Interesting things that happened November 2nd:

Birthdays on this date:

• In 1734 Daniel Boone, frontiersman, explorer, pioneer
• In 1755 Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1775-93) reputed cake advocate
• In 1795 James Knox Polk, 11th President (1845-1849)
• In 1815 George Boole, mathematician, father of boolean logic
• In 1865 Warren Gamaliel Harding (R), 28th president (1921-23)
• In 1885 Harlow Shapley, US astronomer
• In 1902 Isaac Bashevis Singer, Yiddish novelist (Enemies) (Nobel 1978)
• In 1911 Odysseus Elytis, Greek poet (Nobel 1979)
• In 1913 Burt Lancaster, actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry)
• In 1920 Ann Rutherford, actor (Andy Hardy films, Gone With the Wind)
• In 1924 Ray Walston, actor (My Favorite Martian)
• In 1936 Rose Bird, ousted California Supreme Court Justice (1986)
• In 1938 Patrick Buchanan, political columnist
• In 1941 David Hemmings, actor (Blowup), director (Magnum, PI; The A-Team)
• In 1942 Shere Hite, sex therapist
  + Stefanie Powers (in Hollywood, CA), actor (Hart to Hart, Crescendo)
• In 1953 Alfre Woodard, actor (Cross Creek, Desperate Housewives)
• In 1961 K.D. Lang, singer

Events worth noting:

• + All Souls' Day
  + North and South Dakota Admission Day
• In 1854 Cobblestone paving of Washington St. between Dupont and Kearny (San Francisco) starts.
• In 1889 North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes the 40th state.
• In 1917 Lansing-Ishii Agreement is signed.
  + The Balfour Declaration calls for a Jewish homeland.
• In 1920 KDKA (Pittsburgh) on the air as first commercial radio station.
• In 1936 The world's first TV broadcasting service is inaugurated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in London.
• In 1947 Howard Hughes' Flying Boat flies for first (and last) time.
• In 1948 Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers.
• In 1954 J.S. Thurmond first senator elected by write-in vote - South Carolina.
• In 1957 First titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio.
• In 1959 Charles Van Doren confesses TV Show "21" is rigged.
• In 1964 CBS purchases the New York Yankees.
• In 1975 Ed Giacomin return to Mad Sq Garden as a Red Wing beats Rangers 6-4.
• In 1976 Jimmy Carter becomes first U.S. President from the Deep South since the Civil War.
• In 1978 The crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31.
• In 1986 Lebanese kidnappers release third hostage, David Jacobsen, is US- Iran arms-for-hostages deal.
• In 1988 Computer virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab & 6 universities.

And remember ...

• National Raisin Bread Month
• National Adoption Month
• National Impotency Month
• National Diabetes Month