November 2
Today in America's Present Past
1675 | King Philip’s War: Plymouth Colony Governor Josiah Winslow leads militias attacks against the Narragansetts.
1696 | Politician Conrad Weiser was born.
1734 | Daniel Boone was born.
1772 | War of Independence: In Boston, Massachusetts an anti-Royalty Committee of Correspondence forms, led by Samuel Adams.
1783 | War of Independence: General George Washington, resigns his commission and bids farewell to his army after winning the Revolutionary War.
1795 | POTUS: President James Polk was born.
1826 | General William Haines Lytle was born.
1852 | POTUS: Democrat Pierce elected 14th President.
1859 | Civil Rights: Abolitionist John Brown found guilty of murder, inciting slaves to revolt, and treason against the Virginia Territory.
1861 | Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Frémont was relieved of command, for premature “emancipation” orders and replaced by David Hunter.
1863 | Architect Theodore Judah died.
1865 | POTUS: President Warren Harding was born.
1867 | The magazine “Harper’s Bazaar” debuted.
1880 | POTUS: Republican James A. Garfield was elected 20th President.
1885 | Astronomer Harlow Shapley was born.
1889 | Statehood: North Dakota granted statehood.
1889 | Statehood: South Dakota granted statehood.
1893 | Cleric Daniel Payne died.
1898 | Cheerleading begins, started at the University of Minnesota.
1907 | Banker J. P. Morgan locks over 40 bankers in his library to force them to find ways to avert a banking crisis.
1913 | Actor Burt Lancaster was born.
1915 | Entrepreneur Isaac Rice died.
1917 | WWI: The first US soldiers are killed in combat: James Gresham, Thomas Enright and Merle Hay.
1920 | POTUS: Republican Warren G. Harding was elected President.
1920 | Civil Rights: “Election Day massacre” starts in Oscoee, Florida.
1930 | Paleontologist Oliver Perry Hay died.
1938 | Commentator Patrick Buchanan was born.
1941 | Entrepreneur Simon Guggenheim died.
1945 | Entertainer J.D. Souther was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1947 | Aviator Howard Hughes flies his”Spruce Goose.”
1948 | POTUS: Democrat President Truman was re-elected.
1952 | Entrepreneur Larry Fink was born.
1955 | Scientist Julius H. Hess died.
1959 | Congress: Charles Van Doren confesses during a hearing that TV quiz show “Twenty-One” was fixed.
1961 | Writer James Thurber died.
1962 | Commentator David Brock was born.
1964 | Writer Lynn Nottage was born.
1966 | Actor David Schwimmer was born.
1974 | Rapper Nelly was born.
1976 | POTUS: Democrat Jimmy Carter was elected President.
1977 | Actor Randy Harrison was born.
1980 | Actress Edith Bunker died.
1980 | Outlaw Willie Sutton died.
1983 | POTUS: Republican President Reagan signs legislation establishing Dr Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
1994 | Activist David Feinberg died.
1997 | Author G. Harry Stine died.
2003 | TV: “Arrested Development” debuted.
2002 | Author Charles Sheffield died.
2004 | POTUS: Republican President Bush was re-elected.
2011 | Inventor John Francis Burke died.