November 2nd, 1849

Born on November 2nd, 1849

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 63,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 271 days, exactly on January 23rd, 2025, people who were born on November 2nd, 1849 will be 64,000 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

73

Mehmed V

Ottoman Sultan

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

53

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

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

74

Georges Sorel

French philosopher and sociologist

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

80

Burt Lancaster

American actor (1913–1994)

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

57

Warren G. Harding

President of the United States from 1921 to 1923

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

46

Alice Brady

American actress (1892–1939)

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

58

Shah Rukh Khan

Indian actor, producer and television personality

*November 2nd, 1965, New Delhi

49

George Boole

English mathematician, philosopher and logician (1815–1864)

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

38

Elena Johnson

Badminton player

*November 2nd, 1985, Bailiwick of Guernsey

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

53

Paweł Adamowicz

Mayor of Gdańsk (1998-2019)

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

37

Marie Antoinette

Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution

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

84

Odysseas Elytis

Greek poet and art critic

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

69

Luchino Visconti

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

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

34

Vitolo

Spanish association football player (1989-)

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

49

William Sanderson McCormick

American businessman

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

64

Paul de Lagarde

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

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

Same year
Born in 1849

80

Alfred von Tirpitz

German Admiral and Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office (1849-1930)

*March 19th, 1849, Kostrzyn nad Odrą †March 6th, 1930, Schäftlarn

77

Jean Richepin

French poet, novelist and dramatist (1849-1926)

*February 4th, 1849, Médéa †December 12th, 1926, rue de la Tour

86

Ivan Pavlov

Russian physiologist

*September 14th, 1849, Ryazan †February 27th, 1936, Leningrad

80

Bernhard von Bülow

German and Prussian politician

*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome

67

Joseph Gallieni

French soldier (1849-1916)

*April 24th, 1849, Saint-Béat †May 27th, 1916, Versailles

63

August Strindberg

Swedish writer and painter (1849-1912)

*January 22nd, 1849, Storkyrkoförsamlingen †May 14th, 1912, Adolf Fredriks parish

66

James Whitcomb Riley

American poet from Indianapolis

*October 7th, 1849, Greenfield †July 22nd, 1916, Indianapolis

77

Franz S. Exner

Austrian physicist

*March 24th, 1849, Vienna †October 15th, 1926, Vienna

55

Maurice Barrymore

British actor (1849-1905)

*September 21st, 1849, Amritsar †March 25th, 1905, Amityville

54

Sien Hoornik

Dutch tailor and prostitute

*November 30th, 1849, The Hague †January 1st, 1904, The Hague

45

Benjamin Godard

French violinist and composer

*August 18th, 1849, Paris †January 10th, 1895, Cannes

81

Willem de Haan

Dutch composer and conductor

*September 24th, 1849, Rotterdam †September 26th, 1930, Berlin

74

Frances Hodgson Burnett

English-American playwright and author

*November 24th, 1849, Manchester †October 29th, 1924, New York City

95

John Ambrose Fleming

Electrical engineer and physicist (1849-1945)

*November 29th, 1849, Lancaster †April 18th, 1945, Sidmouth

59

Ulrich Dürrenmatt

Swiss journalist and politician (1849-1908)

*April 20th, 1849, Guggisberg †July 27th, 1908, Herzogenbuchsee

55

Andrea Aiuti

Italian cardinal and nuncio

*June 17th, 1849, Rome †April 28th, 1905, Rome

45

Lord Randolph Churchill

British politician, father of Winston Churchill (1849-1895)

*February 13th, 1849, Blenheim Palace †January 24th, 1895, London

95

August von Mackensen

German field marshal (1849–1945)

*December 6th, 1849, manor estate Leipnitz †November 8th, 1945, Habighorst

70

Edmund Barton

Australian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia (1849-1920)

*January 18th, 1849, Glebe †January 7th, 1920, Medlow Bath

76

Ellen Key

Swedish writer (1849-1926)

*December 11th, 1849, Gladhammar church parish †April 25th, 1926, Västra Tollstad church parish

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Public holidays on November 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on November 2nd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1849 is a normal year and no leap year.

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