November 2nd, 1924

Born on November 2nd, 1924

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 36,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 664 days, exactly on February 20th, 2026, people who were born on November 2nd, 1924 will be 37,000 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

Born on November 2nd, 1924

77

Grietje de Jongh

Dutch sprinter

*November 2nd, 1924, Oostzaan †February 6th, 2002, Amsterdam

64

David Bauer

Canadian ice hockey player

*November 2nd, 1924, Kitchener †November 9th, 1988, Goderich

91

Rudy Van Gelder

American recording engineer (1924-2016)

*November 2nd, 1924, Jersey City †August 25th, 2016, Englewood Cliffs

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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

80

Burt Lancaster

American actor (1913–1994)

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

86

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

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

58

Shah Rukh Khan

Indian actor, producer and television personality

*November 2nd, 1965, New Delhi

88

Richard E. Taylor

Canadian physicist (1929-2018)

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

84

Odysseas Elytis

Greek poet and art critic

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

38

Elena Johnson

Badminton player

*November 2nd, 1985, Bailiwick of Guernsey

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

85

Heinz Kriwet

German manager (1931-2017)

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

85

Pat Buchanan

American politician and commentator

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

87

Cesare Rubini

Italian water polo and basketball player (1923-2011)

*November 2nd, 1923, Trieste †February 8th, 2011, Milan

53

Paweł Adamowicz

Mayor of Gdańsk (1998-2019)

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

69

Luchino Visconti

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

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

81

Modest Cuixart

Spanish artist (1925-2007)

*November 2nd, 1925, Barcelona †October 31st, 2007, Palamós

53

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

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

92

Hazel Douglas

British actress (1923-2016)

*November 2nd, 1923, Fulham †September 8th, 2016, London

90

Steve Ditko

American comics artist (1927–2018)

*November 2nd, 1927, Johnstown †June 29th, 2018, New York City

94

Dale Wasserman

American playwright

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

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80

Marlon Brando

American actor (1924–2004)

*April 3rd, 1924, Omaha †July 1st, 2004, Los Angeles

94

George H. W. Bush

President of the United States from 1989 to 1993

*June 12th, 1924, Milton †November 30th, 2018, Houston

99

Jimmy Carter

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981

*October 1st, 1924, Plains

92

Lola Albright

American actress and singer (1924–2017)

*July 20th, 1924, Akron †March 23rd, 2017, Toluca Lake

90

Peter Scholl-Latour

German-French journalist and author (1924-2014)

*March 9th, 1924, Bochum †August 16th, 2014, Rhöndorf

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

*January 7th, 1924, Leeds †May 10th, 2017, London

95

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

92

Gustavo Rojo

Uruguayan-Mexican actor (1923-2017)

*September 5th, 1924, Atlantic Ocean †April 22nd, 2017, Mexico City

92

Paul Hébert

Canadian actor

*May 28th, 1924, Thetford Mines †April 20th, 2017, Quebec City

92

Sofía Ímber

Venezuelan journalist and cultural activist

*May 8th, 1924, Soroca †February 20th, 2017, Caracas

98

Leslie Phillips

British actor (1924–2022)

*April 20th, 1924, Tottenham †November 7th, 2022, Minneapolis

94

Charles Aznavour

Armenian-French singer and diplomat (1924-2018)

*May 22nd, 1924, 6th arrondissement of Paris †October 1st, 2018, Mouriès

80

Erik Balling

Danish film director

*November 29th, 1924, Nyborg †November 19th, 2005, Copenhagen

91

Karl Heinz Oppel

German actor and voice actor

*December 16th, 1924, Dresden †October 27th, 2016, Berlin

92

David Rubinger

Israeli photojournalist and photographer (1924-2017)

*June 24th, 1924, Vienna †March 1st, 2017, Jerusalem

95

Elisabeth Gesche

German nurse and honorary consul

*January 17th, 1924, Funchal †May 27th, 2019

87

Rauf Denktaş

Leader of Turkish Cypriots and founding President of TRNC (1924-2012)

*January 27th, 1924, Paphos †January 13th, 2012, North Nicosia

99

Eva Marie Saint

American actress (born 1924)

*July 4th, 1924, Newark

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

84

Pat Hingle

American actor (1924–2009)

*July 19th, 1924, Denver †January 3rd, 2009, Carolina Beach

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on November 2nd

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1924 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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