November 2

Today in History
• 1355 - English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais
• 1648 - 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol Podlia
• 1698 - Scottish settlers make landfall in Panama, establishing the 'Darien Venture' colony
• 1749 - English Ohio Trade Company forms first trading post
• 1772 - Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms
• 1835 - 2nd Seminole War begins in Osceola
• 1852 - Franklin Pierce elected as president of U.S.
• 1889 - North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes 40th state


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• All Souls Day
• Be the Impact Day
• Day of the Dead
• Feast of St. Giusto
• National Advent Calendar Day
• National Ohio Day
• National Stress Awareness Day
• World Ballet Day

Birthdays
• 1470 - Edward V, King of England (Apr–Jun 1483)
• 1696 - Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans
• 1734 - Daniel Boone, American frontiersman and explorer
• 1755 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (1774-92)
• 1795 - James Knox Polk, 11th US President (Democrat: 1845-49)
• 1844 - Mehmed V, 35th Ottoman Sultan (1909-18)
• 1865 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (1921-23)
• 1921 - Willaim D Schaefer, Maryland, Gov-D-Md