November 2nd, 1838

Born on November 2nd, 1838

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 67,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 249 days, exactly on January 5th, 2025, people who were born on November 2nd, 1838 will be 68,000 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

73

Mehmed V

Ottoman Sultan

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

49

George Boole

English mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864)

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

80

Burt Lancaster

American actor (1913–1994)

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

58

Shah Rukh Khan

Indian actor, producer and television personality

*November 2nd, 1965, New Delhi

46

Alice Brady

American actress (1892–1939)

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

38

Elena Johnson

Badminton player

*November 2nd, 1985, Bailiwick of Guernsey

57

Warren G. Harding

President of the United States from 1921 to 1923

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

86

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

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

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

64

Paul de Lagarde

German polymath, biblical scholar and orientalist (1827-1891)

*November 2nd, 1827, Berlin †December 22nd, 1891, Göttingen

53

Paweł Adamowicz

Mayor of Gdańsk (1998-2019)

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

49

William Sanderson McCormick

American businessman

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

65

Jules Cohen

French composer

*November 2nd, 1835, Marseille †January 13th, 1901, rue Alphonse-de-Neuville

84

Odysseas Elytis

Greek poet and art critic

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

74

Georges Sorel

French philosopher and sociologist

*November 2nd, 1847, Cherbourg †August 29th, 1922, Boulogne-Billancourt

69

Luchino Visconti

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

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

Same year
Born in 1838

78

Ferdinand von Zeppelin

German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917)

*July 8th, 1838, Constance †March 8th, 1917, Berlin

36

Georges Bizet

French composer (1838–1875)

*October 25th, 1838, Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne †June 3rd, 1875, Bougival

78

Ernst Mach

Austrian physicist and university educator (1838–1916)

*February 18th, 1838, Brno-Chrlice †February 19th, 1916, Vaterstetten

76

John Muir

Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)

*April 21st, 1838, Dunbar †December 24th, 1914, Los Angeles

80

Henry Brooks Adams

American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918)

*February 16th, 1838, Boston †March 27th, 1918, Washington, D.C.

26

John Wilkes Booth

American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865)

*May 10th, 1838, Bel Air †April 26th, 1865, Port Royal

90

Émile Loubet

8th president of France (1838–1929)

*December 31st, 1838, Marsanne †December 20th, 1929, Montélimar

87

Jules Méline

French politician (1838-1925)

*May 20th, 1838, Remiremont †December 21st, 1925, Paris

82

Max Bruch

German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920)

*January 6th, 1838, Cologne †October 2nd, 1920, Friedenau

60

Augustin Daly

American playwright and theatre impresario

*July 20th, 1838, Plymouth †June 7th, 1899, Paris

84

Ernest Solvay

Belgian chemist, industrialist, philanthropist (1838-1922)

*April 16th, 1838, Rebecq-Rognon †May 26th, 1922, Ixelles - Elsene

71

Thorvald N. Thiele

Danish astronomer

*December 24th, 1838, Copenhagen †September 26th, 1910, Copenhagen

63

Jules Dalou

French sculptor (1838–1902)

*December 31st, 1838, Paris †April 15th, 1902, Paris

70

Adolph L'Arronge

German actor and author

*March 8th, 1838, Hamburg †May 25th, 1908, Kreuzlingen

88

Felice Napoleone Canevaro

Italian politician and officer of Peruvian background (1838-1926)

*July 7th, 1838, Lima †December 30th, 1926, Venice

75

Tobias Asser

Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (1838-1913)

*April 28th, 1838, Amsterdam †July 29th, 1913, The Hague

86

Pauline Kergomard

French educator

*April 24th, 1838, Bordeaux †February 13th, 1925, Saint-Maurice

79

Liliʻuokalani

Monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838–1917)

*September 2nd, 1838, Honolulu †November 11th, 1917, Honolulu

69

William Henry Perkin

British chemist known for his accidental discovery of the first synthetic dye

*March 12th, 1838, London †July 14th, 1907, London Borough of Harrow

55

Jan Matejko

Polish painter (1838–1893)

*June 24th, 1838, Free City of Kraków †November 1st, 1893, Kraków

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1838 is a normal year and no leap year.

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