November 2

Events

 * 1920 - 1st commercial radio station goes on air (KDKA Pittsburgh)

Births

 * 1739 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (d. 1799)
 * 1924 – Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer
 * 1937 – Earl Carroll, lead vocalist of The Cadillacs
 * 1938 – Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans)
 * 1941 – Bruce Welch, English musician and songwriter (The Shadows)
 * 1944 – Keith Emerson, British keyboardist and composer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
 * 1946 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
 * 1951 – Lindy Morrison, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens)
 * 1952 – Maxine Nightingale, English singer
 * 1955 – Chris Burnett, American musician
 * 1957 – Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band)
 * 1961 – K.D. Lang, Canadian musician
 * 1962 – Mireille Delunsch, French soprano
 * 1963 – Bobby Dall, American Musician Poison (band)
 * 1967 – Kurt Elling, American jazz vocalist
 * 1967 – Marc van Roon, Dutch improvising musician
 * 1968 – Ultra Naté, American musician
 * 1969 – Reginald "Fieldy" Arvizu, American bassist (KoЯn)
 * 1974 – Nelly, American rapper
 * 1974 – Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
 * 1975 – Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie)
 * 1989 – Katelyn Tarver, American singer

Deaths

 * 1960 – Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
 * 1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer (b. 1892)
 * 1986 – Paul Frees, American voice actor (b. 1920)
 * 1996 – Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)
 * 2007 – Witold Kiełtyka, Polish metal drummer (b. 1984)