Tuesday, November 2, 1688 is a Tuesday. It is day 307 of 1688 (83.9% through the year), ISO week 45, in Q4.
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Tuesday, November 2, 1688 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2008: Lewis Hamilton (pictured) overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to win the Formula One championship by one point.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to November 2.
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Historical Milestones
Lewis Hamilton (pictured) overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to win the Formula One championship by one point.
Lewis Hamilton →As members of Expedition 1, American astronaut William Shepherd and Russian cosmonauts Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko (all pictured) became the first resident crew to arrive at the International Space Station.
Expedition 1 →Tropical Storm Linda made landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths.
Tropical Storm Linda (1997) →A lightning strike ruptured three oil tanks near Dronka, Egypt, causing a flood that killed 469 people.
1994 Durunka floods and lightning strike →The serial killer Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962.
Velma Barfield →President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam was assassinated, marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh.
Ngo Dinh Diem →A large number of people witnessed a fiery object in the sky near Levelland, Texas, which the United States Air Force said was ball lightning.
Levelland UFO case →The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ended with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference →World War II: A U.S. Navy task force turned away an Imperial Japanese Navy formation at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus protecting the landings at Cape Torokina.
World War II →The Australian military began a "war against emus", flightless native birds blamed for widespread damage to crops in Western Australia.
Australian Defence Force →The British government issued the Balfour Declaration in support of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small Jewish minority.
Balfour Declaration →James A. Garfield was elected as president of the United States; the election is the closest to date by popular vote margin.
James A. Garfield →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Tuesday, November 2, 1688 falls on a Tuesday.
123,401 days ago (337 years, 10 months, 11 days ago). It is day 307 of 1688 with 59 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Tuesday, November 2, 1688 is written as II.XI.MDCLXXXVIII (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is First Quarter (approx. 67% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Scorpio.