Great Khan
Event 619A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu.
Source: Wikipedia — Great KhanOn this day — November 2
What happened on this day in history
Events
Pope Donus
Event 676Election of pope Donus following the death of pope Adeodatus II some month prior.
Source: Wikipedia — Pope Donus
Bicêtre Hospital
Event 1410The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
Source: Wikipedia — Bicêtre Hospital
Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
Event 1622The Imperial-Spanish army under the Count of Tilly captures Mannheim.
Source: Wikipedia — Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly
Plymouth Colony
Event 1675Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
Source: Wikipedia — Plymouth Colony
Scilly naval disaster of 1707
Event 1707Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.
Source: Wikipedia — Scilly naval disaster of 1707
French Directory
Event 1795The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created.
Source: Wikipedia — French Directory
Dost Mohammad Khan
Event 1868Dost Mohammad Khan surrenders to the British and is exiled, but the First Anglo-Afghan War continues.
Source: Wikipedia — Dost Mohammad Khan
Time zone
Event 1868Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally.
Source: Wikipedia — Time zone
Great Oulu fire of 1882
Event 1882The great fire destroys a large part of Oulu's city center in Oulu Province, Finland.
Source: Wikipedia — Great Oulu fire of 1882
North Dakota
Event 1889North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
Source: Wikipedia — North Dakota
Boers
Event 1899The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Source: Wikipedia — Boers
Kingdom of Bulgaria
Event 1912Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
Source: Wikipedia — Kingdom of Bulgaria
World War I
Event 1914World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles is subsequently closed.
Source: Wikipedia — World War I
Hussein, King of Hejaz
Event 1916Hussein bin Ali proclaims himself "King of the Arab Countries".
Source: Wikipedia — Hussein, King of Hejaz
Balfour Declaration
Event 1917The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
Source: Wikipedia — Balfour Declaration
Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee
Event 1917The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.
Source: Wikipedia — Petrograd Military Revolutionary CommitteeOcoee massacre
Event 1920The Ocoee massacre commences in Orange County, Florida on the day of the 1920 United States presidential election.
Source: Wikipedia — Ocoee massacre
KDKA (AM)
Event 1920In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
Source: Wikipedia — KDKA (AM)
BBC Television
Event 1936The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
Source: Wikipedia — BBC Television
World War II
Event 1940World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
Source: Wikipedia — World War II
Howard Hughes
Event 1947In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built until Scaled Composites rolled out their Stratolaunch in May 2017.
Source: Wikipedia — Howard Hughes
Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference
Event 1949The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
Source: Wikipedia — Dutch–Indonesian Round Table ConferenceCanada in the Korean War
Event 1951Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.
Source: Wikipedia — Canada in the Korean War
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Event 1956Hungarian Revolution: Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
Source: Wikipedia — Hungarian Revolution of 1956
1950s quiz show scandals
Event 1959Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
Source: Wikipedia — 1950s quiz show scandals
M1 motorway
Event 1959The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
Source: Wikipedia — M1 motorway
Penguin Books
Event 1960Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
Source: Wikipedia — Penguin Books
South Vietnam
Event 1963South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
Source: Wikipedia — South Vietnam
Saud of Saudi Arabia
Event 1964King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
Source: Wikipedia — Saud of Saudi Arabia
Norman Morrison
Event 1965Norman 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.
Source: Wikipedia — Norman Morrison
Cuban Adjustment Act
Event 1966The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
Source: Wikipedia — Cuban Adjustment Act
Vietnam War
Event 1967Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
Source: Wikipedia — Vietnam War
Aeroflot Flight 19
Event 1973Aeroflot Flight 19 is hijacked and diverted to Vnukovo International Airport, where the aircraft is stormed by authorities.
Source: Wikipedia — Aeroflot Flight 19
Channel 4
Event 1982Channel 4, the British free-to-air public broadcast television channel funded by its commercial activities, starts broadcasting.
Source: Wikipedia — Channel 4
Ronald Reagan
Event 1983U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Source: Wikipedia — Ronald Reagan
Capital punishment
Event 1984Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
Source: Wikipedia — Capital punishment
Lebanon hostage crisis
Event 1986Lebanon hostage crisis: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.
Source: Wikipedia — Lebanon hostage crisisMorris worm
Event 1988The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
Source: Wikipedia — Morris worm
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703
Event 1988LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 crashes in Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, killing one person and injuring several more.
Source: Wikipedia — LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703
British Satellite Broadcasting
Event 1990British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
Source: Wikipedia — British Satellite Broadcasting
Tropical Storm Linda (1997)
Event 1997Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
Source: Wikipedia — Tropical Storm Linda (1997)
Xerox murders
Event 1999Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.
Source: Wikipedia — Xerox murders
Expedition 1
Event 2000Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.
Source: Wikipedia — Expedition 1
Lewis Hamilton
Event 2008Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race.
Source: Wikipedia — Lewis Hamilton
Chicago Cubs
Event 2016The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
Source: Wikipedia — Chicago Cubs
Vienna
Event 2020In Vienna's Innere Stadt district, an ISIL sympathizer shoots and kills four people and injures 23 more, before being shot and killed by the police.
Source: Wikipedia — Vienna
Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
Event 2022A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.
Source: Wikipedia — Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreementBirths
Gaspare Nadi
Born 1418Gaspare Nadi, Italian builder and writer (died 1504)
Source: Wikipedia — Gaspare Nadi
Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine
Born 1428Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (died 1483)
Source: Wikipedia — Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine
