November 2nd, 1517

Born on November 2nd, 1517

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 184,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 8 days, exactly on May 7th, 2024, people who were born on November 2nd, 1517 will be 185,000 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

75

Marco Aurelio Severino

Italian scientist

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

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

37

Marie Antoinette

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

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

62

k.d. lang

Canadian singer-songwriter

*November 2nd, 1961, Edmonton

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

49

George Boole

English mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864)

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

32

Petrus Lotichius Secundus

German Neo-Latin Poet (1528-1560)

*November 2nd, 1528, Schlüchtern †November 7th, 1560, Heidelberg

34

Vitolo

Spanish association football player (1989-)

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

84

Odysseas Elytis

Greek poet and art critic

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

57

Warren G. Harding

President of the United States from 1921 to 1923

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

69

Luchino Visconti

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

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

34

Natalie Pluskota

American tennis player

*November 2nd, 1989, Newnan

73

Mehmed V

Ottoman Sultan

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

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50

Svante Stensson Sture

Swedish count (1517–1567)

*May 1st, 1517, Stockholm †May 24th, 1567, Uppsala

89

Matthäus Luidke

German theologian

*September 21st, 1517, Bad Wilsnack †November 12th, 1606, Havelberg

53

Odet de Coligny

Catholic cardinal

*July 10th, 1517, Châtillon-Coligny †February 14th, 1571, Canterbury

63

Antonio Scandello

Italian composer (1517-1580)

*January 17th, 1517, Bergamo †January 18th, 1580, Dresden

51

Ludwig Kasimir von Hohenlohe

(1517-1568)

*January 12th, 1517, Öhringen †August 24th, 1568, Neuenstein

51

Georg Aemilius

German theologian and botanist (1517-1569)

*June 25th, 1517, Mansfeld †May 22nd, 1569, Stolberg

69

Antonio Agustín y Albanell

Canon law historian (1517-1586)

*February 26th, 1517, Zaragoza †May 31st, 1586, Tarragona

86

Peter Ernest I of Mansfeld-Vorderort

Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (1517-1604)

*August 12th, 1517, Heldrungen †May 25th, 1604, Luxembourg

69

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle

Burgundian advisor to Margaret of Parma, later cardinal, and minister of the Spanish Habsburgs

*August 20th, 1517, Besançon †September 21st, 1586, Madrid

43

Carlo Carafa

Italian cardinal

*April 8th, 1517, Naples †March 14th, 1561, Rome

68

Amalia of Cleves

Sister to Anne of Cleves

*October 17th, 1517, Düsseldorf †March 1st, 1586, Düsseldorf

70

Gotthard Kettler

Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1517-1587)

*February 2nd, 1517, Eggeringhausen Castle †May 17th, 1587, Jelgava

51

Johannes Aurifaber

German theologian

*January 30th, 1517, Wrocław †October 19th, 1568, Wrocław

42

Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk

English duchess

*July 16th, 1517, Hertfordshire †November 30th, 1559, Surrey

27

Francis I, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1517-1545)

*August 23rd, 1517, Nancy †June 12th, 1545, Remiremont

84

Johannes Streitberger

German theologian

*November 5th, 1517, Hof †April 20th, 1602, Kulmbach

66

Jacques Pelletier du Mans

Humanist, Poet, Mathematician

*July 25th, 1517, Le Mans †September 28th, 1583, France

67

Rembert Dodoens

Flemish physician and botanist (1517–1585)

*June 29th, 1517, Mechelen †March 10th, 1585, Leiden

66

Francisco de Holanda

Portuguese artist (1517-1584)

*September 6th, 1517, Lisbon †June 19th, 1584, Lisbon

80

Giacomo Gaggini

Italian artist (1517-1598)

*December 15th, 1517, Palermo †June 25th, 1598, Palermo

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1517 is a normal year and no leap year.

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