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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls%27_Day" title="All Souls' Day">All Souls' Day</a></b> (Western Christianity)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a> – The British government issued the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration" title="Balfour Declaration">Balfour Declaration</a></b> in support of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_for_the_Jewish_people" title="Homeland for the Jewish people">Jewish homeland</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a>, then an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> region with a small Jewish minority.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Linda_(1997)" title="Tropical Storm Linda (1997)">Tropical Storm Linda</a></b> made landfall in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_Delta" title="Mekong Delta">Mekong Delta</a> in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000" title="2000">2000</a> – Aboard <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_1" title="Expedition 1">Expedition 1</a></b>, American astronaut <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shepherd" title="William Shepherd">William Shepherd</a> and Russian cosmonauts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Krikalev" title="Sergei Krikalev">Sergei Krikalev</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gidzenko" title="Yuri Gidzenko">Yuri Gidzenko</a> became the first resident crew to arrive at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – At the season-ending <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Brazilian_Grand_Prix" title="2008 Brazilian Grand Prix">Brazilian Grand Prix</a></b>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> overtook <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timo_Glock" title="Timo Glock">Timo Glock</a> in the final corners of the race to become <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Formula_One_World_Drivers%27_Champions" title="List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions">World Drivers' Champion</a> by one point.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Flanders" title="Matilda of Flanders">Matilda of Flanders</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1083); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Boone" title="Daniel Boone">Daniel Boone</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1734); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Bosse" title="Harriet Bosse">Harriet Bosse</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1961)</p>
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