Editing November 2 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[619]] &ndash; A [[Khagan|qaghan]] of the [[Western Turkic Khaganate]] is [[Tang campaigns against the Western Turks|assassinated]] in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] emperor [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Gaozu]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Charles D. |last=Benn |title=China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty |year=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=138 |isbn=978-0-19-517665-0}}</ref>
*[[1410]] &ndash; The Peace of [[Bicêtre]] suspends hostilities in the [[Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Tuetey |first=Alexandre |date=17 February 2017 |orig-year=1st pub. 1881 |title=Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris, 1405-1449 |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54182/pg54182-images.html#Footnote_106 |language=fr |publisher=H. Champion |via=Project Gutenberg |at=Footnote 106 |access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Plymouth Colony]] governor [[Josiah Winslow]] leads a colonial militia against the [[Narragansett people|Narragansett]] during [[King Philip's War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schultz |first1=Eric B. |last2=Tougias |first2=Michael J. |date=2000 |title=King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rrcczZ-Bx1kC |publisher=Countryman Press |pages=244–248 |isbn=9780881504835}}</ref>
* [[1707]] – Four British naval vessels [[Scilly naval disaster of 1707|run aground]] on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first [[Longitude Act]] is enacted in 1714.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunn |first=Richard |date=27 October 2014 |title=Isles of Scilly Disaster – Part 2 |url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/1707-isles-scilly-disaster-%E2%80%93-part-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804015735/http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/behind-the-scenes/blog/1707-isles-scilly-disaster-–-part-2#oj7mUDmiIV7A4pyL.99 |archive-date=4 August 2017 |access-date=28 December 2024 |website=Royal Museums Greenwich}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; The [[French Directory]], a five-man revolutionary government, is created.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kolla |first=Edward James |year= 2017 |title=Sovereignty, International Law, and the French Revolution |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KBs0DwAAQBAJ |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=177 |isbn=9781107179547}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Time zone]]: New Zealand officially adopts a [[Time in New Zealand|standard time]] to be observed nationally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/time/ |title=Time |last1=Biswell |first1=Shelly Farr |last2=Nester |first2=Richard |website=New Zealand Geographic |access-date=5 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; The [[Great Oulu fire of 1882|great fire]] destroys a large part of [[Oulu]]'s city center in [[Oulu Province]], [[Grand Duchy of Finland|Finland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Kustaa Hautala|title=Oulun kaupungin historia IV|pages=319–323|publisher=Kirjapaino Oy Kaleva|year=1976|location=Oulu|isbn=951-9327-00-2|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]] are admitted as the 39th and 40th [[U.S. state]]s.<ref name=dakota>{{cite web |url=https://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/gilded/jb_gilded_dakotas_1.html |title=North Dakota and South Dakota Were Admitted to the Union |website=America's Library |access-date=4 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; The [[Boer]]s begin their 118-day [[Siege of Ladysmith|siege]] of British-held [[Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal|Ladysmith]] during the [[Second Boer War]].<ref>{{cite book |last=MacDonald |first=Donald |date=1900 |title=How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith |url=https://archive.org/details/howwekeptflagfl00macdgoog/page/n46/mode/2up |publisher=Ward, Lock & Co. |page=41 |isbn=9785873791002}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] defeats the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the [[Battle of Lule Burgas]], the bloodiest battle of the [[First Balkan War]], which opens her way to [[Constantinople]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitrany |first1=David |last2=Forbes |first2=Neville |last3=Toynbee |first3=Arnold Joseph |last4=Hogarth |first4=D. G. |date=1915 |title=The Balkans: a history of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece, Rumania, Turkey |url=https://archive.org/details/balkanshistoryof00forbuoft |publisher=Clarendon Press |page=75}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Russian Empire]] declares war on the [[Ottoman Empire]] and the [[Dardanelles]] is subsequently closed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rbth.com/history/326576-russia-war-ottoman-empire |title=103 years ago: Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire |date=2 November 2017 |website=Russia Beyond |access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; The [[Balfour Declaration]] proclaims British support for the "establishment in [[Palestine (region)|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".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/11/2/more-than-a-century-on-the-balfour-declaration-explained |title=More than a century on: The Balfour Declaration explained |last=Al Tahhan |first=Zena |date=2 November 2018 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*  1917   &ndash; The [[Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee|Military Revolutionary Committee]] of the [[Petrograd Soviet]], in charge of preparation and carrying out the [[Russian Revolution]], holds its first meeting.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rabinowitch |first=Alexander |author-link=Alexander Rabinowitch |date=1976 |title=The Bolsheviks Come to Power |url=https://archive.org/details/bolshevikscometo00alex |page=234|publisher=W. W. Norton |isbn=9780393055863 }}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; In the United States, [[KDKA (AM)|KDKA]] of [[Pittsburgh]] starts broadcasting as the first commercial [[radio station]]. The first broadcast is the result of the [[1920 United States presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/kdka-broadcastings-pioneer-station |title=KDKA: Broadcasting's Pioneer Station |last=Davis |first=Brett |date=Fall 2010 |website=Pennsylvania Center for the Book |access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[BBC Television Service]], the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed [[BBC One|BBC1]] in [[1964]], the channel still runs to this day.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/birth-of-tv/opening-night/#:~:text=The%20BBC's%20%E2%80%93%20and%20the%20world's,the%202nd%20of%20November%201936. |title=Opening Night: November 1936 |last=Handy |first=David |website=BBC 100 Voices |access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: First day of [[Battle of Elaia–Kalamas]] between the Greeks and the Italians.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dis.army.gr/sites/dis.army.gr/files/11.elaias_kalamas_battle_en.pdf |title=Elaia (Kalpaki) – Kalama battle |website=Army History Directorate |access-date=2 December 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123050132/https://dis.army.gr/sites/dis.army.gr/files/11.elaias_kalamas_battle_en.pdf |archive-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; In 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 [[Scaled Composites Stratolaunch|Stratolaunch]] in May 2017.<ref>{{cite book |last=McDonald |first=John J. |date=1981 |title=Howard Hughes and the Spruce Goose |url=https://archive.org/details/howardhughesspru0000mcdo |publisher=TAB Books |page=80 |isbn=0830623205}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; The [[Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference]] ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the [[Dutch East Indies]] to the [[United States of Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vandenbosch |first1=Amry |date=11 January 1950 |title=The Netherlands-Indonesian Union |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3024693 |journal=Far Eastern Survey |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=1–7 |doi=10.2307/3024693 |jstor=3024693 |s2cid=153529086 |access-date=2 December 2022|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Canada 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/tv/2013/11/09/tv-special-uncovers-canadas-forgotten-war |title=TV special uncovers Canada's 'forgotten war' |last=Szklarski |first=Cassandra |date=9 November 2013 |website=Winnipeg Free Press |access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian 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]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Sebestyen |first=Victor |date=2006 |title=Twelve days: the story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution |url=https://archive.org/details/twelvedaysstoryo00sebe/ |publisher=Pantheon Books |pages=251–252 |isbn=9780375424588 |access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Suez Crisis]]: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.<ref>{{cite book |last=Varble |first= Derek |date=2009 |title=The Suez Crisis |url=https://archive.org/details/suezcrisis0000varb |publisher=Rosen Publishing |page=43 |isbn=9781435874978 |access-date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[1950s quiz show scandals|Quiz show scandals]]: ''[[Twenty-One (game show)|Twenty-One]]'' [[game show]] contestant [[Charles Van Doren]] admits to a [[United States Congress|Congressional]] committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/11/03/archives/text-of-van-dorens-testimony-at-house-hearing-on-fixed-television.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftimesmachine.nytimes.com%2Ftimesmachine%2F1959%2F11%2F03%2F80558519.html%3Fpdf_redirect%3Dtrue&site=false |title=Text of Van Doren's Testimony at House Hearing on Fixed Television Quizzes; Subcommittee Is Told of Rehearsals and Coaching for the 'Twenty-one' Show |date=3 November 1959 |website=The New York Times |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*  1959   &ndash; The 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 (Great Britain)|M10 motorway]] and [[M45 motorway]].<ref>{{cite book |date=2002 |title=The Motorway Achievement |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ndZVcax375EC |publisher=Motorway Archive Trust |volume=1 |page=147 |isbn=9780727731968}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Penguin Books]] is found not guilty of [[obscenity]] in the trial ''[[R v Penguin Books Ltd]]'', the ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' case.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rolph |first=C. H. |author-link=C. R. Hewitt |date=1961 |title=The Trial of Lady Chatterley : Regina v. Penguin Books Ltd. |url=https://archive.org/details/trialofladychatt00rolp |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |pages=237, 248 |isbn=9780140133813}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[South Vietnam]]ese President [[Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm|Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated]] following a [[military coup]].<ref name=southviet>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/14/archives/the-cult-of-diem-the-cult-of-diem.html |title=Nine years after a fateful assassination- |last=Shaplen |first=Robert |date=14 May 1972 |website=The New York Times |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; King [[Saud of Saudi Arabia]] is deposed by a family [[Coup d'état|coup]], and replaced by his half-brother [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|Faisal]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mann |first=Joseph |title=King without a Kingdom: Deposed King Saud and his intrigues |journal=Studia Orientalia Electronica |year=2013 |volume=1 |url=https://journal.fi/store/issue/view/1056 |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Norman Morrison]], a 31-year-old [[Quakers|Quaker]], sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to [[the Pentagon]] to protest the use of [[napalm]] in the Vietnam war.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-07-30-1995211002-story.html |title=The Sacrifice of Norman Morrison – Thirty years ago a Baltimore Quaker set himself on fire to protest the war in Vietnam. Did it make a difference? |last=Steinbach |first=Alice |date=29 July 1995 |website=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[Cuban Adjustment Act]] comes into force, allowing 123,000 [[Cuba]]ns the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.<ref>{{USPL|89|732|To adjust the status of Cuban refugees to that of lawful permanent residents of the United States, and for other purposes.}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Vietnam 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.<ref>{{cite book |last=Daniels |first=Robert Vincent |author-link=Robert Vincent Daniels |date=1989 |title=Year of the Heroic Guerrilla: World Revolution and Counterrevolution in 1968 |url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2217312M/Year_of_the_heroic_guerrilla#editions-list |publisher=Basic Books |page=39 |isbn=978-0465092864|ol=2217312M }}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 19]] is hijacked and diverted to [[Vnukovo International Airport]], where the aircraft is stormed by authorities.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Yak-40 c/n 9120618 |url=https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/205_79350 |website=Soviet Transport Database }}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Channel 4]], the British [[free-to-air]] [[public broadcast]] television channel funded by its commercial activities, starts broadcasting.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Channel 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/corporate/about-4/who-we-are/about-channel-4 |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=Channel 4 |language=en |year=1982}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] signs a bill creating [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/01/12/king-holiday-origin/1006109001/ |title=Years of persistence led to holiday honoring King |last=Crawford-Tichawonna |first=Nicole |date=12 January 2018 |website=USA Today |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Capital punishment]]: [[Velma Barfield]] becomes the first woman executed in the United States since [[1962]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Velma Barfield Put to Death – 1984 Year in Review |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/Audio/Events-of-1984/Velma-Barfield-Put-to-Death/ |access-date=1 December 2022 |website=United Press International |language=en |year=1984}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Lebanon hostage crisis]]: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/11/04/Freed-hostage-David-Jacobsen-was-reunited-with-his-family/6997531464400/ |title=Freed hostage David Jacobsen was reunited with his family... |last=Poole |first=William |date=4 November 1986 |website=United Press International |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[Morris worm]], the first Internet-distributed [[computer worm]] to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/morris-worm-30-years-since-first-major-attack-on-internet-110218 |title=The Morris Worm |date=2 November 2018 |website=FBI.gov |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703]] crashes in [[Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship]], Poland, killing one person and injuring several more.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov An-24V SP-LTD Rzeszów |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19881102-0 |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[British Satellite Broadcasting]] and [[Sky Television (1984–1990)|Sky Television plc]] merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/organgrinder/2009/feb/04/sky-tv-early-years |title=Sky TV's launch: 'a wing and a prayer' |last=Brown |first=Maggie |date=5 February 2009 |website=The Guardian |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Tropical Storm Linda (1997)|Tropical Storm Linda]] makes landfall in the [[Mekong Delta]] in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1997atcr/pdf/1997_complete.pdf |title=1997 Annual Tropical Cyclone Report |page=48 |publisher=Joint Typhoon Warning Center |access-date=22 January 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606210557/http://www.usno.navy.mil/NOOC/nmfc-ph/RSS/jtwc/atcr/1997atcr/pdf/1997_complete.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[1999 Honolulu shootings|Honolulu shootings]]: In the worst mass murder in the history of [[Hawaii]], a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/1999/11/02/news/story1.html |title=7 dead in Nimitz Hwy. Xerox shooting |last=Song |first=James K. |date=2 November 1999 |website=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Expedition 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.<ref>{{cite web |date=31 October 2000 |title=First crew starts living and working on the International Space Station |url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/International_Space_Station/First_crew_starts_living_and_working_on_the_International_Space_Station |access-date=2 November 2020 |website=ESA}}</ref><ref name="SPACE-Nov2">{{cite news |author=Halvorson |first=Todd |date=2 November 2000 |title=Space Station Is Opened For Business As Expedition One Crew Floats Aboard |url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/exp1_am_001102.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219065401/http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/missions/exp1_am_001102.html |archive-date=19 December 2009 |access-date=7 August 2010 |work=Space.com}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Lewis Hamilton]] secured his maiden [[Formula One]] [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|Drivers' Championship Title]] by one point ahead of [[Felipe Massa]] at the [[2008 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian Grand Prix]], after a pass for fifth place against the [[Toyota Racing (Formula One team)|Toyota]] of [[Timo Glock]] on the final lap of the race.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brazil|url=http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/brazil_804/circuit_diagram.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205143541/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/brazil_804/circuit_diagram.html|archive-date=5 December 2008|access-date=20 December 2020|website=Formula1.com}}</ref><ref name="commautosport">{{cite web|author=Geoff Creighton and Emlyn Hughes|date=2 November 2008|title=As it happened: Showdown at Interlagos|url=http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/63|access-date=14 November 2008|work=autosport.com|publisher=Haymarket Publishing|archive-date=22 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151956/http://live.autosport.com/commentary.php/id/63|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; The [[Chicago Cubs]] defeat the [[Cleveland Guardians|Cleveland Indians]] in the [[World Series]], ending the longest [[Major League Baseball]] championship drought at 108 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/02/sport/world-series-game-7-chicago-cubs-cleveland-indians/index.html |title=Believe it! Chicago Cubs end the curse, win 2016 World Series |last=Martin |first=Jill |date=3 November 2016 |website=CNN |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; In [[Vienna]]'s [[Innere Stadt]] district, an [[Islamic State|ISIL]] sympathizer [[2020 Vienna attack|shoots and kills]] four people and injures 23 more, before being shot and killed by the police.<ref name="dw">{{Cite news |date=3 November 2020 |title=Vienna terror attack had 'Islamist' motive |url=https://www.dw.com/en/vienna-terror-attack-islamist-motive-suspected-in-deadly-shootings/a-55478882 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103071905/https://www.dw.com/en/vienna-terror-attack-islamist-motive-suspected-in-deadly-shootings/a-55478882 |archive-date=3 November 2020 |work=Deutsche Welle |quote=A terror attack in Vienna that left four people dead was carried out by at least one Islamic terrorist, Austria's Interior Ministry said Tuesday.}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; A [[Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement|peace agreement]] is signed between the [[government of Ethiopia|Ethiopian government]] and the [[Tigray People's Liberation Front]], ending the [[Tigray War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/au-announces-peace-deal-in-ethiopias-tigray-conflict/a-63628721 |title=AU announces peace deal in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict |date=2 November 2022 |website=Deutsche Welle |access-date=23 March 2023}}</ref>