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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a></b>: 
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/619" title="619">619</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Tang" title="Emperor Gaozu of Tang">Emperor Gaozu of Tang</a> allowed the assassination of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khagan" title="Khagan">khagan</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Western Turkic Khaganate">Western Turkic Khaganate</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6kt%C3%BCrks#Eastern_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Göktürks">Eastern Turkic</a> rivals, one of the earliest events in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_campaigns_against_the_Western_Turks" title="Tang campaigns against the Western Turks">Tang campaigns against the Western Turks</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932" title="1932">1932</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Defence_Force" title="Australian Defence Force">Australian military</a> began a "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War" title="Emu War">war against emus</a></b>", flightless native birds blamed for widespread damage to crops in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> task force turned away an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> formation at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Empress_Augusta_Bay" title="Battle of Empress Augusta Bay">Battle of Empress Augusta Bay</a></b>, thus protecting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landings_at_Cape_Torokina" title="Landings at Cape Torokina">landings at Cape Torokina</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a> – In the trial <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Penguin_Books_Ltd" title="R v Penguin Books Ltd">R v Penguin Books Ltd</a></b></i>, publisher <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Books" title="Penguin Books">Penguin Books</a> was acquitted of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obscenity" title="Obscenity">obscenity</a> for the publication of <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Chatterley%27s_Lover" title="Lady Chatterley's Lover">Lady Chatterley's Lover</a></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._H._Lawrence" title="D. H. Lawrence">D. H. Lawrence</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a> – In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi" title="Tbilisi">Tbilisi</a>, Georgia, tens of thousands of people <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Georgian_demonstrations" title="2007 Georgian demonstrations">demonstrated</a></b>  against the allegedly corrupt government of president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikheil_Saakashvili" title="Mikheil Saakashvili">Mikheil Saakashvili</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettisia_Gozzadini" title="Bettisia Gozzadini">Bettisia Gozzadini</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1261); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mitchell_Bannister" title="Edward Mitchell Bannister">Edward Mitchell Bannister</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1828); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_de_Pourtal%C3%A8s" title="Hélène de Pourtalès">Hélène de Pourtalès</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1945); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmaine_Dragun" title="Charmaine Dragun">Charmaine Dragun</a> </b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2007)</p>