Page 4: Historical Events In November - 02

1914  Great Britain annexes Cyprus on November - 02.   

1914  Ray Walston, New Orleans LA, actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees) on November - 02.   

1915  1st US election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio on November - 02.   

1915  Douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer on November - 02.   

1916  Ft Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France on this day in history.   

1917  On November - 02 balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine   

1917  Lansing-Ishii Agreement; US recognizes Japan's privileges in China on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history the first American soldiers die in combat in WW I   

1917  On November - 02 1st US soldiers killed in combat in WW I   

1917  On November - 02 durward Knowles, England, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas)   

1919  Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet (Reino da Estupidez) on November - 02.   

1920  Warren G Harding elected President on November - 02.   

1920  On this day in history kDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on air as 1st commercial radio station   

1920  On November - 02 fabio Gonzalez-Zuleta, composer   

1920  On this day in history andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73   

1921  On this day in history eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie," premieres in NYC   

1921  On November - 02 fernando Correia de Oliveira, composer   

1922  On November - 02 allies deliberate over German mark   

1922  On this day in history john Pinsent, classical scholar   

1923  Bloody street battles in Aken: pro-French separatists on November - 02.   

1924  On this day in history sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle   

1925  On November - 02 antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65   

1927  John Sainsbury, English billionaire on this day in history.   

1928  Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, L Stokovski premieres in Phila on November - 02.   

1928  On November - 02 geoffrey Pardoe, engineer   

1929  Harold Farberman, NYC, conductor/composer (Medea) on November - 02.   

1930  Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty on this day in history.   

1931  Warren, Dixon & Young's musical "Laugh Parade," premieres in NYC on November - 02.   

1931  On November - 02 arthur James Cook, union leader (coal miners), dies at 47   

1934  Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan on November - 02.   

1935  H B "Jock" Cameron, S Afr cricket capt (v England 1935, age 30), dies on this day in history.   

1936  1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London on November - 02.   

1937  On November - 02 aL batting champ Charlie Gehringer wins MVP   

1937  On this day in history maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82   

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1082  Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135) was born on this day in history.   

1475  Princess Anne of York (d. 1511) was born on November - 02.   

1528  On November - 02 birth of peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works)   

1636  Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721) was born on November - 02.   

1667  On November - 02 birth of james Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)   

1692  On November - 02 birth of unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)   

1696  Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760) was born on this day in history.   

1699  On November - 02 birth of jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)   

1083  Death of Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031) on this day in history.   

1171  On November - 02 baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies   

1285  On this day in history death of king Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)   

1327  On this day in history death of king James II of Aragon (b. 1267)   

1483  Death of Henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49 on this day in history.   

1588  Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1610  Richard Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury (1604-10), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1618  On November - 02 death of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)