历史上的今天：11月2日，全球重要历史事件
1889年，美国：北达科他与南达科他同日加入联邦，分别成为美国第39个和第40个州。
1917年，英国：英国外交大臣贝尔福致函犹太复国主义联盟，发表《贝尔福宣言》，表示支持在巴勒斯坦建立犹太民族家园，深刻影响了此后中东的政治格局。
1920年，美国：匹兹堡KDKA电台播出哈定与考克斯的总统大选计票结果，这是美国商业广播的开端之作，广播时代由此开启。
1930年，埃塞俄比亚：海尔·塞拉西加冕为埃塞俄比亚皇帝，成为这个东非古国此后四十余年的统治者。
1936年，英国：英国广播公司（BBC）自伦敦亚历山德拉宫开播全球第一个定期电视广播服务，电视自此走进公共生活。
1947年，美国：航空业巨头霍华德·休斯驾驶木制水上飞机H-4「大力神」（人称「云杉鹅」）在加州长滩港滑行升空，飞行约一英里、高度约70英尺，这是这架造价2500万美元的巨型飞机一生中唯一一次飞行。
1948年，美国：总统大选爆出大冷门，哈里·杜鲁门击败民调一致看好的托马斯·杜威成功连任，《芝加哥论坛报》误印的「杜威击败杜鲁门」头版成为新闻史上的著名笑谈。
1963年，南越：总统吴廷琰在军方政变次日身亡，南越政局自此进入持续动荡期。
1976年，美国：吉米·卡特击败时任总统福特，当选美国第39任总统。
1983年，美国：总统里根签署法案，将马丁·路德·金纪念日定为联邦假日，该假日自1986年起于每年一月第三个星期一纪念。
1988年，美国：研究生罗伯特·莫里斯释放的蠕虫程序在早期互联网上迅速传播，数千台计算机受影响，这是首个引起广泛关注的互联网蠕虫事件。
2000年，太空：国际空间站第一批长期考察组乘组抵达空间站，人类在太空的持续驻留自此开始，延续至今从未间断。
2016年，美国：芝加哥小熊在世界大赛第七场战胜克利夫兰，时隔108年再夺总冠军，终结了美国职业体育史上最著名的冠军荒之一。
On This Day: Major World Events of November 2
1889, United States: North Dakota and South Dakota were admitted to the Union on the same day, becoming the 39th and 40th states.
1917, Britain: Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the Balfour Declaration, expressing British support for a Jewish national home in Palestine, a statement that profoundly shaped the region's politics.
1920, United States: Pittsburgh radio station KDKA broadcast the Harding-Cox presidential election returns, the first commercial radio broadcast and the start of the broadcasting age.
1930, Ethiopia: Haile Selassie was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia, beginning a reign that lasted more than four decades.
1936, Britain: The BBC Television Service launched from Alexandra Palace in London, the world's first regular television broadcasting service.
1947, United States: Howard Hughes piloted the wooden H-4 Hercules flying boat, nicknamed the 'Spruce Goose,' on its only flight at Long Beach Harbor, California, covering about a mile at roughly 70 feet; the aircraft had cost some $25 million to build.
1948, United States: Harry S. Truman stunned pollsters by defeating Thomas E. Dewey to win re-election; the Chicago Tribune's premature 'Dewey Defeats Truman' headline became a famous press blunder.
1963, South Vietnam: President Ngo Dinh Diem was killed the day after a military coup, and South Vietnam entered a period of continuing turmoil.
1976, United States: Jimmy Carter defeated incumbent Gerald Ford to become the 39th president of the United States.
1983, United States: President Ronald Reagan signed the law making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday, first observed in January 1986 on the third Monday of the month.
1988, United States: The Morris worm, released by graduate student Robert Morris, spread across the early internet and affected thousands of computers, the first major internet worm incident.
2000, Space: The first resident crew arrived at the International Space Station, beginning a continuous human presence in orbit that has never since been broken.
2016, United States: The Chicago Cubs beat Cleveland in Game 7 of the World Series to win their first championship in 108 years, ending one of the most famous title droughts in American sports.
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图片来源：休斯H-4「云杉鹅」水上飞机，SDASM档案馆藏，公共领域 / Hughes H-4 Hercules 'Spruce Goose', SDASM Archives, public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
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