Historical milestones observed on November 2

Various historical events are commemorated on November 2 across different eras and regions. Key milestones include the 1917 Balfour Declaration, in which British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour stated that the Jewish people should have a state in Palestine, a document that later influenced the 1948 establishment of Israel.

In 1940, during World War II, the Greek army pursued Italian forces in Albanian territory, following Italian aerial bombings in Greek cities like Thessaloniki and Corfu that resulted in 90 deaths and 209 injuries. Other significant events include the 1948 election of Harry S. Truman as the 33rd President of the United States, the 1949 independence of Indonesia following negotiations in The Hague, and the 1789 nationalization of Church property during the French Revolution.

Additional notable occurrences include the coronation of Haile Selassie I as Emperor of Ethiopia in 1930, the founding of the Boston Celtics basketball team in 1946, and the first successful open-heart surgery performed in Greece in 1967.