Daily Calendar for Friday, November 2, 2029

Name: Daily Almanac Features
Start: 2029-11-02T00:00:00
End: 2029-11-02T23:59:59

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George Bernard Shaw (playwright) – 1950
Bob Trow (actor, best known for his portrayal of gibberish-talking Robert Troll and Bob Dog on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood) – 1998

North and South Dakota admitted to the Union as the 39th and 40th states – 1889
Balfour Declaration states the British objective of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine – 1917
Radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh broadcast the first commercial news, featuring the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election – 1920
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was established – 1936
Howard Hughes’ Hercules (aka Spruce Goose) plane flew one mile. Its wingspan was 320 feet – 1947
Game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted to a House Sub-Committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance when he appeared on the quiz show Twenty-One – 1959
President George W. Bush won re-election over Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry – 2004
Record-breaking pinata measured 60 feet long and 23 feet 10.5 inches wide – 2008
Nik Wallenda set two world records with two high-wire walks between Chicago skyscrapers without safety equipment. The first walk was 454 feet long, at a 19 degree incline, starting at 588 feet high and ending at 671 feet high. The second walk, done blindfold, was 94 feet long and 543 feet high. – 2014
The Chicago Cubs won the World Series for the first time since 1908 – 2016

A storm in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, blocked Benjamin Franklin’s view of a lunar eclipse – 1743
Snowstorms commenced in the southern Rockies, bringing 31 inches of heavy, wet snow to Denver and 36 inches to New Mexico’s mountains – 1946
Hurley, Wisconsin, had 40 inches of snow – 1989