November 2
November 2
Events
- 619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu.
- 1912 – Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
- 1914 – World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
- 1917 – The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
- 1949 – The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
- 1951 – Six thousand British troops arrive in Suez after the Egyptian government abrogates the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936.[1]
- 1956 – Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
- 1964 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
- 1986 – Lebanon hostage crisis: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity.[1]
Births
- 682 – Umar II, Arabian caliph (d. 720)
- 971 – Mahmud of Ghazni (d. 1030)
- 1877 – Aga Khan III, Indian 48th Shia Imam (d. 1957)
- 1910 – Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian lawyer and politician, Egyptian Minister of Interior (d. 1999)
- 1929 – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, Pakistani judge and politician, 9th President of Pakistan
- 1965 – Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host
Deaths
- 1952 – Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
- 1961 – Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1894)
- 2017 – Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (b. 1944)
Holidays and Observances
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