| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| November 2, 1854 | Thursday | Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts |
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| November 2, 1889 | Saturday | North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes the 40th state |
| November 2, 1917 | Friday | Lansing-Ishii Agreement |
| November 2, 1917 | Friday | The Balfour Declaration calls for a Jewish homeland |
| November 2, 1920 | Tuesday | KDKA (Pittsburgh) on the air as 1st commercial radio station |
| November 2, 1947 | Sunday | Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flies for 1st (& last) time |
| November 2, 1948 | Tuesday | Truman beats Dewey confounding pollsters and newspapers |
| November 2, 1954 | Tuesday | JS Thurmond 1st senator elected by write-in vote - SC |
| November 2, 1957 | Saturday | 1st titanium mill opened Toronto Ohio |
| November 2, 1959 | Monday | Charles Van Doren confesses 21 was fixed |
| November 2, 1964 | Monday | CBS purchases NY Yanks |
| November 2, 1975 | Sunday | Ed Giacomin return to Mad Sq Garden as a Red Wing beats Rangers 6-4 |
| November 2, 1978 | Thursday | Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31 |
| November 2, 1980 | Sunday | Edith Bunker dies |