November 2 - This Day in History

November 2: General Interest
1947: Spruce Goose flies

The Hughes Flying Boat—the largest aircraft ever built—is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight. Built with laminated birch and spruce, the massive wooden aircraft had a wingspan longer than a football field and was designed to carry more than 700 men to battle... read more


American Revolution
1777 : John Paul Jones sets sail
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-paul-jones-sets-sail


Automotive
1902 : First four-cylinder, gas-powered Locomobile hits the road
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-four-cylinder-gas-powered-locomobile-hits-the-road


Civil War
1861 : Union leader Fremont is removed from the Western Department
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/-fremont-removed-from-western-department


Cold War
1963 : Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated in South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ngo-dinh-diem-assassinated-in-south-vietnam


Crime
1989 : A nurse's aide gets life imprisonment
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-nurses-aide-gets-life-imprisonment


Disaster
1982 : Truck explosion kills 3,000 in Afghanistan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truck-explosion-kills-3000-in-afghanistan


General Interest
1917 : Britain supports creation of Jewish homeland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-supports-creation-of-jewish-homeland

1948 : Truman defeats Dewey
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-defeats-dewey

1983 : MLK federal holiday declared
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mlk-federal-holiday-declared


Hollywood
1966 : Friends star David Schwimmer born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/friends-star-david-schwimmer-born


Literary
1960 : Lady Chatterley's Lover obscenity trial ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lady-chatterleys-lover-obscenity-trial-ends


Music
1985 : Miami Vice soundtrack begins an 11-week run at #1
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/miami-vice-soundtrack-begins-an-11-week-run-at-1


Old West
1912 : XIT Ranch sells its last head of cattle
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/xit-ranch-sells-its-last-head-of-cattle


Presidential
1795 : James Polk is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-polk-is-born

1865 : Warren G. Harding is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/warren-g-harding-is-born


Sports
1986 : Grete Waitz wins her eighth NYC marathon
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/grete-waitz-wins-her-eighth-nyc-marathon


Vietnam War
1963 : Diem murdered during coup
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/diem-murdered-during-coup

1967 : Johnson meets with "the Wise Men"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-meets-with-the-wise-men


World War I
1917 : The Balfour Declaration
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-balfour-declaration


World War II
1942 : British launch Operation Supercharge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-launch-operation-supercharge