Daily Calendar – November 2

The 306th day of the year; 59 days remain until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Great Martyr Artemius of Antioch (362); Venerable Gabriel the Confessor and Fool-for-Christ (1995).

Born:

1699 – Jean Chardin, French merchant, traveler, and artist; author of the book Travels in Georgia. Died in 1779.

1755 – Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI; beheaded in 1793.

1815 – George Boole, English logician and mathematician, founder of symbolic logic; died in 1864.

1861 – Maurice Blondel, French philosopher; died in 1949.

1865 – Warren Gamaliel Harding, 29th President of the United States; died in 1923.

1891 – Vladimir Zhgenti, pathologist and anatomist, founder of pathological anatomy in Georgia, Doctor of Medical Sciences; died in 1972. 1903 – Victor Kupradze, mathematician and Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences; died in 1985.

1906 – Luchino Visconti, prominent Italian director and screenwriter; died in 1976.

1911 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate.

Deaths:

1960 – Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor, pianist, and composer; born in 1896.

1958 – Adam Carse, English musicologist and composer; born in 1878.

Events:

1721 – Peter I was proclaimed Emperor.

1889 – South Dakota and North Dakota became the 39th and 40th states of the United States.

1894 – Nicholas II was proclaimed Emperor of Russia.

1914 – Russia declared war on Turkey.

1928 – The premiere of Shostakovich's First Symphony took place in Philadelphia.

1945 – Japan signed the instrument of surrender. 1946 – A powerful earthquake struck Tashkent, destroying thousands of homes.

1948 – Harry Truman won the U.S. presidential election.

1976 – Jimmy Carter became President of the United States.

Notable days:

Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, El Salvador, and Uruguay – All Souls' Day.

Ecuador – Day of the Commemoration of the Deceased.