November 2nd, 1278

Born on November 2nd, 1278

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 272,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 655 days, exactly on April 15th, 2026, people who were born on November 2nd, 1278 will be 273,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 2nd?

November 2nd, 2016

The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 World Series, ending the longest championship drought in Major League Baseball history.

November 2nd, 2008

At the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton (pictured) overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the race to become World Drivers' Champion by one point.

November 2nd, 2007

In Tbilisi, Georgia, tens of thousands of people demonstrated against the allegedly corrupt government of president Mikheil Saakashvili.

November 2nd, 2000

Aboard Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station.

November 2nd, 1997

Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.

November 2nd, 1984

The serial killer Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.

November 2nd, 1963

President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was assassinated, marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh.

November 2nd, 1960

In the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, publisher Penguin Books was acquitted of obscenity for the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence.

November 2nd, 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.

November 2nd, 1943

World War II: A U.S. Navy task force turned away an Imperial Japanese Navy formation at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus protecting the landings at Cape Torokina.

November 2nd, 1932

The Australian military began a "war against emus" (man with dead emu pictured), flightless native birds blamed for widespread damage to crops in Western Australia.

November 2nd, 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.

November 2nd, 0619

Emperor Gaozu of Tang allowed the assassination of a khagan of the Western Turkic Khaganate by Eastern Turkic rivals, one of the earliest events in the Tang campaigns against the Western Turks.

November 2nd, 2022

A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.

November 2nd, 2016

The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 2nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 2nd?

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

53

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

*November 2nd, 1795, Pineville †June 15th, 1849, Nashville

58

Shah Rukh Khan

Indian actor, producer and television personality

*November 2nd, 1965, New Delhi

38

Elena Johnson

Badminton player

*November 2nd, 1985, Bailiwick of Guernsey

80

Burt Lancaster

American actor (1913–1994)

*November 2nd, 1913, New York City †October 20th, 1994, Los Angeles

62

k.d. lang

Canadian singer-songwriter

*November 2nd, 1961, Edmonton

37

Marie Antoinette

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

*November 2nd, 1755, Hofburg Palace †October 16th, 1793, place de la Concorde

46

Alice Brady

American actress (1892–1939)

*November 2nd, 1892, New York City †October 28th, 1939, New York City

86

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

*November 2nd, 1914, Laurel †January 1st, 2001, Beverly Hills

53

Paweł Adamowicz

Mayor of Gdańsk (1998-2019)

*November 2nd, 1965, Gdańsk †January 14th, 2019, University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk

75

Marco Aurelio Severino

Italian scientist

*November 2nd, 1580, Tarsia †July 15th, 1656, Naples

49

George Boole

English mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864)

*November 2nd, 1815, Lincoln †December 8th, 1864, Ballintemple

34

Vitolo

Spanish association football player (1989-)

*November 2nd, 1989, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

34

Natalie Pluskota

American tennis player

*November 2nd, 1989, Newnan

69

Luchino Visconti

Italian theatre, opera and cinema director (1906–1976)

*November 2nd, 1906, Milan †March 17th, 1976, Rome

57

Warren G. Harding

President of the United States from 1921 to 1923

*November 2nd, 1865, Blooming Grove †August 2nd, 1923, San Francisco

73

Muhammad V

35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*November 2nd, 1844, Çırağan Palace †July 3rd, 1918, Istanbul

85

Pat Buchanan

American politician and commentator

*November 2nd, 1938, Washington, D.C.

84

Odysseas Elytis

Greek poet and art critic

*November 2nd, 1911, Heraklion †March 18th, 1996, Athens

35

Henry of Almain

English noble

*November 2nd, 1235, Haughley Castle †March 13th, 1271, Viterbo

34

Edoardo Zardini

Italian cyclist

*November 2nd, 1989, Peschiera del Garda

57

David Schwimmer

American actor

*November 2nd, 1966, Flushing

35

Nasr of Granada

Ruler of the Emirate of Granada from 1309 to 1314

*November 2nd, 1287, Granada †November 16th, 1322, Guadix

52

Emperor Huizong of Song

Emperor of the Song Dynasty (1082-1135)

*November 2nd, 1082, Kaifeng †June 4th, 1135, Yilan County

49

William Sanderson McCormick

American businessman

*November 2nd, 1815, Rockbridge County †September 27th, 1865, Jacksonville

56

Scott Walker

45th Governor of Wisconsin

*November 2nd, 1967, Colorado Springs

41

Kyoko Fukada

Japanese actress and singer

*November 2nd, 1982, Kita-ku

39

Julia Stegner

German model

*November 2nd, 1984, Munich

21

Holly Harris

Australian figure skater

*November 2nd, 2002, Sydney

88

Richard E. Taylor

Canadian physicist (1929-2018)

*November 2nd, 1929, Medicine Hat †February 22nd, 2018, Stanford

85

Heinz Kriwet

German manager (1931-2017)

*November 2nd, 1931, Bochum †March 9th, 2017, Düsseldorf

84

Edward Colston

English merchant, slave trader and philanthropist (1636–1721)

*November 2nd, 1636, Bristol †October 11th, 1721, Mortlake

60

Borut Pahor

Slovenian Politician, former Prime Minister and President, born 1963

*November 2nd, 1963, Postojna

34

Stevan Jovetić

Montenegrin footballer

*November 2nd, 1989, Podgorica

94

Dale Wasserman

American playwright

*November 2nd, 1914, Rhinelander †December 21st, 2008, Paradise Valley

52

Meta Golding

American actress

*November 2nd, 1971, Port-au-Prince

43

Diego Lugano

Uruguayan footballer

*November 2nd, 1980, Canelones

28

Hanna Öberg

Swedish biathlete

*November 2nd, 1995, Kiruna

71

Keith Emerson

British recording artist; keyboard player and composer (1944–2016)

*November 2nd, 1944, Todmorden †March 11th, 2016, Santa Monica

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1278 is a normal year and no leap year.

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