Happy 237th Birthday, Correspondence Committee! (See the 1772 entry below for details)
Highlights of this day in history: President Harry Truman wins re-election in an upset; South Vietnam's Ngo Dinh Diem killed after coup; Howard Hughes flies his 'Spruce Goose'; Game show scandal rocks early TV; Singer K.D. Lang born.
Other notable November 2nd events include:
1772 – American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
1783 – In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".
1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station.
1936 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
1983 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
On this day, CC moved on to larger horizons.
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