Today in History: November 2, Howard Hughes takes ‘Spruce Goose’ on its only flight
At present is Sunday Nov the th day of There are days left in the year Daylight saving time ends in current times In current times in history On Nov Howard Hughes piloted his Hughes H- Hercules nicknamed the Spruce Goose on its only flight a massive wooden seaplane with a wingspan longer than a football field it remained airborne for seconds Also on this date In Gen George Washington issued his Farewell Address to the Army Related Articles Daylight saving time ends Sunday and Stanford survey suggests it should go away for good Nowadays in History November Mussolini extols axis alliance with Nazi Germany New Pentagon approach undercuts trans troops ability to ask to stay in the military AP learns Kimberly Guilfoyle alarms diplomats in Greece with lavish welcome party assessment Trump administration must use contingency funds for SNAP payments amid shutdown judges rule In during the Civil War President Abraham Lincoln relieved Maj Gen John C Fremont of his command of the Army s Western Department following Fremont s unauthorized efforts to emancipate slaves in Missouri In in one of the most of unexpected results in U S presidential electoral process history Democratic incumbent Harry S Truman defeated the heavily favored Republican governor of New York Thomas E Dewey In Charles Van Doren testified before a congressional committee that he had conspired with television producers to cheat on the television quiz show Twenty-One In Democrat Jimmy Carter a former governor of Georgia became the first candidate from the Deep South to be elected president since the Civil War defeating Republican incumbent Gerald R Ford In American astronaut Bill Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev became the first crew to reside onboard the International Space Station they spent a total of days in the station before returning to Earth on Space Shuttle Discovery In in Iraq insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter carrying U S soldiers killing and wounding others In Republican President George W Bush was elected to a second term defeating Democratic Sen John Kerry as the GOP strengthened its control of Congress In British college scholar Meredith Kercher was detected slain in her bedroom in Perugia Italy her roommate American Amanda Knox and Knox s Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted of killing Kercher but both were later exonerated In ending a championship drought that had lasted since the Chicago Cubs won the World Series defeating the Cleveland Indians - in extra innings in the deciding seventh event In the Atlanta Braves won their first World Series championship since defeating the Houston Astros in Championship In FTX founder and disgraced cryptocurrency star Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud by a New York jury for stealing at least billion from customers and investors He was later sentenced to years in prison for the massive scheme that led to the collapse of the FTX platform for exchanging digital currency In the modern day s Birthdays Tennis Hall of Famer Ken Rosewall is Political commentator Pat Buchanan is Olympic gold medal wrestler Bruce Baumgartner is Singer-songwriter k d lang is Playwright Lynn Nottage is Actor David Schwimmer is Jazz singer Kurt Elling is Rapper Nelly is Film director Jon Chu is TV personality Karamo Brown Queer Eye is NFL quarterback Jordan Love is
