Born on 2 November 1981

At A Glance

2 November 1981 at a glance

Day of the week

2 November 1981 was a Monday.

UK Number One

The UK Number One single was “It's My Party” by Dave Stewart with Barbara Gaskin.

Top Film of 1981

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1981 was Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Star sign

The star sign for 2 November is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 1981 fell in the Year of the Rooster.

Birthstone

The birthstone for November is Topaz.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 2 November 1981 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 2 November

• 1967 Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
• 1982 Channel 4, the British free-to-air public broadcast television channel funded by its commercial activities, starts broadcasting.
• 1983 U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
• 1988 The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
• 1990 British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.

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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