The First Light of the Mount Wilson 100-inch Telescope was in 1917http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13048311/mount-wilson-observatory/
The M1 is a north-south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leedshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_motorway
The Scottish National Antarctic Expedition left Troon, Scotland, on 2 November 1902.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_National_Antarctic_Expedition#First_voyage.2C_1902.E2.80.9303
Hughes H-4 Hercules made its only flight on November 2, 1947http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45930306/hughes-h-4-hercules/The Levelland UFO Case occurred on November 2-3, 1957http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t39117677/levelland-ufo-case/
Phoenix landers last communication with Earth on November 2, 2008http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(spacecraft)The Luch 5B satellite was launched on 2 November 2012http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luch_5BThe SMOS satellite was launched on 2nd November 2009http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_Moisture_and_Ocean_Salinity_satelliteThe ISS has been continuously staffed since 2 November 2000http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station#Expeditions
ATV-4 re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on the 2nd November 2013http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43046381/atv-4-albert-einstein/
People
Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Ph.D. (born November 2, 1944) is an American former NASA astronauthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_A._HoffmanAlexander Martin Lippisch (November 2, 1894 - February 11, 1976) was a German pioneer of aerodynamics.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_LippischHarlow Shapley (November 2, 1885 - October 20, 1972) was an American astronomer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlow_ShapleyEdward Peter Jacobus (Ed) van den Heuvel (2 November 1940) is a Dutch astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_van_den_HeuvelRichard Edward Taylor (November 2, 1929) is a Canadian-American professor at Stanford Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_E._TaylorMelvin Schwartz (November 2, 1932 - August 28, 2006) was an American physicist.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45930363/melvin-schwartz-1932-2006/George Boole (2 November 1815 - 8 December 1864) was an English mathematicianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_BooleHaile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia on 2 November 1930.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t44051332/haile-selassie-i-1892-1975/
On 2 November 1936 the world's first high definition TV service was createdhttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45939837/british-broadcasting-corporation/
Doctor Who: 'The Invasion' was first broadcast in eight weekly parts from 2 November to 21 December 1968http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invasion_(Doctor_Who)
NGC Discovered
NGC 360 is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55432446/ngc-360/NGC 1503 is a magnitude +13.6 barred spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913255/ngc-1503/NGC 1511 is a magnitude +11.3 spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913251/ngc-1511/NGC 1526 is a magnitude +13.7 barred spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913247/ngc-1526/NGC 1652 is a magnitude +13.1 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913240/ngc-1652/NGC 1696 is a magnitude +14.0 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913237/ngc-1696/NGC 1697 is a magnitude +12.6 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913234/ngc-1697/NGC 1814 is a magnitude +9.0 open star cluster and emission nebula discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913230/ngc-1814/NGC 1844 is a magnitude +12.1 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913226/ngc-1844/NGC 1895 is a magnitude +12.2 emission nebula discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913223/ngc-1895/NGC 1932 is a magnitude +10.1 star discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55432392/ngc-1932/NGC 2130 is a magnitude +12.0 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55432323/ngc-2130/NGC 2154 is a magnitude +11.8 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55432260/ngc-2154/NGC 7549 is a magnitude +13.2 barred spiral galaxy discovered by Bindon Stoney on the 2nd November 1850. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55432046/ngc-7549/NGC 7553 is a magnitude +14.4 elliptical galaxy discovered by Bindon Stoney on the 2nd November 1850. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58913216/ngc-7553/NGC 7633 is a magnitude +12.6 barred spiral galaxy discovered by John Herschel on the 2nd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55432180/ngc-7633/
Asteroid (7) Iris comes within 0.4AU of Mars on November 2, 2054.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Iris
On 2 November 2002, the Stardust space probe flew past asteroid 5535 Annefrank at a distance of 3079 km.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5535_Annefrank
Asteroids Discovered
Asteroid (13) Egeria was discovered by A. de Gasparis on November 2, 1850.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_EgeriaAsteroid (152) Atala was discovered by brothers Paul Henry and Prosper Henry on November 2, 1875http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/152_AtalaAsteroid (153) Hilda was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 2, 1875 from the Austrian Naval Observatory at Pula.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/153_Hilda
Meteorites
A meteor was seen over the skies of Bangkok, Thailand on November 2, 2015.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t62845298/thailand-meteor-021115/The Kasauli (H4) meteorite fell in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the 2nd November 2003. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55431607/kasauli-meteorite/