Friday, November 2, 2012

November 2nd in History


1795 - The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.


1882 - Oulu, Finland is devastated by the Great Oulu Fire of 1882

1889 - North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th US states.

1899 - The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.

1914 - Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.

1930 - Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.


1936 - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers.


1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.

1964 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.

Famous Birthdays:


971 - Emperor Mahmud of Ghaznavid Empire

1082 - Emperor Huizong of China

1470 - King Edward V of England, one of the two princes in the Tower

1709 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, consort of William IV Prince of Orange

1795 - James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States

1844 - Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire

1865 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States

1877 - Aga Khan III, Shia Imam

1929 - Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan

1938 - Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain, consort of His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain

1966 - David Schwimmer, actor

1984 - Tamara Hope, actress






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