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2 November 2014 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 November 2014 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor.
- Top Film of 2014
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 November 2014 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 2 November
- 1990 British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
- 2000 Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.
- 2008 Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race.
- 2016 The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.
- 2022 A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War.
Famous people born on November 2
- 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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Events of 2014 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2014 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 7 – The Lego Movie is released in theaters.
- July 26 – Henry Danger debuts on Nickelodeon.
- August 1 – Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the tenth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
Life in the US in 2014
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$3.37
Loaf of Bread
$1.98
Average House
$285,900
Weekly Wage
$796
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