Summary of the Day ✨ 2 November (02/11)
Ethiopia’s Tigray War concluded with a peace agreement, while in Vienna a deadly terrorist attack left four dead and dozens injured. In sports history, the Chicago Cubs ended their 108-year championship drought, while Lewis Hamilton claimed his first Formula One title in dramatic fashion, and Expedition 1 began humanity’s continuous presence on the International Space Station.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.
- 2020: In Vienna’s Innere Stadt district, an ISIL sympathizer shoots and kills four people and injures 23 more, before being shot and killed by the police.
- 2016: The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
- 2008: Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers’ Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race.
- 2000: Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.
- 1999: Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.
- 1997: Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
- 1990: British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
- 1988: The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
- 1988: LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 crashes in Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, killing one person and injuring several more.
- 1986: Lebanon hostage crisis: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.
- 1984: Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
- 1983: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
- 1982: Channel 4, the British free-to-air public broadcast television channel funded by its commercial activities, starts broadcasting.
- 1973: Aeroflot Flight 19 is hijacked and diverted to Vnukovo International Airport, where the aircraft is stormed by authorities.
Famous Births 👶
- 2001: Moisés Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1999: Park Woo-jin, South Korean singer
- 1998: Jordan Love, American football player
- 1997: Filip Hronek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1997: Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer
- 1995: Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete
- 1994: Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer
- 1991: Jimmy Garoppolo, American football player
- 1990: Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer
- 1990: Kendall Schmidt, American singer, songwriter, and actor
- 1989: Tibor Pleiß, German basketball player
- 1989: Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player
- 1989: Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988: Lisa Bowman, Irish netball player
- 1988: Julia Görges, German tennis player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Janey Godley, Scottish actor, writer and comedian (born 1961)
- 2024: Alan Rachins, American actor (born 1942)
- 2024: Paul Stephenson, British civil rights activist (born 1937)
- 2023: Humaira Himu, Bangladeshi actress (born 1985)
- 2022: Atilio Stampone, Argentine pianist and composer (born 1926)
- 2021: Neal Smith, American politician (born 1920)
- 2019: Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican television personality, astrologer, actor, and dancer (born 1932)
- 2018: Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (born 1927)
- 2017: Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (born 1944)
- 2015: Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, Polish painter, historian, and academic (born 1924)
- 2015: Mike Davies, Welsh-American tennis player and businessman (born 1936)
- 2015: Roy Dommett, English scientist and engineer (born 1933)
- 2015: Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
- 2014: Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (born 1929)
- 2014: Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1956)
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)
- Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico)
- Dziady (Belarus)
- Arrival of Indentured Labourers (Mauritius)
- International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations)
- Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota, United States)