Born on 2 November 1940

At A Glance

2 November 1940 at a glance

Day of the week

2 November 1940 was a Saturday.

Top Film of 1940

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1940 was Pinocchio.

Star sign

The star sign for 2 November is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 1940 fell in the Year of the Dragon.

Birthstone

The birthstone for November is Topaz.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 2 November 1940 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 2 November

• 1936 The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
• 1940 World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
• 1947 In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built until Scaled Composites rolled out their Stratolaunch in May 2017.
• 1949 The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
• 1951 Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.

Famous people born on 2 November

• Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793)
• Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host (born 1965)
• David Schwimmer, American actor (born 1966)
• Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (1865–1923)

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