Tidbits of History, November 2

November 2 is:

All Soul’s Day, a religious day of remembrance of all the souls of the faithful departed.

Day of the Dead, The second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration. (Mexico)

Plan Your Epitaph Day as one way to celebrate the “Day of the Dead”, a Mexican holiday to commemorate All Soul’s Day.

National Deviled Egg Day Eggs prepared this way started with the Ancient Romans but weren’t called “deviled” until the eighteenth century.

According to Corey Williams, December 13, 2019; Yahoo Lifestyle:
Though they weren’t prepared the same way they are now, eggs that had been boiled and seasoned were a popular appetizer among the elite members of Roman society. The dish was so common that it inspired the phrase “ab ova usque ad mala, which literally means “from eggs to apples, or from the beginning of a meal to the end.
To “devi”l means to “combine a food with various hot or spicy seasonings such as red pepper, mustard, or Tabasco sauce, thereby creating a ‘deviled’ dish,” according to the Food Lover’s Companion, the definitive guide to all things food and cooking.

Jean-Baptiste-SimeonChardin, born November 2, 1699Birthday of Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, (November 2, 1699), was an 18th-century French painter. He is considered a master of still life, and is also noted for his genre paintings which depict kitchen maids, children, and domestic activities. Carefully balanced composition, soft diffusion of light, and granular impasto characterize his work. Influenced Manet and Cézanne. Examples of his work can be found at Wikiart.

Daniel Boone, born November 2, 1734Birthday of Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734), American pioneer, explorer, frontiersman. Mentalfloss.com has an interesting article “14 facts about Daniel Boone”. Worth a look.

James K. Polk, born Nov 2, 1795 ,184614Birthday of James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795), eleventh president of the United States. Polk was more interested in issues than people. He did everything himself rather than rely on others. He customarily rose at daybreak and worked until midnight. He said:

“No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure.”

Harding, died August 2nd, born November 2Birthday of Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865), twenty-ninth President of the United States. While president, Harding played golf, poker twice a week, followed baseball and boxing, and sneaked off to burlesque shows. His advisors were known as the “Poker Cabinet” because they all played poker together.

North DakotaNorth Dakota Admission Day in 1889 thirty-ninth state

  • Capital: Bismarck
  • Nickname: Peace Garden State/Flickertail State/Sioux State
  • Bird: Meadowlark
  • Flower: Prairie Rose
  • Tree: American Elm
  • Motto: Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable

See our page for North Dakota for more interesting facts and trivia about North Dakota.

South Dakota BadlandsSouth Dakota Admission Day in 1889, fortieth state.
President Harrison directed Secretary of State to shuffle the papers and obscure from him which he was signing first. No one really knows which state was admitted first but most historians just list the Dakota’s alphabetically so North becomes the 39th state and South the 40th.

  • Capital: Pierre
  • Nickname: Mount Rushmore State/Coyote State/Sunshine State
  • Bird: Ring-necked pheasant
  • Flower: Pasqueflower
  • Tree: Black Hills spruce
  • Motto: Under God the people rule

See our page for South Dakota for more interesting facts and trivia about South Dakota.

1947 Howard Hughes piloted his huge wooden airplane, the Spruce Goose, on its only flight, which lasted about a minute over Long Beach Harbor in California.

The Cuban Adjustment Act entered force in 1966, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.

From Toay in Science
In 1988, a computer “worm” unleashed by a Cornell University graduate student, Robert T. Morris, began replicating wildly, clogging thousands of computers around the country. Intended as an experimental, self-replicating, self-propagating program, Morris soon discovered that the program was infecting machines at a much faster rate than he had anticipated. Computers were affected at many universities, military sites, and medical research facilities. When Morris realized what was happening he sent an anonymous message, instructing programmers how to kill the worm and prevent reinfection. However, because the network route was clogged, this message did not get through until it was too late. Morris, was later tried, fined and given probation.

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