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November 2

November 2's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneTopaz ❀Birth flowerChrysanthemum

Scorpio is the sign for November 2 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on November 2?

November 2 is the 306th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1889 and 2020. Famous people born on November 2 include Shah Rukh Khan, James K. Polk and Luchino Visconti.

Released on November 2

Movies, games, albums & shows

2023

  • Game Fashion Dreamer
  • Game My Time at Sandrock
  • Game Thirsty Suitors
  • Game RoboCop: Rogue City
  • Game Achilles: Legends Untold
  • Game For the King II
  • Movie How to Have Sex

2021

  • Game Unpacking

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1889

    North Dakota

  2. 1914

    World War I

  3. 1917

    Balfour Declaration

  4. 1940

    World War II

  5. 1949

    Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference

  6. 1984

    Capital punishment

  7. 1997

    Tropical Storm Linda (1997)

  8. 2000

    Expedition 1

  9. 2008

    Lewis Hamilton

  10. 2020

    Vienna

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 2

Shah Rukh Khan

b. 1965

James K. Polk

b. 1795

Luchino Visconti

b. 1906

Rafiq Tarar

b. 1929

Warren G. Harding

b. 1865

Paul Johnson (writer)

b. 1928

Marie Antoinette

b. 1755

Esha Deol

b. 1981

Deaths

  • 2014Acker Bilk
  • 2012Han Suyin
  • 1992Hal Roach
  • 1975Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • 1963Ngo Dinh Diem
  • 1950George Bernard Shaw

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Agapius and companions
  • —Christian feast day: Domninus of Vienne
  • —Christian feast day: Erc of Slane (Ireland)
  • —Christian feast day: Justus of Trieste
  • —Christian feast day: Victorinus of Pettau
  • —Christian feast day: November 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion)
  • —Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)

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