Other things that have happened on Nov 2nd
See, other shit happened too. So stop with the endless election spamming.
02/11/0676 - Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope replacing Pope Adeodatus II
02/11/1327 - King Alfonso IV of Arag˘n crowned
02/11/1355 - English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais
02/11/1418 - Utrecht conquerors Ijsselstein
02/11/1532 - Zealand/South Holland flooded
02/11/1642 - 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III
02/11/1648 - 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol Podlia
02/11/1712 - Suriname govt gives French hijacker Jacques Cassard, ź682,800
02/11/1722 - Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland
02/11/1749 - English Ohio Trade Company forms 1st trade post
02/11/1772 - Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms
02/11/1783 - Gen Washington bids farewell to his army
02/11/1811 - Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen Jackson vs indians
02/11/1813 - Treaty of Fulda
02/11/1824 - Popular presidential vote 1st recorded; Jackson beats J Q Adams
02/11/1835 - 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola
02/11/1841 - Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan
02/11/1851 - Louis Napoleon takes power in France
02/11/1852 - Franklin Pierce elected as president of US
02/11/1854 - Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont and Kearny starts
02/11/1875 - Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela Angola, from Africa's east coast
02/11/1879 - In a 6-day footrace a Mr Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km
02/11/1880 - James A Garfield (R) elected president
02/11/1881 - Dutch New-Malthusiaanse Union forms
02/11/1889 - North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state
02/11/1892 - Paul Verlaine visits Netherlands
02/11/1895 - 29th Belmont: Fred Taral aboard Belmar wins in 2:11«
02/11/1898 - French government-Dupuy forms
02/11/1898 - Theodor Herzl arrives in Jerusalem
02/11/1899 - Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal
02/11/1903 - Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St NYC
02/11/1903 - New Amsterdam Theater opens at 214 W 42nd St NYC
02/11/1904 - British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing
02/11/1907 - Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published
02/11/1913 - St Louis Browns mgr George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League
02/11/1914 - Great Britain annexes Cyprus
02/11/1914 - Russia declares war on Turkey
02/11/1914 - V Herbert and H Blossoms "Only Girl," premieres in NYC
02/11/1915 - 1st US election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio
02/11/1916 - Ft Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France
02/11/1917 - 1st US soldiers killed in combat in WW I
02/11/1917 - Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine
02/11/1917 - Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China
02/11/1920 - KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station
02/11/1920 - Warren G Harding elected president
02/11/1921 - Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," premieres in NYC
02/11/1922 - Allies deliberate over German mark
02/11/1922 - Australian Qantas airways begins service
02/11/1923 - Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists
02/11/1923 - Bloody street fights in Aken (pro-French separatists driven)
02/11/1923 - Stresemann's SPD-ministers in Germany, step down
02/11/1924 - Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle
02/11/1928 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, L Stokovski premieres in Phila
02/11/1930 - Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty
02/11/1931 - Warren, Dixon and Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in NYC
02/11/1934 - Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan
02/11/1936 - 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London
02/11/1937 - AL batting champ Charlie Gehringer wins MVP
02/11/1938 - Babe Ruth applies for job of St Louis Browns' manager
02/11/1938 - Jimmie Foxx wins his 3rd AL MVP
02/11/1941 - German troops occupy Rostov
02/11/1942 - 11th day of battle at El Alamein: British assault on Tel el Aqqaqir
02/11/1942 - Montgomery (Br) defeats Rommel (G) in battle of Alamein Egypt (WW II)
02/11/1943 - Jewish ghetto of Riga Latvia is destroyed
02/11/1944 - Auschwitz begins gassing inmates
02/11/1944 - Canadian troops occupy Knokke
02/11/1944 - US 28th Infantry division opens assault on Schmidt Hurtgenwald
02/11/1947 - 7th Ryder Cup: US wins 11-1 at Portland CC Ore
02/11/1947 - Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for 1st (and last) time
02/11/1948 - Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers
02/11/1948 - WJZ TV channel 13 in Baltimore, MD (ABC) begins broadcasting
02/11/1949 - Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state
02/11/1949 - Textile/meat/cheese/rijstdistributie disbands
02/11/1950 - "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
02/11/1950 - Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP
02/11/1953 - Pakistan becomes islamic republic
02/11/1954 - Charles C Diggs Jr elected Michigan's 1st black congressman
02/11/1954 - JS Thurmond is 1st senator elected by write-in vote (SC)
02/11/1954 - Taiwan and US sign military pact
02/11/1955 - Clarton-Schwerdt and Schaffer discover polio virus
02/11/1955 - David Ben-Gurion forms Israeli govt
02/11/1956 - Hungary appeals for UN assistance against Soviet invasion
02/11/1956 - Israel captures Gaza and Sheham
02/11/1957 - 1st titanium mill opened, Toronto Ohio
02/11/1959 - "Girls against the Boys" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 16 perfs
02/11/1959 - Charles Van Doren confesses, TV quiz show-"21," was fixed
02/11/1960 - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
02/11/1960 - George Weiss, at 66, resigns as GM of NY Yankees
02/11/1960 - Penguin Books publishes "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
02/11/1960 - Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222
02/11/1961 - "Kean" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances
02/11/1961 - Max Frisch' "Andorra," premieres in Zurich
02/11/1962 - JFK announces Cuban missile bases were being dismantled
02/11/1963 - "Tambourines to Glory" opens at Little Theater NYC for 24 performances
02/11/1963 - Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC v E African XI
02/11/1964 - CBS purchases 80% of Yanks for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%
02/11/1964 - Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi Arabia
02/11/1966 - KHSD TV channel 11 in Lead, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
02/11/1968 - "Her First Roman" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 17 perfs
02/11/1969 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA River Plantation Women's Golf Open
02/11/1969 - NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Billy Kramer and St L Charlie Johnson pass for 6 touchdowns each
02/11/1970 - Cleve Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Phila 141-87)
02/11/1971 - "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 7 performances
02/11/1971 - Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0
02/11/1972 - Construction begins on Kingdome, Seattle
02/11/1972 - Phillies' Steve Carlton wins unanimous NL Cy Young Award
02/11/1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
02/11/1973 - "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV
02/11/1973 - OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) forms
02/11/1974 - Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleve Brown game in 33 yrs
02/11/1974 - Braves trade Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for OF Dave May
02/11/1974 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
02/11/1975 - Ed Giacomin as a Red Wing returns to Mad Sq Garden beats Rangers 6-4
02/11/1975 - Summit in Houston opens - Rockets beat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-89
02/11/1976 - Jimmy Carter (D) defeats Gerald Ford (R) for president
02/11/1976 - NJ voters approve gambling for Atlantic City
02/11/1976 - SD Padre Randy Jones wins NL Cy Young
02/11/1977 - Phillies' Steve Carlton wins 2nd Cy Young Award
02/11/1978 - Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
02/11/1978 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
02/11/1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
02/11/1979 - Peter Shaffers musical "Amadeus," premieres in London
02/11/1982 - Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die
02/11/1982 - Nayoko Yoshikawa wins LPGA Pioneer Cup Golf Tournament
02/11/1983 - Abp Hickey conducts papal investigation of Abp Hunthausen, Seattle
02/11/1983 - Pres Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L King day
02/11/1984 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
02/11/1985 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge
02/11/1986 - 16th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06
02/11/1986 - 17th NYC Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06
02/11/1986 - Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship
02/11/1987 - Entertainer Lola Falona is diagnosed with multiple schlerosis
02/11/1987 - Harrison releases "Cloud 9" and McCartney releases "All the Best"
02/11/1988 - 1st Mrs America beauty pageant
02/11/1988 - Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities
02/11/1988 - Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash
02/11/1988 - Walt Weiss wins AL rookie of year (3rd straight for Oakland A's)
02/11/1989 - "Meet Me in St Louis" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 253 perfs
02/11/1990 - 1st NBA game at Target Center, Minn Timberwolves beat Mavericks 98-85
02/11/1991 - Jermaine Jackson releases "Word to the Badd!!" anti Michael song
02/11/1991 - Nevada makes biggest comeback in NCAA football history, overcoming a 35-pt deficit in the 3rd quarter and rallying to beat Weber State 55-49
02/11/1991 - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou
02/11/1992 - 1st test flight of Airbus A330
02/11/1993 - 1st commemorative bricks are laid at Bob Feller Memorial
02/11/1993 - Actor Roger Moore (James Bond) has his enlarge prostate removed
02/11/1993 - Christie Todd Whitman (R) elected 1st woman governor of NJ
02/11/1993 - Dow Jones hits record 3697.64
02/11/1993 - Ehud Olmert elected mayor of Jerusalem
02/11/1993 - Rudolph Guliani (R) elected 107th mayor of NYC
02/11/1994 - Benzine explosion in Dronka Egypt, 400+ killed
02/11/1995 - "Busker Alley," premieres at St James Theatre, NY
02/11/1995 - "Sacrilege" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 21 performances
02/11/1995 - Spanish Broadcasting System buys NY radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M
02/11/1996 - "Hughie," closes at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
02/11/1997 - "Barrymore," closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 240 performances
02/11/1997 - 27th NYC Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switz 2:28:43
02/11/1997 - 28th NYC Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12
02/11/1997 - Ralphs Senior Golf Classic
02/11/1997 - Toray Japan Queens LPGA Cup
02/11/1997 - Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam
02/11/1997 - USA beats Japan 23-13 at LPGA Nichirei International
