Historical Events In November - 02
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
1968 Ernst Hess, composer, dies at 56 on November - 02.
1969 On November - 02 marion Lloyd Vince, fencer (National champ 1928, 31), dies at 63
1970 Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1971 On November - 02 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 November - 02.
1977 H E Nossak, writer, dies at 76 on November - 02.
1978 Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31 on November - 02.
1980 On November - 02 edith Bunker, character on "All in the Family", dies
1982 On this day in history lester Roloff, Man of God, preacher.
1983 President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L King day on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history margie V Barfield, US murderer, 1st woman electricuted in 22 years
1986 Following intervention of Terry Waite, US hostage David Jacobsen is fred in Beirut after 18 months imprisonment on this day in history.
1986 On November - 02 paul Frees, cartoon voice (Boris Badenov), dies at 66
1988 Computer virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history shamir Likud wins election in Israel
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 On November - 02 p A Jacob Mees, Dutch banker (Mees & Hope), dies at about 86
1994 On this day in history david Feinberg, AIDS activist/author, dies at 37
1995 Alun Edward Islwyn Pask, rugby International, dies at 58 on November - 02.
1996 Ontario L'Orignal Railway (RailTex) commences operation over the former CN line between Glen Robertson, Hawkesbury and L'Orignal, Ont on this day in history.
1996 Alvaro Gomez Hurtado, Colombian politician, dies on November - 02.
1997 G Harry Stine, writer, dies at 69 on November - 02.
1998 On this day in history 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 "Saving Private Ryan" becomse the first major Spielberg movie to be released on DVD on November - 02.
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 November - 02.
2005 Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and coach on this day in history.
2007 Four firefighters feared dead in the 2007 Atherstone fire disaster on this day in history.
2014 60 people were killed and 110 injured by a suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history on This Day and Xiaomi launch a content partnership to display today in history content in Xiaomi's calendar app to users in India
2017 On this day in history 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 On November - 02 tiger thought to have killed 13 people shot dead after month-long hunt near Pandharkawada, central India