What happened on November 2 ?

1082 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)

1636 - Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)

1667 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)

1692 - Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)

1699 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)

1709 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)

1734 - Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (d. 1820)

1739 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (d. 1799)

1741 - Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784)

1755 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)

1766 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)

1795 - James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)

1808 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)

1815 - George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)

1821 - Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor (d. 1899)

1844 - Mehmed V, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1918)

1865 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)

1877 - Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (d. 1933)

1877 - Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915)

1877 - Aga Khan III, Shia Imam (d. 1957)

1885 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (d. 1972)

1893 - Battista "Pinin" Farina, founder of Pininfarina coachbuilding company (d.1966)

1894 - Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (d. 1976)

1897 - Vito Genovese, American gangster (d. 1969)

1906 - Daniil Andreev, Russian poet, writer, and mystic (d. 1959)

1908 - Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)

1911 - Odysseus Elytis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

1911 - Raphael Robinson, US mathematician (d. 1995)

1913 - Burt Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994)

1921 - Shepard Menken, American voice actor

1927 - Steve Ditko, American artist

1929 - Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, President of Pakistan

1929 - Richard E. Taylor, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1934 - Bill Gothard, Conservative Christian speaker

1934 - Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis champion

1936 - Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989)

1938 - Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician

1938 - Queen Sofia of Spain

1941 - Bruce Welch, English musician and songwriter (The Shadows)

1942 - Shere Hite, American author

1942 - Stefanie Powers, American actress

1944 - Keith Emerson, British keyboardist and composer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)

1946 - Alan Jones, Australian race car driver

1946 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)

1954 - Pat Croce, American entrepreneur

1958 - Willie McGee, baseball player

1960 - Tihomir Bla?ki?, Croatian war criminal

1961 - k.d. lang, Canadian musician

1963 - Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker

1965 - Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor

1966 - Tim Kirkman, American filmmaker

1967 - Kurt Elling, American Jazz Vocalist

1969 - Reginald Arvizu, American bassist (Ko?n)

1972 - Samantha Janus, British entertainer

1974 - Nelly, American rapper (St. Lunatics)

1974 - Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)

1976 - Sidney Ponson, Aruban Major League baseball player

1979 - Julie Lund, Danish actress

1982 - Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress and singer

1984 - Julia Stegner, German supermodel

1986 - Erika Jo, American musician

1986 - Lara Sacher, Australian actress

1989 - Katelyn Tarver, American singer