Nov 2 > on this day in history ________________________ LEAD STORY Spruce Goose flies, 1947 AMERICAN REVOLUTION John Paul Jones sets sail, 1777 AUTOMOTIVE First four-cylinder, gas-powered Locomobile hits the road, 1902 CIVIL WAR Union leader Fremont is removed from the Western Department, 1861 COLD WAR Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated in South Vietnam, 1963 CRIME A nurses aide gets life imprisonment, 1989 DISASTER Truck explosion kills 3,000 in Afghanistan, 1982 GENERAL INTEREST Britain supports creation of Jewish homeland, 1917 Truman defeats Dewey, 1948 MLK federal holiday declared, 1983 HOLLYWOOD Friends star David Schwimmer born, 1966 LITERARY Lady Chatterleys Lover obscenity trial ends, 1960 MUSIC Miami Vice soundtrack begins an 11-week run at #1, 1985 OLD WEST XIT Ranch sells its last head of cattle, 1912 PRESIDENTIAL James Polk is born, 1795 Warren G. Harding is born, 1865 SPORTS Grete Waitz wins her eighth NYC marathon, 1986 VIETNAM WAR Diem murdered during coup, 1963 Johnson meets with the Wise Men, 1967 WORLD WAR I The Balfour Declaration , 1917 WORLD WAR II British launch Operation Supercharge, 1942
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