Right now is Sunday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2025. There are 59 days left within the 12 months. Daylight saving time ends as we speak.
Right now in historical past:
On Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his Hughes H-4 Hercules, nicknamed the “Spruce Goose,” on its solely flight; an enormous picket seaplane with a wingspan longer than a soccer subject, it remained airborne for 26 seconds.
Additionally on this date:
In 1783, Gen. George Washington issued his Farewell Tackle to the Military.
In 1861, in the course of the Civil Warfare, President Abraham Lincoln relieved Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont of his command of the Military’s Western Division, following Fremont’s unauthorized efforts to emancipate slaves in Missouri.
In 1948, in one of the surprising leads to U.S. presidential election historical past, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated the closely favored Republican governor of New York, Thomas E. Dewey.
In 1959, Charles Van Doren testified earlier than a congressional committee that he had conspired with tv producers to cheat on the tv quiz present “Twenty-One.”
In 1976, Democrat Jimmy Carter, a former governor of Georgia, grew to become the primary candidate from the Deep South to be elected president for the reason that Civil Warfare, defeating Republican incumbent Gerald R. Ford.
In 2000, American astronaut Invoice Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, grew to become the primary crew to reside onboard the Worldwide Area Station; they spent a complete of 136 days within the station earlier than returning to Earth on Area Shuttle Discovery.
In 2003, in Iraq, insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter carrying U.S. troopers, killing 16 and wounding 20 others.
In 2004, Republican President George W. Bush was elected to a second time period, defeating Democratic Sen. John Kerry because the GOP strengthened its management of Congress.
In 2007, British faculty scholar Meredith Kercher, 21, was discovered slain in her bed room in Perugia, Italy; her roommate, American Amanda Knox, and Knox’s Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, had been convicted of killing Kercher, however each had been later exonerated.
In 2016, ending a championship drought that had lasted since 1908, the Chicago Cubs received the World Collection, defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in further innings within the deciding seventh sport.
In 2021, the Atlanta Braves received their first World Collection championship since 1995, defeating the Houston Astros in Recreation 6.
In 2023, FTX founder and disgraced cryptocurrency star Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud by a New York jury for stealing no less than $10 billion from clients and traders. He was later sentenced to 25 years in jail for the large scheme that led to the collapse of the FTX platform for exchanging digital forex.
Right now’s Birthdays:
- Tennis Corridor of Famer Ken Rosewall is 91.
- Political commentator Pat Buchanan is 87.
- Olympic gold medal wrestler Bruce Baumgartner is 65.
- Singer-songwriter ok.d. lang is 64.
- Playwright Lynn Nottage is 61.
- Actor David Schwimmer is 59.
- Jazz singer Kurt Elling is 58.
- Rapper Nelly is 51.
- Movie director Jon Chu is 46.
- TV character Karamo Brown (“Queer Eye”) is 45.
- NFL quarterback Jordan Love is 27.
