Page 6: Historical Events In November - 02
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
1968 Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56 on November - 02.
1969 Marion Lloyd Vince, fencer (National champ 1928, 31), dies at 63 on November - 02.
1970 On November - 02 richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75
1971 On this day in history martha Vickers, actress (Alimony), dies after long illness at 46
1976 On this day in history former Georgia Gov Jimmy Carter (D) defeats incumbent Gerald R Ford (R) in race for Presidency
1976 Jimmy Carter elected as the (38th) US President on this day in history.
1977 On November - 02 h E Nossak, writer, dies at 76
1978 On November - 02 crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
1980 On this day in history edith Bunker, character on "All in the Family", dies
1982 Lester Roloff, Man of God, preacher on November - 02.
1983 On November - 02 president Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L King day
1984 On this day in history margie V Barfield, US murderer, 1st woman electricuted in 22 years
1986 On November - 02 following intervention of Terry Waite, US hostage David Jacobsen is fred in Beirut after 18 months imprisonment
1986 On this day in history paul Frees, cartoon voice (Boris Badenov), dies at 66
1988 On this day in history computer virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities
1988 Shamir Likud wins election in Israel on this day in history.
1991 On November - 02 fran Stevens, singer, dies of cancer in Bronx NY at 72
1992 Hal Roach, producer (Keystone Kops), dies of pneumonia at 100 on this day in history.
1993 P A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees & Hope), dies at about 86 on November - 02.
1994 David Feinberg, AIDS activist/author, dies at 37 on November - 02.
1995 On this day in history alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International, dies at 58
1996 On this day in history ontario L'Orignal Railway (RailTex) commences operation over the former CN line between Glen Robertson, Hawkesbury and L'Orignal, Ont.
1996 Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Colombian politician, dies on this day in history.
1997 On this day in history g Harry Stine, writer, dies at 69
1998 On November - 02 quebec Gatineau Railway commences operation over the CN Montfort Spur between Mirabel and Saint-Jerome, QC. Access to the CN network is continued through an interchange agreement between CN, OGRY and St.L&H.
1999 On this day in history "Saving Private Ryan" becomse the first major Spielberg movie to be released on DVD
2005 Madrid: the Spanish Congress of Deputies approves the admission to formality of the new Catalan Statute of Autonomy with the support of all the groups except the People's Party (PP) that the same day filed an objection of unconstitutionality on this day in history.
2005 On this day in history ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and coach.
2007 On November - 02 four firefighters feared dead in the 2007 Atherstone fire disaster.
2014 On this day in history 60 people were killed and 110 injured by a suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan
2017 On This Day and Xiaomi launch a content partnership to display today in history content in Xiaomi's calendar app to users in India on November - 02.
2017 On November - 02 jerome Powell nominated by US President Trump to be next Chair of the Federal Reserve
2017 On November - 02 a new species of orangutan is identified in Indonesia, becoming the third known species of orangutan as well as the first great ape to be described for almost a century.
2018 Tiger thought to have killed 13 people shot dead after month-long hunt near Pandharkawada, central India on this day in history.