Men who made History
1164 Nov 2 Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, fled England and landed in Flanders.1858 Nov 2, In Illinois Abraham Lincoln won 4,085 more popular votes for the Senate than did Sen. Stephen Douglas; however Illinois senators were elected by the state legislatures and Douglas won reelection there by 8 votes. 1880 Nov 2, James A. Garfield was elected 20th president. During the Civil War, Garfield was a commander at the bloody fight at Chickamauga. The election was close, with Republican James Garfield getting 48.27% to Democrat Winfield Hancock‘s 48.25% and a difference of less than 2,000 votes! Garfield was shot by a disgruntled office seeker four months into his presidency. 1920 Nov 2, Warren G. Harding was elected 29th president. He defeated James Cox, governor of Ohio, and his VP running mate Franklin Delano Roosevelt (38). 1962 Nov 2, Pres. Kennedy reported that Soviet missile bases in Cuba were being dismantled.1979 Nov 2, Peter Shaffer’s play “Amadeus,” premiered in London.1987 Nov 2, Zhao Ziyang was appointed head of China’s Communist Party, succeeding his mentor, Deng Xiaoping.1999 Nov 2, Pres. Clinton met with Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat in Oslo to revitalize the Middle East peace process.1999 Nov 2, In France the Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the finance minister, resigned in a corruption scandal.2001 Nov 2, President George W. Bush, saying the war in Afghanistan was unraveling Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network, chided critics for clamoring for more action, and said the U.S. military campaign would not pause for the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. 2001 Nov 2, It was reported that Ibrahim Bah, a Libyan-trained former Senegalese rebel, lived in Burkina Faso and selected diamond dealers to handle deals in Liberia between rebels from Sierra Leone and the al Qaeda network. 2002 Nov 2, Rex Mwanawasa (43), the brother of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, was found dead in a hotel room in Pretoria. 2003 Nov 2, Colombian troops killed Luis Alexis Castellanos Garzon a FARC regional rebel commander, the fifth guerrilla leader slain in less than a month. 2004 Nov 2, Mike Easley (D) was elected governor of North Carolina. Pres. Bush carried the state with 56.3% of the vote. Voting problems plagued the state and impacted local races. A machine in Carteret County lost 4,438 votes. 2004 Nov 2, In Thailand Jaran Torae, a local Buddhist official, was beheaded by suspected Muslim insurgents as revenge for the deaths of 85 rioters last week. 2005 Nov 2, In Britain Cabinet minister David Blunkett resigned. He acknowledged that his business dealings had breached ministerial guidelines and that his position as work and pensions secretary had become untenable. 2007 Nov 2, Michael Mukasey drew closer to becoming attorney general after two key Senate Democrats, Charles Schumer and Dianne Feinstein, said they would vote for him despite his refusal to say whether waterboarding was torture. 2007 Nov 2, Sudan’s President Omar al-Beshir reached agreement with southern leader Salva Kiir, who is also first vice president, that all provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement would now be implemented by the end of the year. 2008 Nov 2, Veteran diplomat Rupiah Banda (72) was sworn in as the new president of Zambia following a narrow and disputed victory over a populist rival in an election forced by the death of the country’s former leader. 2010 Nov 2, Oregon Democrat Gov. John Kitzhaber won a historic third term.2013 Nov 2, Clifford Nass (b.1958), a Standfor Univ. sociologist, died following a hike near Lake Tahoe. He had warned of chronic multitasking following his experiences as a freshman, residence hall dorm dad. 2014 Nov 2, A Bahraini court freed prominent Shiite activist Nabeel Rajab but barred him from travel until his trial resumes over remarks on Twitter deemed insulting to public institutions.What's your reaction?
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