Page 4: Historical Events In November - 02

1914  Great Britain annexes Cyprus on this day in history.   

1914  On November - 02 ray Walston, New Orleans LA, actor (My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees)   

1915  1st US election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history douglas Gordon Lilburn, composer   

1916  Ft Vaux, Verdun, reconquered by France on November - 02.   

1917  On this day in history 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 November - 02 the first American soldiers die in combat in WW I   

1917  On this day in history 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  On November - 02 warren G Harding elected President   

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  Andre Dumont, Belgian mine engineer (Limburgs coal basin), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1921  Fernando Correia de Oliveira, composer on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history 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  Sunday Express publishes 1st British crossword puzzle on this day in history.   

1925  Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter/etcher, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history john Sainsbury, English billionaire   

1928  Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 1st Symphony, L Stokovski premieres in Phila on this day in history.   

1928  Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer on November - 02.   

1929  On this day in history harold Farberman, NYC, conductor/composer (Medea)   

1930  Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty on November - 02.   

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  On November - 02 babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan   

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 this day in history.   

1937  AL batting champ Charlie Gehringer wins MVP on November - 02.   

1937  Maude Valerie White, composer, dies at 82 on November - 02.   

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

1475  On this day in history birth of princess Anne of York (d. 1511)   

1528  Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works) was born on November - 02.   

1636  On November - 02 birth of edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)   

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

1692  On this day in history birth of unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)   

1696  On this day in history birth of conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)   

1699  Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779) was born on November - 02.   

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

1171  On this day in history baudouin IV, count of Henegouwen (1120-71), dies   

1285  Death of King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239) on this day in history.   

1327  On November - 02 death of king James II of Aragon (b. 1267)   

1483  Death of Henry Stafford, earl of Buckingham/constable of Engl, beheaded at 49 on November - 02.   

1588  Wilhelmus Damasi, theologist/1st bishop of Roermond, dies at 63 on November - 02.   

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

1618  On this day in history death of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)