Historical Events In November - 02

1914  On this day in history great Britain annexes Cyprus  

1914  On this day in history ray Walston, New Orleans LA, actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees)  

1915  1st US election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio on this day in history.  

1915  Douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer on this day in history.  

1916  On November - 02 ft Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France  

1917  Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine on this day in history.  

1917  On this day in history lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China  

1917  The first American soldiers die in combat in WW I on November - 02.  

1917  On November - 02 1st US soldiers killed in combat in WW I  

1917  On this day in history durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas)  

1919  On this day in history jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet (Reino da Estupidez)  

1920  Warren G Harding elected President on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history kDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station  

1920  Fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer on November - 02.  

1920  On November - 02 andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73  

1921  On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," premieres in NYC  

1921  Fernando Correia de Oliveira, composer on November - 02.  

1922  Allies deliberate over German mark on this day in history.  

1922  On November - 02 john Pinsent, classical scholar  

1923  On this day in history bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists  

1924  Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle on November - 02.  

1925  Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1927  John Sainsbury, English billionaire on this day in history.  

1928  Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, L Stokovski premieres in Phila on November - 02.  

1928  On this day in history geoffrey Pardoe, engineer  

1929  On November - 02 harold Farberman, NYC, conductor/composer (Medea)  

1930  Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty on November - 02.  

1931  On November - 02 warren, Dixon & Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in NYC  

1931  Arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1934  Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan on this day in history.  

1935  H B "Jock" Cameron, S Afr cricket capt (v England 1935, age 30), dies on November - 02.  

1936  On November - 02 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London  

1937  On this day in history aL batting champ Charlie Gehringer wins MVP  

1937  On this day in history maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82  

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1082  On November - 02 birth of emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)  

1475  On this day in history birth of princess Anne of York (d. 1511)  

1528  On this day in history birth of peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works)  

1636  On this day in history birth of edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)  

1667  On this day in history birth of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)  

1692  Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.  

1696  Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760) was born on November - 02.  

1699  On November - 02 birth of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)  

1083  Death of Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031) on November - 02.  

1171  On November - 02 baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies  

1285  On this day in history death of king Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)  

1327  Death of King James II of Aragon (b. 1267) on November - 02.  

1483  Death of Henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49 on this day in history.  

1588  Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1610  Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66 on November - 02.  

1618  On this day in history death of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)