November 02

Tuesday 02, 2004:

President George W. Bush wins U.S. Presidential Election over John Kerry.

Friday 02, 2001:

Monsters, Inc. debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film.

Thursday 02, 2000:

The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.

Saturday 02, 1991:

Jermaine Jackson's single "Word to the Badd!", which attacks his brother Michael, is leaked to radio station KPWR in Los Angeles.

Wednesday 02, 1988:

The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, was launched from MIT.

Friday 02, 1984:

Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.

Wednesday 02, 1983:

US President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Day.

Tuesday 02, 1976:

U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford to become first candidate from deep south to win since the Civil War.

Saturday 02, 1974:

78 die as the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after club official barred the doors after the fire started.

Thursday 02, 1967:

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.

Wednesday 02, 1966:

The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.

Monday 02, 1964:

King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.

Saturday 02, 1963:

South Vietnamese President Ngo Dihn Diem is assassinated following a military coup.

Friday 02, 1962:

The Cuban Missile Crisis ends as President John F. Kennedy announces that Soviet nuclear missiles are to be withdrawn from Cuba.

Wednesday 02, 1960:

Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case

Monday 02, 1959:

Ice Hockey: After being struck in the face with a puck, goalkeeper Jacques Plante returns to play wearing a protective mask for the first time in professional play.

Tuesday 02, 1948:

U.S. presidential election, 1948: Harry S. Truman defeats Thomas E. Dewey for the US presidency.

Sunday 02, 1947:

In California, Designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce Goose; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.

Monday 02, 1936:

the British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, high-definition (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.

Sunday 02, 1930:

Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.

Tuesday 02, 1920:

In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast was the results of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.

Friday 02, 1917:

Zionism: The Balfour Declaration proclaims support for Jewish settlement in Palestine.

Thursday 02, 1899:

The Boers started their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Boer War.

Saturday 02, 1889:

North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.

Monday 02, 1868:

Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally, and is perhaps the first country to do so.

Saturday 02, 1861:

American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.

Sunday 02, 1817:

The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.

Sunday 02, 1783:

In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".

Monday 02, 1772:

American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.

Thursday 02, 676:

Donus becomes Pope.

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