Today in History

    What happened on the 2nd of November in history?

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    • 1854
      Cobblestone paving of Washington St between Dupont & Kearny starts
    • 1889
      North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes the 40th state
    • 1917
      Lansing-Ishii Agreement
    • 1917
      The Balfour Declaration calls for a Jewish homeland
    • 1920
      KDKA (Pittsburgh) on the air as 1st commercial radio station
    • 1947
      Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flies for 1st (& last) time
    • 1948
      Truman beats Dewey confounding pollsters and newspapers
    • 1954
      JS Thurmond 1st senator elected by write-in vote - SC
    • 1957
      1st titanium mill opened Toronto Ohio
    • 1959
      Charles Van Doren confesses 21 was fixed
    • 1964
      CBS purchases NY Yanks
    • 1975
      Ed Giacomin return to Mad Sq Garden as a Red Wing beats Rangers 6-4
    • 1978
      Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31
    • 1980
      Edith Bunker dies