History for November 2 - On-This-Day.com
Daniel Boone 1734, James Knox Polk (U.S.) 1795, Warren G. Harding (U.S.) 1865
Burt Lancaster 1913, Patrick J. Buchanan 1938, Jay Black (Jay and The Americans) 1938
1948 - Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey for the U.S. presidency. The Chicago Tribune published an early edition that had the headline "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." The Truman victory surprised many polls and newspapers.
1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill establishing a federal holiday on the third Monday of January in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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