Notable Birthdays for November 2
Conrad Weiser (1696-1760) - Monk and interpreter between the Dutch and Native Americans.
Daniel Boone (1734-1820) - Hunter and explorer.
James K. Polk (1795-1849) - The 11th President of the U.S.
John Light Atlee (1799-1885) - Surgeon who was one of the first organizers of the American Medical Association.
John J. Loud (1844-1916) - Designer of the first ballpoint pen.
Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) - The 29th President of the U.S.
Marion Jones Farquhar (1879-1965) - Female tennis player and Tennis Hall of Fame inductee.
Travis Jackson (1903-Still Living) - Shortstop for the NY Giants.
Burt Lancaster (1913-1994) - Critically acclaimed actor.
Ray Walston (1914-2001) - Award winning stage actor.
Amar Bose (1929-2013) - Founder the Bose Corporation.
Robert Gover (1929-2015) - Author of One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding.
Earl Carroll (1937-2012) - Lead singer for the doo wop group The Cadillacs.
Pat Buchanan (1938-Still Living) - Journalist and conservative talk show host.
Stefanie Powers (1942-Still Living) - Actress known for her character Jennifer Hart on Hart to Hart.
Kate Linder (1947-Still Living) - Soap opera actress who played Esther Valentine on The Young and the Restless.
Lois McMaster Bujold (1949-Still Living) - Author of The Mountains of the Mourning.
Carter Beauford (1957-Still Living) - Drummer and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band.
Bobby Dall (1963-Still Living) - Bass player for the rock band Poison.
David Schwimmer (1966-Still Living) - Friends sitcom actor who played the character Ross.
Reginald Arvizu (1969-Still Living) - Bassist for the metal band Korn.
Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (1974-Still Living) - Rapper who goes by the stage name Nelly.
Memorable Events for November 2
1783 - General George Washington says goodbye to his army after the American Revolutionary War ends.
1852 - Franklin Pierce becomes the 14th President of the U.S.
1867 - Harper's Bazaar publishes their first magazine issue.
1880 - James A. Garfield becomes the 20th President of the U.S.
1889 - North Dakota and South Dakota both become the 39th and 40th states in the union.
1898 - Cheerleading makes its debut at a University of Minnesota football game.
1907 - Banker J. P. Morgan locks 40 bankers in his library to try and force them to find a way to prevent to force them to find ways to avert New York banking crisis.
1917 - James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay become the first U.S. soldiers killed in WWI.
1920 - The Presidential Election is broadcasted for the first time on the radio declaring Warren Harding as the 29th President of the U.S.
1947 - Howard Hughes flies his wooden airplane for the first and only time.
1960 - Outfielder Roger Maris beats his teammate Mickey Mantle for American League MVP.
1967 - President Johnson concludes the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the Vietnam War.
1979 - The owners of Studio 54 are arrested for tax evasion.
1983 - President Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
1984 - Velma Barfield becomes the first woman to be executed in the U.S. in 22 years.
1988 - The first Internet-distributed computer worm (The Morris Worm) is launched by MIT.
1999 - A gunman shoots at 8 people in his workplace in Hawaii.
2016 - The Chicago Cubs win the World Series for the first time in 108 years.
2020 - Baby Shark (Pinkfong) becomes the most-watched video on YouTube with over 7.04 billion views.