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A bit of November 2nd history…
1824 - Popular US presidential vote 1st recorded: Andrew Jackson beats John Quincy Adams
1898 - Cheerleading begins in the US as Johnny Campbell leads the crowd cheering on the football team at the University of Minnesota
1907 - US banker JP Morgan locks over 40 bankers in his library to force them to find ways to avert a NY banking crisis
1917 - Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine
1932 - The “Great Emu War” begins: Australian soldiers armed with Lewis Guns sought to cull the emu population over crop destruction; though many birds were killed, the emu population persisted and continued to cause crop destruction
1966 - The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the US
1988 - The Morris Worm, 1st internet - distributed computer worm to gain mainstream media attention, launched from MIT, strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab, and 6 universities
On November 21, 2023 at 09:25PM, some big things happened. Click the date to read more.