Napoleon’s armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma. The Battle of Vyazma took place on November 3, 1812, during Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow, as…
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2 November 1899
The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. The Siege of Ladysmith was one of the most dramatic episodes…
2 November 1899
The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. The Second Boer War, also known as the Anglo-Boer War or…
2 November 1988
The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
2 November 1947
In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the “Spruce Goose”), the largest fixed-wing…
2 November 1983
U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
2 November 1889
North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th USA states. The U.S. Congress created the Dakota Territory, which consisted of the…
2 November 1930
Haile Selassie is crowned as the emperor of Ethiopia. Haile Selassie, is an emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 who sought to modernize his…
2 November 1966
The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force. This allows 123000 Cubans to apply for permanent residence in the United States.