What Happened On This Day – November 2 - Time And Date

timeanddate.com Sign in Home On This Day On This Day in History – November 2What Happened on November 2?1982 – Ronald Reagan signs a bill to create Martin Luther King, Jr. DayThe day, observed every year on the third Monday of January, commemorates the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. 1964 – Coup in Saudi ArabiaFaisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud takes over the government of Saudi Arabia while his half-brother, King Saud is overseas for medical reasons.1938 – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation establishedOfficially known as CBC/Radio-Canada, the network is Canada's public radio and television broadcaster. 1930 – Haile Selassie I becomes the emperor of EthiopiaConsidered as a leading figure in the Rastafari movement, Selassie reigned over Ethiopia for 44 years. 1917 – Balfour DeclarationOriginally sent as a letter on this day to Baron Rothschild from British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, it declared BRitish support for a Jewish state in Palestine. The letter was eventually added to Sevres peace treaty.Births on November 21965 – Shahrukh KhanIndian actor1934 – Ken RosewallAustralian tennis player1865 – Warren G. HardingAmerican politician, 29th President of the United States1755 – Marie AntoinetteAustrian wife of Louis XVI of France971 – Mahmud of Ghazni Sultan of the Ghaznavid EmpireDeaths on November 22007 – The Fabulous MoolahAmerican wrestler2004 – Theo van GoghDutch director1966 – Peter DebyeDutch/American physicist, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate1963 – Ngo Dinh DiemSouth Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam1950 – George Bernard ShawIrish writer, Nobel Prize laureateChange Date:
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