November 2
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Art and culture
- 1960 - Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case
Births
- 1699 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
- 1808 - Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
- 1906 - Luchino Visconti, Italian director (d. 1976)
- 1942 - Shere Hite, American author
- 1944 - Patrice Chéreau, French director, actor and producer
Deaths
- 1950 - George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
- 1961 - James Thurber, American humorist (b. 1894)
- 1975 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
- 2004 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
Notes
- 1699 - Gershon Legman (November 2, 1917 – February 23, 1999), American social critic and folklorist.
- 1699 - Arnoldo Mondadori November 2, 1889 - June 8 1971) was a noted Italian publisher. He launched the giallo.
- 1699 - Le Moine Le Moine is a French language film by Adonis Kyrou that premiered on November 2 1972. It was adapted from the novel The Monk
- 1699 - Rudy Van Gelder (born November 2, 1924 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a recording engineer specialising in jazz.
- 1699 - Erwin Mortier
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