Today's Holidays in November 2

National Traffic Directors Day November 2

August 13, 2024

National Traffic Directors Day
International Day To End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists November 2

August 13, 2024

International Day To End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists
National Deviled Egg Day November 2

August 13, 2024

National Deviled Egg Day
National Ohio Day November 2

August 13, 2024

National Ohio Day
All Souls Day November 2

August 13, 2024

All Souls Day

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🏛️ Public Holidays

Also observed in: All Souls' Day (BR,PH,VE) · All Saints’ Day (CO) · Día de Todos los Santos (observado) (CO) · Finados (BR) · Marlborough Anniversary Day (NZ)

🕰️ On This Day in History

  • 1990 — British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses. ↗
  • 1988 — The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT. ↗
  • 1986 — US Hostage, David Jacobsen, is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.[2] ↗
  • 1984 — Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. ↗
  • 1983 — U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

  • 1997 — Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer
  • 1994 — Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer
  • 1990 — Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer
  • 1989 — Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer
  • 1989 — Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player