Historical Events
- 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
Baseball Trade
Atlanta Braves trade then MLB home run king Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Dave May
- USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
Famous Birthdays
- Alex Tanaka, American actor (Saja-Swan's Crossing), born in Huntington, New York
Nelly (49 years old)
American rapper (Country Grammar, Nellyville), born in Austin, Texas
- Orlando Cabrera, Colombian baseball shortstop (Gold Glove Award 2001, 07; Montreal Expos; Boston Red Sox), born in Cartagena, Colombia
- Prodigy [Albert Johnson], American rapper (Mobb Deep), born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York (d. 2017)
- Ruslan Salei, Belarusian ice hockey defenceman (917 NHL games; died in Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash), born in Minsk, Belarus (d. 2011)
About November 2, 1974
Day of the Week: Saturday
How Long Ago? 49 years, 5 months and 17 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Generation X
Chinese Zodiac: Tiger
Star Sign: Scorpio
Music Charts
#1 Song: You Haven't Done Nothin - Stevie Wonder
#1 Song: Everything I Own - Ken Boothe
