November 2nd, 1944

Born on November 2nd, 1944

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 978 days, exactly on December 22nd, 2026, people who were born on November 2nd, 1944 will be 30,000 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, 1944

71

Keith Emerson

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

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

79

Jeffrey A. Hoffman

American astronaut

*November 2nd, 1944, Brooklyn

79

Michael Buffer

American ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches

*November 2nd, 1944, Philadelphia

68

Patrice Chéreau

French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer (1944-2013)

*November 2nd, 1944, Lézigné †October 7th, 2013, Paris

79

Liesel Westermann

German discus thrower

*November 2nd, 1944, Sulingen

75

Philippe Bodson

Belgian businessman and senator (1944-2020)

*November 2nd, 1944, Liège †April 4th, 2020, Saint-Pierre Hospital

29

Marc Filloux

French journalist

*November 2nd, 1944, 15th arrondissement of Paris †April 15th, 1974, Cambodia

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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

58

Shah Rukh Khan

Indian actor, producer and television personality

*November 2nd, 1965, New Delhi

62

k.d. lang

Canadian singer-songwriter

*November 2nd, 1961, Edmonton

78

Jean-Jack Queyranne

French politician

*November 2nd, 1945, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

85

Pat Buchanan

American politician and commentator

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

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

53

Paweł Adamowicz

Mayor of Gdańsk (1998-2019)

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

86

Ray Walston

American actor and comedian

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

77

Alan Jones

Australian racing driver and journalist (born 1946)

*November 2nd, 1946, Melbourne

78

Larry Little

American football player and coach

*November 2nd, 1945, Savannah

80

Gigi Proietti

Italian actor

*November 2nd, 1940, Rome †November 2nd, 2020, Rome

79

Oldřich Pelčák

Czech astronaut and pilot

*November 2nd, 1943, Zlín †October 7th, 2023, Prague

46

Alice Brady

American actress (1892–1939)

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

53

James K. Polk

President of the United States from 1845 to 1849

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

34

Vitolo

Spanish association football player (1989-)

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

84

Enrico Albertosi

Italian footballer (1939-)

*November 2nd, 1939, Pontremoli

77

Shere Hite

German-American sexologist

*November 2nd, 1942, St. Joseph †September 9th, 2020, Tottenham

85

Heinz Kriwet

German manager (1931-2017)

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

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Born in 1944

79

Udo Kier

German actor

*October 14th, 1944, Cologne

79

Poul Michelsen

Faroese businessperson and politician

*July 22nd, 1944, Tórshavn

79

Nils Ole Oftebro

Norwegian actor

*December 1st, 1944, Sarpsborg Municipality

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

79

John Rhys-Davies

British actor

*May 5th, 1944, Ammanford

80

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

80

Joachim Schimpke

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1944, Hohenstein-Ernstthal

79

Michael Douglas

American actor and film producer

*September 25th, 1944, New Brunswick

80

Gerhard Schröder

Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005

*April 7th, 1944, Mossenberg-Wöhren

80

Gert Audring

German historian of classical antiquity

*February 6th, 1944, Śrem

79

Dieter Planck

German archaeologist

*August 14th, 1944, Rottenburg am Neckar

80

Alice Walker

American author and activist (1944- )

*February 9th, 1944, Eatonton

79

Ban Ki-moon

8th Secretary-General of the United Nations

*June 13th, 1944, Eumseong County

77

Judi Rollick

Badminton player

*August 17th, 1944, Seattle †April 5th, 2022

80

Alexander Van der Bellen

President of Austria since 2017

*January 18th, 1944, Vienna

77

Volker Lechtenbrink

German actor and singer

*August 18th, 1944, Zelenogradsk †November 22nd, 2021, Hamburg

72

David Chandler

American chemist (1944-2017)

*October 15th, 1944, New York City †April 18th, 2017, Berkeley

72

Helena Štáchová

Czech actress, theatre director, manager and puppeteer

*November 18th, 1944, Prague †March 22nd, 2017, Prague

79

Serge Haroche

French physicist, Nobel laureate

*September 11th, 1944, Casablanca

79

Dieter Hertrampf

German musician, singer and guitarist

*November 29th, 1944, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1944 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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