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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

1
2022

A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.

2
2020

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.

3
2016

The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.

4
2008

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.

5
2000

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.

6
1999

Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven.

7
1997

Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.

8
1990

British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.

9
1988

The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.

10
1988

LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 crashes in Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, killing one person and injuring several more.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1964 Britta Lejon

Swedish Social Democratic politician

1963 Bobby Dall

American rocker (Poison - "Every Rose Has a Thorn")

1963 Brian Kemp

American politician

1963 Craig Saavedra

American filmmaker (Starry Night Entertainment)

1963 Ines Diers

German swimmer (GDR Olympic gold 400m

1962 Andrew Elt

Dutch rock singer (Sleeze Beez; 7 Miles to Pittsburgh)

1962 David Brock

American political commentator (Media Matters for America)

1962 Graham Waterhouse

English cellist and composer (Chieftan's Salute)

1962 Mireille Delunsch

French soprano

1961 Jim Tedford

American football coach (Fresno State; BC Lions [CFL])

1961 Kōki Idoki

Japanese golfer (Senior PGA C'ship 2013)

1960 Bruce Baumgartner

American wrestler (Olympic gold 1984

1960 Rosalyn Fairbank

South African tennis player (French Open doubles 1981

1960 Tihomir Blaškić

Croatian war criminal

1959 Mark May

American College Football Hall of Fame guard and broadcaster (Super Bowl 1982

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