Once Upon A Time – November 2 – 1949 – The Netherlands Recognizes Its Former Colony Indonesia As A Sovereign State

1875 Verney Cameroon reaches Benguela in Angola, from Africa’s east coast, 1st European to cross equatorial Africa

1917 Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine

1930 Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, 225th Emperor of Ethiopian Solmonic Dynasty

1949 The Netherlands recognizes its former colony Indonesia as a sovereign state

1966 The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the US

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November 2 In Film & Tv

1936 At 3pm the BBC begins the world’s first regular high-definition TV broadcast service from specially constructed studios at Alexandra Palace, North London

2020 Baby Shark by Pinkfong becomes the most-watched video on YouTube with over 7.04 billion views

November 2 In Music

1983  – “Thriller” single released worldwide by Michael Jackson

November 2 In Sport

2016 Baseball World Series: Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland Indians, 8-7 in Game 7 at Progressive Field, Cleveland; first Cubs’ title in 108 years; MVP: Chicago utility Ben Zobrist

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1898 Cheerleading begins in the United States as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota

1932 The “Great Emu War” begins: Australian soldiers armed with Lewis Guns sought to cull the Emu population over crop destruction in Campion district, Western Australia

Famous Weddings

1887 Baseball legend Connie Mack (24) weds Margaret Hogan

1896 Nizari Imam Aga Khan III (19) weds first cousin Shahzadi Begum in Pune, India

2005 Irish TV and radio presenter Sile Seoige (26) weds Glen Mulcahy at St. Brendan’s Church in County Offaly

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