On this day: 2 November

Selected events and births on 2 November, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1880 – James A. Garfield was elected as president of the United States; the election is the closest to date by popular vote margin. Read more: James A. Garfield 1880 United States presidential election List of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin
• 1917 – The British government issued the Balfour Declaration in support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small Jewish minority. Read more: Balfour Declaration Homeland for the Jewish people Palestine (region)
• 1949 – The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia. Read more: Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference Dutch East Indies United States of Indonesia
• 2000 – As members of Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured) became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station. Read more: Expedition 1 William Shepherd Sergei Krikalev
• 2008 – Lewis Hamilton overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to win the Formula One championship by one point. Read more: Lewis Hamilton Timo Glock 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix

Born on this day

• 1938 – Queen Sofía of Spain, Queen Consort of King Juan Carlos of Spain Read more: Queen Sofía of Spain Juan Carlos I
• 1939 – Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English broadcaster and politician, Minister for Security Read more: Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones Minister of State for Security
• 1941 – Arun Shourie, Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications Read more: Arun Shourie Minister of Communications (India)
• 1963 – Brian Kemp, American politician, 83rd Governor of Georgia Read more: Brian Kemp Governor of Georgia
• 1963 – Borut Pahor, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Slovenia Read more: Borut Pahor President of Slovenia
• 1967 – Scott Walker, American politician, 45th Governor of Wisconsin Read more: Scott Walker (politician) Governor of Wisconsin
• 1995 – Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete Read more: Hanna Öberg
• 1997 – Filip Hronek, Czech ice hockey player Read more: Filip Hronek
• 1997 – Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer Read more: Davis Keillor-Dunn
• 1998 – Jordan Love, American football player Read more: Jordan Love
• 1999 – Park Woo-jin, South Korean singer Read more: Park Woo-jin
• 2001 – Moisés Caicedo, Ecuadorian footballer Read more: Moisés Caicedo

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