son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (d. 1936) [category: Births]
  • 1905: Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright (d. 1989) [category: Births]
  • 1905: James Dunn, American actor (d. 1967) [category: Births]
  • 1905: Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
  • 1906: Daniil Andreev, Russian poet (d. 1959) [category: Births]
  • 1906: Luchino Visconti, Italian director (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1908: Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
  • 1909: Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University. [category: Events]
  • 1910: Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1911: Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996) [category: Births]
  • 1911: Raphael Robinson, American mathematician (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1913: Burt Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
  • 1914: Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (d. 1997) [category: Births]
  • 1914: Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
  • 1915: Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
  • 1915: Sidney Luft, American director (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1917: Ann Rutherford, American actress (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1917: The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities". [category: Events]
  • 1917: The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting. [category: Events]
  • 1919: Warren Stevens, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1920: Adam Martin Wyant became the first former professional American football player to be elected to the United States Congress. [category: Events]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1921: Bill Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994) [category: Births]
  • 1921: Shepard Menken, American actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1924: David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988) [category: Births]
  • 1924: Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer [category: Births]
  • 1924: Stavros Xenidis, Greek actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
  • 1927: Steve Ditko, American illustrator and writer [category: Births]
  • 1928: Paul Johnson, English journalist, historian, and author [category: Births]
  • 1929: Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani politician, 9th President of Pakistan [category: Births]
  • 1929: Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
  • 1930: Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, target shooter, and gymnast (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
  • 1930: Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia. [category: Events]
  • 1931: Phil Woods, American saxophonist, bandleader, and composer [category: Births]
  • 1932: Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 2009) [category: Births]
  • 1934: Bill Gothard, American minister and author [category: Births]
  • 1934: Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1935: Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
  • 1936: Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989) [category: Births]
  • 1936: Rose Bird, American judge (d. 1999) [category: Births]
  • 1936: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers. [category: Events]
  • 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 1964, the channel still runs to this day. [category: Events]
  • 1936: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established. [category: Events]
  • 1937: Earl Carroll, American singer (The Cadillacs and The Coasters) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1938: David Lane, American white nationalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1938: Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans) [category: Births]
  • 1938: Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician [category: Births]
  • 1938: Queen Sofía of Spain [category: Births]
  • 1939: Richard Serra, American sculptor [category: Births]
  • 1940: Jim Bakken, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1940: Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player [category: Births]
  • 1940: World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians. [category: Events]
  • 1941: Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, author, and politician [category: Births]
  • 1941: Bruce Welch, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Shadows) [category: Births]
  • 1942: Shere Hite, American-German author [category: Births]
  • 1942: Stefanie Powers, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1944: Keith Emerson, English keyboard player and songwriter (The Nice, The V.I.P.'s, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Emerson, Lake & Powell) [category: Births]
  • 1944: Michael Buffer, American ring announcer [category: Births]
  • 1944: Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
  • 1944: Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
  • 1945: Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1945: J. D. Souther, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Longbranch Pennywhistle and Souther–Hillman–Furay Band) [category: Births]
  • 1945: Hélène de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
  • 1945: Princess Thyra of Denmark (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
  • 1946: Alan Jones, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1946: Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1946: Marieta Severo, Brazilian actress [category: Births]
  • 1947: Dave Pegg, English bass player and producer (Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull, and Ian Campbell Folk Group) [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1949: Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
  • 1949: The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia. [category: Events]
  • 1950: Alex Fagan, American police officer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1950: Erika Mann, German politician [category: Births]
  • 1950: George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
  • 1951: Lindy Morrison, Australian drummer (The Go-Betweens, Xero, and Tuff Monks) [category: Births]
  • 1951: Thomas Mallon, American author and critic [category: Births]
  • 1952: Maxine Nightingale, English singer [category: Births]
  • 1952: Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
  • 1953: The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan. [category: Events]
  • 1954: Pat Croce, American businessman and author [category: Births]
  • 1955: Ambrose Madtha, Indian archbishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1955: Chris Burnett, American saxophonist and composer (Chris Burnett Quartet) [category: Births]
  • 1955: Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1956: Dale Brown, American author [category: Births]
  • 1956: Peter Mullan, Scottish actor [category: Births]
  • 1957: Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band) [category: Births]
  • 1957: Michael Bailey Smith, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1957: Notis Sfakianakis, Greek singer [category: Births]
  • 1957: The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity. [category: Events]
  • 1958: Willie McGee, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1958: Jean Couzy, French mountaineer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 1959: Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 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 [category: Events]
  • 1960: Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
  • 1960: Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd., the Lady Chatterley's Lover case [category: Events]
  • 1961: Jeff Tedford, American football coach [category: Births]
  • 1961: k.d. lang, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
  • 1961: James Thurber, American author and illustrator (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
  • 1962: David Brock, American journalist and author [category: Births]
  • 1962: Derek Mountfield, English football player [category: Births]
  • 1962: Mireille Delunsch, French soprano [category: Births]
  • 1962: Simon Hill, English-Australian sportscaster [category: Births]
  • 1963: Bobby Dall, American bass player (Poison) [category: Births]
  • 1963: Borut Pahor, Slovenian politician, 4th President of Slovenia [category: Births]
  • 1963: Craig Saavedra, American director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
  • 1963: Jonas Gardell, Swedish author and screenwriter [category: Births]
  • 1963: Park Young Seok, South Korean mountaineer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1963: Ron McGovney, American bass player (Metallica, Leather Charm, and Phantasm) [category: Births]
  • 1963: Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
  • 1963: South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup. [category: Events]
  • 1964: Britta Lejon, Swedish politician [category: Births]
  • 1964: King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal. [category: Events]
  • 1965: Arnold Clavio, Filipino journalist [category: Births]
  • 1965: Samuel Le Bihan, French actor [category: Births]
  • 1965: Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1966: David Schwimmer, American actor and director [category: Births]
  • 1966: Khaled Abol Naga, Egyptian actor [category: Births]
  • 1966: Sean Kanan, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1966: Tim Kirkman, American director and producer [category: Births]
  • 1966: Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1966: Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
  • 1966: Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
  • 1966: The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States. [category: Events]
  • 1967: Kurt Elling, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1967: Marc van Roon, Dutch pianist [category: Births]
  • 1967: Scott Walker, American politician, 45th Governor of Wisconsin [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1968: Ultra Naté, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
  • 1969: Reginald Arvizu, American bass player (Korn, StillWell, and L.A.P.D.) [category: Births]
  • 1970: Ely Buendia, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist (Eraserheads and Pupil) [category: Births]
  • 1970: Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, American wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1970: Richard Cushing, American archbishop (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
  • 1971: Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
  • 1972: Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
  • 1972: Samantha Womack, English actress, singer, and director [category: Births]
  • 1972: Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1973: Marisol Nichols, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1973: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form a 'United Front' in the state of Tripura. [category: Events]
  • 1974: Nelly, American rapper and actor (St. Lunatics) [category: Births]
  • 1974: Orlando Cabrera, Colombian baseball player [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1975: Chris Walla, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Death Cab for Cutie) [category: Births]
  • 1975: Stéphane Sarrazin, French race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1975: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian director (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 1976: Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1977: Jason Cerbone, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1977: Konstantinos Economidis, Greek tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1977: Randy Harrison, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1977: Rodney Buford, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1978: Carmen Cali, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1979: Darren Young, American wrestler [category: Births]
  • 1979: Erika Flores, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1979: Julie Lund, Danish actress [category: Births]
  • 1979: Simone Puleo, Italian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1979: Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
  • 1980: Amos Roberts Australian rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1980: Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
  • 1980: Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress [category: Births]
  • 1981: Avy Scott, American porn actress [category: Births]
  • 1981: Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress [category: Births]
  • 1981: Rafael Márquez Lugo, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
  • 1981: Roddy White, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1981: Wilson Betemit, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1982: Charles Itandje, French footballer [category: Births]
  • 1982: Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1982: Yunel Escobar, Cuban baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1982: Lester Roloff, American preacher (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
  • 1983: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. [category: Events]
  • 1984: Julia Stegner, German model [category: Births]
  • 1984: Tamara Hope, Canadian actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1984: Velma Barfield, American murderer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
  • 1984: Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. [category: Events]
  • 1986: Andy Rautins, Canadian basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1986: Diana Penty, Indian model and actress [category: Births]
  • 1986: Lara Sacher, Australian actress [category: Births]
  • 1986: Paul Frees, American voice actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
  • 1987: Danny Cipriani, English rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1988: The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT. [category: Events]
  • 1989: Katelyn Tarver, American actress and singer [category: Births]
  • 1989: Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1989: Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1989: Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer [category: Births]
  • 1990: Kendall Schmidt, American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush) [category: Births]
  • 1991: Irwin Allen, American director and producer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
  • 1992: Hal Roach, American director and producer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
  • 1996: Eva Cassidy, American singer an guitarist (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
  • 1996: John G. Crommelin, American navy officer and politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
  • 1998: Vincent Winter, Scottish actor (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
  • 2000: Eva Morris, English super-centenarian (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
  • 2000: Robert Cormier, American author and journalist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 2000: The first resident crew to the ISS docked with their Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft. [category: Events]
  • 2002: Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: Frank McCloskey, American politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, and producer (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Emirati prince (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
  • 2005: Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Henry Cele, South African actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Witold Kiełtyka, Polish drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: 50,000–100,000 people demonstrate against the Georgian government in Tbilisi. [category: Events]
  • 2008: Madelyn Dunham, American grandmother of Barack Obama (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Andy Irons, American surfer (b. 1978) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
  • 2011: Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Han Suyin, Chinese-English author (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Hans Lindgren, Swedish actor, screenwriter and producer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: John C. Tyson, American judge (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: János Rózsás, Hungarian author (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, Indian politician (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Milt Campbell, American decathlete (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Pino Rauti, Italian politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Robert Morton Duncan, American judge (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • _: All Souls Day (Roman Catholic and Anglican Church), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: All Souls Day or Day of the Dead is the Día de los Difuntos in Spain. [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari movement) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Day of the Dead, The second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Dia de Finados or Dia dos Fiéis Defuntos (Brazil and Portugal) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Earliest day on which Election Day can fall, while November 8 is the latest; celebrated on Tuesday following the first Monday in November (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Indian Arrival Day (Mauritius) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Karatsu Kunchi (Karatsu, Saga) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Victorinus of Pettau [category: Holidays and observances]