Right now is Saturday, Nov. 2, the 307th day of 2024. There are 59 days left within the 12 months.
Right now in historical past:
On Nov. 2, 1948, in one of the crucial surprising ends in U.S. election historical past, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman received the presidential election towards the closely favored Republican governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey.
Additionally on this date:
In 1783, Gen. George Washington issued his Farewell Deal with to the Military.
In 1861, in the course of the Civil Conflict, President Abraham Lincoln relieved Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont of his command of the Military’s Western Division, following Fremont’s unauthorized efforts to emancipate slaves in Missouri.
In 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the ‘Spruce Goose,’ on its one and solely flight; an enormous picket seaplane with a wingspan longer than a soccer subject, it remained airborne for 26 seconds.
In 1959, Charles Van Doren testified to a Congressional committee that he had conspired with tv producers to cheat on the tv quiz present ‘Twenty-One.’
In 1976, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter turned the primary candidate from the Deep South to be elected president because the Civil Conflict as he defeated incumbent Gerald R. Ford.
In 2000, American astronaut Invoice Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, turned the primary crew to reside onboard the Worldwide Area Station; they spent a complete of 136 days within the Worldwide Area Station earlier than returning to Earth on Area Shuttle Discovery.
In 2003, in Iraq, insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter carrying dozens of U.S. troopers, killing 16.
In 2004, President George W. Bush was elected to a second time period, defeating Sen. John Kerry, and Republicans strengthened their management of Congress.
In 2007, British faculty pupil Meredith Kercher, 21, was discovered slain in her bed room in Perugia, Italy; her roommate, American Amanda Knox and Knox’s Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, have been convicted of killing Kercher, however each have been later exonerated.
In 2016, ending a championship drought that had lasted since 1908, the Chicago Cubs received the World Collection, defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in additional innings.
In 2021, the Atlanta Braves received their first World Collection championship since 1995, defeating the Houston Astros in Sport 6.
Right now’s Birthdays:
- Tennis Corridor of Famer Ken Rosewall is 90.
- Political commentator Pat Buchanan is 86.
- Olympic gold medal wrestler Bruce Baumgartner is 65.
- Singer-songwriter ok.d. lang is 63.
- Playwright Lynn Nottage is 60.
- Actor David Schwimmer is 58.
- Jazz singer Kurt Elling is 57.
- Rapper Nelly is 50.
- Movie director Jon Chu is 45.
- TV persona Karamo Brown (“Queer Eye”) is 44.
- NFL quarterback Jordan Love is 26.
