Today in History
2 November
188 births · 92 deaths · 44 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1972
Darío Silva
Uruguayan footballer (born 1972)
Notable Births
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Moisés Caicedo
b. 2001
Ecuadorian footballer (born 2001)
Park Woo-jin
b. 1999
South Korean rapper (born 1999)
Jordan Love
b. 1998
American football player (born 1998)
Filip Hronek
b. 1997
Czech ice hockey player (born 1997)
Hanna Öberg
b. 1995
Swedish biathlete (born 1995)
Shaq Coulthirst
b. 1994
English footballer (born 1994)
Jimmy Garoppolo
b. 1991
American football player (born 1991)
Darío Silva
b. 1972
Uruguayan footballer (born 1972)
Notable Deaths
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Janey Godley
d. 2024
Scottish actor, writer and comedian (1961–2024)
Alan Rachins
d. 2024
American actor and comedian (1942–2024)
Humaira Himu
d. 2023
Bangladeshi actress (1985–2023)
Atilio Stampone
d. 2022
Argentine pianist and composer (1926–2022)
Neal Smith (politician)
d. 2021
American politician (1920–2021)
Walter Mercado
d. 2019
Puerto Rican astrologer (1932–2019)
Igor Moiseyev
d. 2007
Soviet dancer (1906–2007)
Gao Qifeng
d. 1933
Chinese painter (1889–1933)
On This Day in History
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2022
A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.
Ethiopia–Tigray peace agreement
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.
Vienna
2016
The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
Chicago Cubs
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.
Lewis Hamilton
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.
Expedition 1
1999
Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.
1999 Honolulu shootings
1997
Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
Tropical Storm Linda (1997)
1990
British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
British Satellite Broadcasting