Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: November 2
November 2, 2024 is the 307th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Topaz is your modern birthstone. Pearl is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: November 2
- 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.
- 1795 –The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.
- 1909 –Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University.
- 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.
- 1940 –World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
- 1957 –The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity.
- 1960 –Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley’s Lover case
- 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.
- 2000 –The first resident crew to the ISS docked in November 2nd on the Soyuz TM-31.
Who were born on November 2?
- 1667 –James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)
- 1795 –James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
- 1921 –Shepard Menken, American voice actor (d. 1999)
- 1932 –Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (d. 2009)
- 1944 –Patrice Chéreau, French director, actor and producer
- 1962 –Simon Hill, English-Australian football commentator
- 1963 –Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker
- 1976 –Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
- 1979 –Julie Lund, Danish actress
- 1979 –Simone Puleo, Italian footballer
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