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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 2 NOVEMBRE

World War II

Année: 1940

World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.

BBC One

Année: 1936

The 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.

KDKA (AM)

Année: 1920

In 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.

Balfour Declaration

Année: 1917

The 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".

Howard Hughes

Année: 1947

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 Stratolaunch in May 2017.

Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference

Année: 1949

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.

M1 motorway

Année: 1959

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 and M45 motorway.

Hungarian Revolution of 1956

Année: 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.

Suez Crisis

Année: 1956

Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.

Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee

Année: 1917

The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.

NAISSANCES DU 2 NOVEMBRE

Charlie Walker (musician)

Année de naissance: 1926

Charlie Walker, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and DJ (died 2008)

David Bauer (ice hockey)

Année de naissance: 1924

David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1988)

Rudy Van Gelder

Année de naissance: 1924

Rudy Van Gelder, American record producer and engineer (died 2016)

Michael Loewe

Année de naissance: 1922

Michael Loewe, British historian, Sinologist and writer (died 2025)

Steve Ditko

Année de naissance: 1927

Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator (died 2018)

Shulamith Shahar

Année de naissance: 1928

Shulamith Shahar, Latvian-born Israeli historian (died 2025)

Muhammad Rafiq Tarar

Année de naissance: 1929

Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan (died 2022)

Richard E. Taylor

Année de naissance: 1929

Richard E. Taylor, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)

Gerry Alexander

Année de naissance: 1928

Gerry Alexander, Jamaican cricketer and veterinarian (died 2011)

Paul Johnson (writer)

Année de naissance: 1928

Paul Johnson, English journalist, historian, and author (died 2023)

DéCèS DU 2 NOVEMBRE

Ngô Đình Nhu

Année de décès: 1963

1963 South Vietnamese coup

Ngo Dinh Diem

Année de décès: 1963

1963 South Vietnamese coup

Mississippi John Hurt

Année de décès: 1966

Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1892)

Peter Debye

Année de décès: 1966

Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884)

Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 1894)

Année de décès: 1961

Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain (born 1894)

Harriet Bosse

Année de décès: 1961

Harriet Bosse, Swedish-Norwegian actress (born 1878)

Mehmet Esat Bülkat

Année de décès: 1952

Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (born 1862)

Michael Considine

Année de décès: 1959

Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (born 1885)

Dimitri Mitropoulos

Année de décès: 1960

Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (born 1896)

James Thurber

Année de décès: 1961

James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (born 1894)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 2 NOVEMBRE

Dziady

Dziady (Belarus)

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico)

Indian Arrival Day

Arrival of Indentured Labourers (Mauritius)

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations)

List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota, United States)

Rastafari

Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)

All Souls' Day

All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion)

Justus of Trieste

Christian feast day: Justus of Trieste

Agapius, Atticus, Carterius, Styriacus, Tobias, Eudoxius, Nictopolion and companions

Christian feast day: Agapius and companions

Victorinus of Pettau

Christian feast day: Victorinus of Pettau

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