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Edition No. 94 · GlobalEst. 2026
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This Day in History

This Day in History: November 2

Test your knowledge of significant global events that occurred on November 2 throughout history.

Date: 2026-11-02

1. On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour sent a letter to Baron Lionel Walter Rothschild expressing support for what cause?

2. Which massive aircraft, designed by Howard Hughes, made its one and only flight on November 2, 1947?

3. In 1960, a landmark obscenity trial in the United Kingdom concluded with the acquittal of Penguin Books regarding the publication of which novel?

4. On November 2, 1930, who was crowned as the Emperor of Ethiopia?

5. Which two U.S. states were admitted to the Union on November 2, 1889?