This day in history

Today is Thursday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2023. There are 59 days left in the year.

Birthdays: Political commentator Patrick Buchanan is 85. Actor Stefanie Powers is 81. Singersongwriter J.D. Souther is 78. Actor Kate Linder is 76. Dave Matthews Band drummer Carter Beauford is 65. Singer-songwriter k.d. lang is 62. Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright Lynn Nottage is 59. Actor David Schwimmer is 57. Christian/jazz singer Alvin Chea (Take 6) is 56. Jazz singer Kurt Elling is 56. Former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is 56. Rapper Nelly is 49. Rock musician Chris Walla is 48. Actor Kendall Schmidt is 33.

► In 1783, General George Washington issued his farewell address to the Army near Princeton, N.J.

► In 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued a declaration expressing support for a “national home” for the Jews in Palestine.

► In 1920, white mobs rampaged through the Florida citrus town of Ocoee, setting fire to Black-owned homes and businesses, after a Black man, Mose Norman, showed up at the polls to vote on Election Day; some historians estimate as many as 60 people were killed.

► In 1953, a fire in the hold of the freighter “Black Falcon’’ killed eight longshoremen unloading cargo in South Boston.

► In 1976, former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter became the first candidate from the Deep South since the Civil War to be elected president as he defeated incumbent Gerald Ford.

► In 1994, a jury in Pensacola, Fla., convicted Paul Hill of murder for the shotgun slayings of an abortion provider and his escort; Hill was executed in September 2003.

► In 2000, American astronaut Bill Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, became the first residents of the International Space Station.

► In 2004, President George W. Bush was elected to a second term and Republicans strengthened their control of Congress.

► In 2016, ending a championship drought that had lasted since 1908, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in extra innings.

►In 2017, authorities in Los Angeles and New York said they had opened new investigations prompted by sexual misconduct allegations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

► In 2018, the Trump administration restored US sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.

► In 2020, in the closing hours of the presidential campaign, President Trump charged across the nation delivering a false allegation that the election was being rigged, while Democrat Joe Biden pushed to claim states that were once seen as safely Republican.

► In 2021, Michelle Wu became the first woman and first Asian American to become mayor of Boston.

► Last year, the two largest US pharmacy chains, CVS Health and Walgreen Co., announced agreements in principle to pay about $5 billion each to settle lawsuits nationwide over the toll of opioids.