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| Birthday November 02, 1734 Daniel Boone, frontiersman, explorer |
| Birthday November 02, 1755 Marie-Antoinette, let them eat cake |
| Birthday November 02, 1795 James Knox Polk, 11th Pres (1845-1849) |
| Birthday November 02, 1795 James Polk is born |
| Birthday November 02, 1815 George Boole, mathematician |
| Birthday November 02, 1865 Warren G. Harding is born |
| Birthday November 02, 1865 Warren Gamaliel Harding, (R), 28th pres (1921-23) |
| Birthday November 02, 1885 Harlow Shapley, US astronomer |
| Birthday November 02, 1911 Odysseus Elytis, Greek poet (Nobel 1979) |
| Birthday November 02, 1913 Burt Lancaster, Actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry) |
| Birthday November 02, 1920 Ann Rutherford, Actress |
| Birthday November 02, 1936 Rose Bird, Calif Supreme Court Judge |
| Birthday November 02, 1938 Patrick Buchanan, political columnist |
| Birthday November 02, 1941 David Hemmings, English Actor |
| Birthday November 02, 1942 Shere Hite, sex therapist |
| Birthday November 02, 1966 Friends star David Schwimmer born |
| History November 02, 1777 John Paul Jones sets sail |
| History November 02, 1854 Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts |
| History November 02, 1861 Fremont removed from Western Department |
| History November 02, 1889 North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes the 40th state |
| History November 02, 1902 First four-cylinder, gas-powered Locomobile hits the road |
| History November 02, 1912 XIT Ranch sells its last head of cattle |
| History November 02, 1917 The Balfour Declaration |
| History November 02, 1917 Britain supports creation of Jewish homeland |
| History November 02, 1917 Lansing-Ishii Agreement |
| History November 02, 1917 The Balfour Declaration calls for a Jewish homeland |
| History November 02, 1920 KDKA (Pittsburgh) on the air as 1st commercial radio station |
| History November 02, 1942 British launch Operation Supercharge |
| History November 02, 1947 Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flies for 1st (& last) time |
| History November 02, 1948 Truman beats Dewey confounding pollsters and newspapers |
| History November 02, 1948 Truman defeats Dewey |
| History November 02, 1954 JS Thurmond 1st senator elected by write-in vote - SC |
| History November 02, 1957 1st titanium mill opened Toronto Ohio |
| History November 02, 1959 Charles Van Doren confesses 21 was fixed |
| History November 02, 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial ends |
| History November 02, 1963 Diem murdered during coup |
| History November 02, 1963 Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated in South Vietnam |
| History November 02, 1964 CBS purchases NY Yanks |
| History November 02, 1967 Johnson meets with the Wise Men |
| History November 02, 1975 Ed Giacomin return to Mad Sq Garden as a Red Wing beats Rangers 6-4 |
| History November 02, 1978 Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31 |
| History November 02, 1980 Edith Bunker dies |
| History November 02, 1982 Truck explosion kills 3,000 in Afghanistan |
| History November 02, 1983 MLK federal holiday declared |
| History November 02, 1985 Miami Vice soundtrack begins an 11-week run at #1 |
| History November 02, 1986 Grete Waitz wins her eighth NYC marathon |
| History November 02, 1989 A nurse's aide gets life imprisonment |