EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
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TODAY IN HISTORY
November 2
Monday, November 2, 2026
Day 306 of 2026 | Week 45 | 53 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.
In Vienna's Innere Stadt district, an ISIL sympathizer shoots and kills four people and injures 23 more, before being shot and killed by the police.
The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race.
Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.
Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.
Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 crashes in Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, killing one person and injuring several more.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Swedish Social Democratic politician
American rocker (Poison - "Every Rose Has a Thorn")
American politician
American filmmaker (Starry Night Entertainment)
German swimmer (GDR Olympic gold 400m
Dutch rock singer (Sleeze Beez; 7 Miles to Pittsburgh)
American political commentator (Media Matters for America)
English cellist and composer (Chieftan's Salute)
French soprano
American football coach (Fresno State; BC Lions [CFL])
Japanese golfer (Senior PGA C'ship 2013)
American wrestler (Olympic gold 1984
South African tennis player (French Open doubles 1981
Croatian war criminal
American College Football Hall of Fame guard and broadcaster (Super Bowl 1982
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