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- Duke of Kent and Strathearn Prince Edward was born on 2 November 1767 in Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Queen Victoria's Letters: A Monarch Unveiled (2014) and Kings and Queens (2002). He was married to Duchess of Kent and Strathearn. He died on 23 January 1820 in Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK.
- He spent his childhood on an estate in Tennessee that was owned by his grandfather. Polk studied law at the University of North Carolina and became active in politics early on, where he appeared as an opponent of bank and land speculators. In the presidential campaign of 1824 he supported the candidacy of Andrew Jackson, who was a friend of his father. In 1825 Polk was elected as a Democratic Jackson supporter to the US House of Representatives, of which he was a member until 1839 and for which he served as speaker from 1835.
From 1839 to 1841 Polk rose to the position of governor of Tennessee, but failed to be re-elected to that office in 1841 and 1843. In 1844 he was chosen as the Democratic presidential candidate, who managed to unite the different branches of the Democrats under his leadership during the election campaign and achieve an electoral victory. The new US President of the United States included in his cabinet, among others, the future President James Buchanan and other ministers who largely represented the different tendencies of the Democratic Party. Nevertheless, he became distant from a democratic faction around Martin Buren. His domestic policy was characterized by successful reforms in the area of financial administration, for which he created an independent treasury.
The greatest successes of his presidency, however, were linked to the foreign policy field. In the conflict with Great Britain over jointly occupied Oregon, he achieved an extension of US territory up to the 49th parallel through the British-American treaty of June 15, 1846. Polk achieved a further increase in territory through the annexation of Texas, which, however, provoked a war with neighboring Mexico in May 1846, which the USA won in April 1848 with the capture of Mexico City. In the subsequent peace negotiations, Polk secured Mexico's renunciation of New Mexico, California and Texas in exchange for $15 million. The war thus resulted in a considerable consolidation of US territory.
On the other hand, during the war against Mexico, an opposition movement against Polk's foreign policy had emerged, partly within the Democrats. In its policy against slavery in the newly acquired southern territories, it anticipated the conflicts that would later lead to the American Civil War. Although James Knox Polk was a principled supporter of slavery, he sought to achieve an intra-party compromise by partially banning it. In 1848, Polk was no longer available as a presidential candidate in accordance with a pre-agreement within the party. Rather, he now supported the election campaign of the Democrat Lewis Cass, who, however, suffered a defeat.
James Knox Polk, who was already in poor health during his presidency, died just three months after leaving the presidential chair on June 15, 1849 in Nashville, Tennessee. - Jules-Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly was born on 2 November 1808 in Saint-Sauveur-Le-Vicomte, Manche, France. Jules-Amédée was a writer, known for Don Giovanni (1970), Die Rache einer Frau (1921) and The Seven Deadly Sins (1952). Jules-Amédée died on 23 April 1889 in Paris, France.
- Sultan Mehmed V was born on 2 November 1844 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]. He died on 3 July 1918 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey].
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Lorimer Johnston was born on 2 November 1858 in Maysville, Kentucky, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Envoy Extraordinary (1914) and Tarzan the Mighty (1928). He was married to Caroline Frances Cooke. He died on 20 February 1941 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the most popular sitting U.S. presidents. After his death, a number of scandals were exposed, including Teapot Dome, as well as an extramarital affair with Nan Britton, which diminished his reputation.
- Eberhard Erfmann was born on 2 November 1866 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Het proces Begeer (1918), Gloria transita (1917) and Oorlog en vrede - 1914 (1918). He died on 20 July 1944 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- William Malan was born on 2 November 1867 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for One Punch O'Day (1926), Three Miles Up (1927) and The Seventh Commandment (1932). He was married to Rose Malan. He died on 13 February 1941 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Sándor Jakabffy was born on 2 November 1868 in Istvánháza (Istihaza) Romania. He is known for Éjféli találkozás (1915), Ártatlan vagyok! (1916) and A kancsuka hazájában (1918).
- Paul Kester was born on 2 November 1869 in Delaware, Ohio, USA. He was a writer, known for Food for Scandal (1920), Nell Gwynne (1911) and A 'Model' Wife (1915). He died on 21 June 1933 in Lake Mohegan, New York, USA.
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Cora Lobb was born on 2 November 1874 in Delaware, USA. She died on 12 June 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Pál Prónay was born on 2 November 1874 in Romhány, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Imposztorok (1969). He died in 1946 in the USSR.
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- Soundtrack
Adolph Tandler was born on 2 November 1875 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a composer, known for Scarface (1932), The Aviator (2004) and Queen Kelly (1932). He died on 30 September 1953 in Eagle Rock, California, USA.- Production Manager
- Location Management
- Manager
Ed W. Rote was born on 2 November 1875 in Pennsylvania, USA. Ed W. was a production manager and manager, known for Shadow of Chinatown (1936), Sky Racket (1937) and Rio Grande Romance (1936). Ed W. died on 5 March 1953.- Producer
- Director
- Writer
M. Miklós Pásztory was born on 2 November 1875 in Brassó, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Brasov, Romania]. M. Miklós was a producer and director, known for A szökött katona (1915), A Falu rossza (1916) and A riporterkirály (1917). M. Miklós died on 9 May 1922 in Budapest, Hungary.- Jules Eckert Goodman was born on 2 November 1876 in Gervais, Oregon, USA. Jules Eckert was a writer, known for The Man Who Played God (1932), The Silent Voice (1915) and The Trap (1919). Jules Eckert was married to Mai Pfouts (1880-1959). Jules Eckert died on 10 July 1962 in Peekskill, New York, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
Eugeniusz Morawski was born on 2 November 1876 in Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire. He is known for Fantasy on a Theme of Morawski (2011) and Switezianka (2017).- Art Director
- Production Designer
Francis Jourdain was born on 2 November 1876 in Paris, France. Francis was an art director and production designer, known for L'Atalante (1934), The Woman from Nowhere (1922) and Les cinq gentlemen maudits (1920). Francis died on 31 December 1958 in Paris, France.- Alexandra Phillips-Fahrney was born on 2 November 1876 in Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for The Call of the Soul (1916). She was married to Milton J. Fahrney. She died on 22 June 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Claire McDowell was born on 2 November 1877 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), The Big Parade (1925) and The Mark of Zorro (1920). She was married to Charles Hill Mailes. She died on 23 October 1966 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Producer
Fred J. Balshofer was born on 2 November 1877 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for The Three Buckaroos (1922), Racing Romance (1927) and Broadway Bill (1918). He was married to Cecil Weston. He died on 21 June 1969 in Calabasas, California, USA.- Teixeira de Pascoaes was born on 2 November 1877 in near Amarante, Portugal. He was a writer, known for Le bassin de J.W. (1997). He died on 14 December 1952 in near Amarante, Portugal.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Herre de Vos was born on 2 November 1877 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Levensschaduwen (1916) and Young Hearts (1936). He died on 17 February 1948 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Director
- Producer
- Actor
John Lindlöf was born on 2 November 1878 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was a director and producer, known for Mordbrännerskan (1926), Trollbruden (1930) and En melodi om våren (1933). He was married to Märtha Lindlöf. He died on 10 December 1954.- Paul Schneider-Duncker was born on 2 November 1878 in Krefeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Dream of Butterfly (1939), Der unmögliche Herr Pitt (1938) and Die hundert Mark sind weg (1939). He died on 22 February 1956 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Karl Harbacher was born on 2 November 1879 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an actor, known for Wie einst im Mai (1926), Gentlemen-Gauner (1920) and Das Handicap der Liebe (1921). He died on 8 March 1943 in Berlin, Germany.
- Music Department
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Ramón Montoya was born on 2 November 1879 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Carmen (la de Triana) (1938), El alma de la copla (1965) and Black Widow (2019). He died on 20 July 1949 in Madrid, Spain.- Writer
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- Additional Crew
Charles Kenyon was born on 2 November 1880 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man in Half Moon Street (1944), Strange Journey (1946) and The Still Alarm (1926). He was married to Jane Winton. He died on 27 June 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Writer
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- Soundtrack
Lyricist ("Song of the Vagabonds", "Only a Rose"), author and educator, educated at Yale University (BA, MA), and who became the assistant professor of English at Columbia University between 1903 and 1905, a rhetoric instructor at Yale University between 1905 and 1909, and a lecturer at the Columbia extension. He was literary editor at the New York Sun in 1917. His Broadway stage scores include "The Vagabond King", "June Love", and "Marjolaine", and he was the librettist for "Through the Years". He was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Joining ASCAP in 1923, his chief musical collaborators included Rudolf Friml and Hugo Felix, and his other popular-song compositions include "Give Me One Hour", "Huguette Waltz", "Love Me Tonight", "Regimental Song", "Some Day", and "Tomorrow".- Cinematographer
John M. Bauman was born on 2 November 1880 in New Milford, Connecticut, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Prudence, the Pirate (1916), The Shine Girl (1916) and The Millionaire's Double (1917). He died on 16 February 1962 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.- Fritz Achterberg was born on 2 November 1880 in Berlin, Germany. He was an actor, known for Hamlet (1921), Die silberne Kugel (1916) and Ein unbeschriebenes Blatt (1915). He died on 12 October 1971 in Weimar, German Democratic Republic.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
John Foulds was born on 2 November 1880 in Hulme, Manchester, England, UK. John was a composer, known for Ally Was Screaming (2014), Åsa-Nisse på jaktstigen (1950) and Locomotives (1934). John died on 24 April 1939 in Calcutta, India.- Rex Harold was born on 2 November 1880 in Anerley, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Smart Set (1919). He died on 6 April 1970 in Anerley, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Hugo Kirchhoffer was born on 2 November 1881 in Manchester, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Rhapsody in Blue (1945). He died on 18 June 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Leo Perutz was born on 2 November 1882 in Prague, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Der Kosak und die Nachtigall (1935), ...nur ein Komödiant (1935) and The Betrayal (1928). He was married to Grete Humburger and Ida Weil. He died on 25 August 1957 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria, Austria.
- Károly Sugár was born on 2 November 1882 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was an actor, known for And the Puszta Gleams (1933), A színésznö (1920) and New-York express kábel (1921). He died on 30 July 1936 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Playwright Martin Flavin was born in San Francisco and moved with his mother to Chicago at an early age when his father died. He attended college there and took an interest in dramatics. Upon graduation he got a job on a newspaper and supplemented his income by writing short stories for magazines. He met with a degree of success in that endeavor but couldn't make enough money to devote his full time to a writing career. His mother's family had a manufacturing business in the Midwest and Flavin decided to go into the family business, but always with an eye toward going back to writing. After 12 years as an executive in the family company he began writing again, but this time as a playwright instead of a short-story writer.
In 1923 one of his plays, "Children of the Moon", was produced on Broadway, and three years later Flavin left the family business to become a full-time playwright. His most famous play, "The Criminal Code" (1929), was inspired by a visit he made to San Quentin Prison in California and the conditions he saw there (it was later made into a classic gangster film, The Criminal Code (1930)). - Marcel Vibert was born on 2 November 1883 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Flanders under Philip II (1923), The Garden of Allah (1927) and The Three Musketeers (1912). He died on 11 June 1959 in Paris, France.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Yahya Kemal Beyatli was born on 2 November 1884 in Skopje, Macedonia. He was a writer, known for Yalancilar Ve Mumlari (2021), Yesilçam (2021) and Deniz Türküsü (2001). He died on 1 November 1958 in Istanbul, Turkey.- A 1905 graduate of the College of Charleston, Herbert Ravenel Sass was an old school Southern gentleman - historian, novelist, short story writer, amateur ornithologist, naturalist, artist and poet. He published a number of books touching on Charleston's history as well as on the local flora and fauna, and, for almost fifty years, published numerous articles on topics as varied as birds, the American Civil War, and race relations.
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Victor Baravalle was born on 2 November 1885 in Italy. He is known for Carefree (1938), Show Boat (1936) and Dixiana (1930). He was married to Alice. He died on 11 March 1939 in Brentwood, California, USA.- Harlow Shapley was born on 2 November 1885 in Nashville, Missouri, USA. He was a writer, known for Of Stars and Men (1961), The Sky at Night (1957) and The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1957). He was married to Martha Betz Shapley. He died on 20 October 1972 in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Samuel Castriota was born on 2 November 1885. He was a composer, known for La vida es un tango (1939), La historia del tango (1949) and Kamikaze (2014). He died on 8 July 1932.- Writer
- Editor
- Director
Terry Ramsaye was born on 2 November 1885 in Tonganoxie, Kansas, USA. Terry was a writer and editor, known for Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925), Lincoln (1929) and Simba: The King of the Beasts (1928). Terry was married to Betty Shannon. Terry died on 19 August 1954 in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.- Paul Gordon was born on 2 November 1885 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Great White Trail (1917), The Pretenders (1916) and The Flash of an Emerald (1915). He was married to Ann Mason. He died on 3 May 1929 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.
- Actor
- Writer
Philip Merivale was born on 2 November 1886 in Rehutia, Manickpur, India. He was an actor and writer, known for The Stranger (1946), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941) and This Above All (1942). He was married to Gladys Cooper and Viva Birkett. He died on 12 March 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Producer
Jerry Giesler was born on 2 November 1886 in Wilton Junction [now Wilton], Iowa, USA. He was a producer. He was married to Ruth Stevens and Elizabeth O'Connor. He died on 1 January 1962 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- George Little was born on 2 November 1886 in Armitage, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Somewhere in Politics (1948). He died on 8 November 1962 in Manchester, England, UK.
- Paul Smith was born on 2 November 1888 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Squaring the Triangle (1914), The Tribunal of Conscience (1914) and Vengeance Is Mine (1914). He died on 13 November 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
James B. Leong was born on 2 November 1889 in Shanghai, China. He was an actor and director, known for Lotus Blossom (1921), Shadow of Chinatown (1936) and Ransom (1928). He died on 16 December 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.