THE HISTORY OF NOVEMBER 2

THE HISTORY OF NOVEMBER 2

WORLD EVENTS

Today is National Deviled Egg Day

1734  Frontiersman Daniel Boone was born

1755  Future Queen of France Marie Antoinette was born

1795  James Polk was born – 11^th President

1851  Napoleon staged a coup in France and took power

1865  Warren Harding was born – 29^th President

1889  North Dakota became the 39^th state and South Dakota the 40^th

1913  Actor Burt Lancaster was born

1917  Postage rates went from 2 cents to 3 cents for 1^st class mail and postcards from 1 cent to 2 cents

1920  Warren Harding elected President – Happy Birthday

1947  Howard Hughes’ “Spruce Goose” flied for the first and only time – 70 seconds

1948  Truman beat Dewey in a surprise to pollsters and newspapers

1956  Hungary appealed for UN assistance against the Russian invasion

1959  Charles Van Doren, a game show contestant on “Twenty One”, admitted he was given questions and answers in advance

1962  President Kennedy announced that the Cuban missiles had been dismantled

1976  Jimmy Carter defeated incumbent Gerry Ford for President – 39^th President

1983  President Reagan signed a bill establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day

1984  Velma Barfield became the first woman executed in the US since 1962 – she had been convicted of killing her boyfriend

1993  Rudy Giuliani became the 107^th Mayor of NYC

2001  The computer animated “Monster’s Inc.” opened – best debut for any animated film and 6^th best all time

2001  17^th case of anthrax was reported in a NY Post employee

SPORTS HISTORY ON NOVEMBER 2

2009  Cliff Lee wins his 2^nd World Series game as Phillies beat NYY in game 5

2000  Todd Helton of Colorado names AP Player of the Year - .372 average, 42 HRs, 147 RBI, and 59 doubles

1999  NBA.com makes its debut

1995  NYY name Joe Torre as manager

1990  Golden State beats Denver 162-158 – 320 points is the most scored in a non OT game

1988  Walt Weiss wins AL Rookie of the Year – 3^rd straight for an Oakland player – Canseco and McGwire

1977  Steve Carlton of Philadelphia wins his 2^nd Cy Young – 23-10, 2.64 ERA, 17 complete games

1976  Randy Jones of San Diego is the NL Cy Young winner – 22-14, 2.74 ERA, 25 complete games

1974  Atlanta trades Hank Aaron to Milwaukee – started his career there 4/13/54

1972  Steve Carlton wins NL Cy Young award – 27-10, 1.97 ERA, 30 complete games, 310 strikeouts – Philadelphia only won 59 games all season

1969  A NFL record 12 TD passes – New Orleans Billy Kilmer and St. Louis’ Charley Johnson pass for 6 each

1960  Roger Maris named MVP – beat Mickey Mantle by 3 votes

1938  Jimmie Foxx of Red Sox wins his 3^rd AL MVP - .349 average, 50 HRs, 175 RBI

# 1 SONGS ON NOVEMBER 2

1961  Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean

1963  Sugar Shack – Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs

1964  Baby Love – The Supremes

1965  Get Off of My Cloud – The Rolling Stones

1966  Last Train to Clarksville – The Monkees

1967  To Sir, With Love - Lulu

1968  Hey Jude –The Beatles

1969  Wedding Bell Blues – The 5^th Dimension

1970  I’ll Be There – The Jackson 5

1971  Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves - Cher

1972  I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash

1973  Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight & the Pips

1975  Island Girl – Elton John

1977  You Light Up My Life – Debby Boone

1978  You Needed me – Anne Murray

1980  Woman In Love – Barbra Streisand

1981  Private Eyes – Daryl Hall & John Oates

1982  Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

1983  Islands in the Stream – Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton

1984  Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) – Billy Ocean

1985  Miami Vice Theme – Jan Hammer

1986  Amanda - Boston

1987  I Think We’re Alone Now - Tiffany

1988  Kokomo – The Beach Boys

1990  Ice Ice Baby – Vanilla Ice

1992  End of the Road – Boyz II Men

1993  I’d Do Anything for Love – Meat Loaf

1994  I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men

1995  Fantasy – Mariah Carey     

1997  Candle in the Wind (1997) – Elton John

1999  Smooth – Santana with Rob Thomas