November 2 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on November 2, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♏︎ Scorpio
Oct 23 – Nov 21
Birth stone
Topaz
Birth flower
Chrysanthemum
How common
#175 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous November 2 birthdays
George Boole · English mathematician, philosopher and logician1815
Mehmed V · 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire1844
Georgy Lvov · Russian statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia1861
Warren G. Harding · President of the United States from 1921 to 19231865
Harlow Shapley · American astronomer1885
Alice Brady · American actress1892
Luchino Visconti · Italian director1906
Odysseas Elytis · Greek poet and art critic1911
Burt Lancaster · American actor1913
Steve Ditko · American comics artist1927
Richard E. Taylor · Canadian physicist1929
Melvin Schwartz · American experimental physicist1932
Pat Buchanan · American politician and commentator1938
Queen Sofía of Spain · Queen consort of Spain from 1975 to 20141938
Lois McMaster Bujold · American novelist1949
Borut Pahor · Slovenian Politician, former Prime Minister and President1963
Shah Rukh Khan · Indian actor, producer and television personality1965
David Schwimmer · American actor1966
Nelly · American rapper, singer and actor1974
Alphonso Davies · Canadian soccer player2000
On this day in history
1880James A. Garfield was elected as president of the United States; the election is the closest to date by popular vote margin.
1943World War II: A U.S. Navy task force turned away an Imperial Japanese Navy formation at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus protecting the landings at Cape Torokina.
1949The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
1957A large number of people witnessed a fiery object in the sky near Levelland, Texas, which the United States Air Force said was ball lightning.
1966The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
1967Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
1983U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
2008Lewis Hamilton overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to win the Formula One championship by one point.
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