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Today, around the world
Thursday, November 2. What the world marks, and the firsts that happened on this day.
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What the world marks
MexicoDay of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebrationMexican multi-day holiday
BelarusDziadySlavic folk holiday
MauritiusArrival of Indentured LabourersHoliday
United NationsInternational Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against JournalistsAnnual observance for advocacy of free expression
North Dakota and South Dakota, United StatesStatehood Day
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Firsts, not anniversaries
2000Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.28 years ago
1988The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.40 years ago
1984Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.44 years ago
1959The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.69 years ago
1940World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.88 years ago
1936The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.92 years ago
1920In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.108 years ago
1917The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting.111 years ago
1912Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.116 years ago
1868Dost Mohammad Khan surrenders to the British and is exiled, but the First Anglo-Afghan War continues.160 years ago
1707Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714.321 years ago
The week ahead, around the world
The same subject is marked on different dates almost everywhere.
Friday, Nov 3Culture Day · Japan — Public holiday in Japan
Friday, Nov 3Flag Day · United Arab Emirates — National occasion in the United Arab Emirates
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903. — 1821 proclamation of independence from Spain
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
Friday, Nov 3Independence Day of Cuenca · Ecuador
Friday, Nov 3Mother's Day · East Timor — Celebration honouring mothers
Friday, Nov 3Victory Day · Maldives — National holiday in the Maldives
Saturday, Nov 4Community Service Day · Dominica
Saturday, Nov 4Flag Day · Panama
Saturday, Nov 4National Tonga Day · Tonga
Saturday, Nov 4National Unity and Armed Forces Day or Giorno dell'Unità Nazionale e Festa delle Forze Armate · Italy — Italian national day
Saturday, Nov 4Unity Day · Russia — National holiday in Russia
Saturday, Nov 4Yitzhak Rabin Memorial · unofficial, but widely commemorated — Prime Minister of Israel (1974–1977; 1992–1995)
Sunday, Nov 5Bonfire Night · United Kingdom — Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, with fireworks.
Sunday, Nov 5Bank Transfer Day · United States — 2011 American consumer activism initiative
Sunday, Nov 5Colón Day · Panama
Sunday, Nov 5Guy Fawkes Night (United Kingdom, New Zealand and Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada), and its related observances: West Country Carnival (English West Country) — Annual celebration in the English West Country
Sunday, Nov 5Cinco de noviembre · Negros, Philippines — 1898 declaration of the Negros Republic during the Philippine Revolution
Sunday, Nov 5Kanakadasa Jayanthi · Karnataka, India — Kannada saint (1509–1606)
Monday, Nov 6Gustavus Adolphus Day · in Sweden, Finland and Estonia — Holiday in Sweden
Monday, Nov 6Finnish Swedish Heritage Day · in Finland — Flag flying day in Finland
Monday, Nov 6International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict — United Nations commemorative day
Monday, Nov 6Obama Day · in Kenya — Days honoring Barack Obama
Tuesday, Nov 7Students' Day, the anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar's school entry day. · Maharashtra, India — Indian state observance (7 November)
Tuesday, Nov 7Commemoration Day, the anniversary of Ben Ali's succession. · Tunisia — Country in North Africa
Tuesday, Nov 7Hungarian Opera Day · Hungary
Tuesday, Nov 7International Inuit Day — Annual holiday
Tuesday, Nov 7National Day, after Treaty of the Pyrenees. · Northern Catalonia, France — Designated date on which celebrations mark the nationhood of a nation
Tuesday, Nov 7National Revolution and Solidarity Day · Bangladesh — National day in Bangladesh
Tuesday, Nov 7October Revolution Day (the Soviet Union (former, official), modern Belarus, Kyrgyzstan) — Public holiday in the Soviet Union
Tuesday, Nov 7Tokhu Emong · Lotha Naga people of India — Harvest festival celebrated by the Lotha Nagas in India
Wednesday, Nov 8Intersex Day of Remembrance · New South Wales, Australia — Annual observance
Wednesday, Nov 8International Day of Radiology · European Society of Radiology — International observance, 8 November
Wednesday, Nov 8National Aboriginal Veterans Day · Canada — Canadian observance, 8 November
Wednesday, Nov 8Synaxis of the Archangel Michael and the other Bodiless Powers of Heaven · Eastern Orthodox Church — Liturgical assembly in Eastern Christianity
Wednesday, Nov 8World Urbanism Day — International observance
Wednesday, Nov 8Victory Day · Azerbaijan — Public holiday in Azerbaijan
Thursday, Nov 9The fall of the Berlin Wall · Germany — 1989.
Thursday, Nov 9Birthday of Muhammad Iqbal · Pakistan
Thursday, Nov 9Day of the Skulls or Dia de los ñatitas · Bolivia — Mexican multi-day holiday
Thursday, Nov 9Flag Day · Azerbaijan
Thursday, Nov 9Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Cambodia from France in 1953. — National holiday in Cambodia
Thursday, Nov 9Inventors' Day · Germany, Austria, Switzerland — Day dedicated to contributions of inventors
Thursday, Nov 9Uttarakhand Day · Uttarakhand, India — Holiday in Uttarakhand, India
Thursday, Nov 9World Freedom Day · United States — US federal observance, November 9