On this day in Europe - 02 November
2 November 2025
On this day in 1918, the German Revolution begins with a mutiny of 40 000 sailors in the port of Kiel.
On this day in 1936, the British Broadcasting Corporation launches the world’s first regular television service.
On this day in 1960, in a famous British trial, a jury rules that D.H. Lawrence’s ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ is not obscene, allowing its publisher Penguin Books to sell the work in its original form in the UK for the first time.
On this day in 1936, the British Broadcasting Corporation launches the world’s first regular television service.
On this day in 1960, in a famous British trial, a jury rules that D.H. Lawrence’s ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ is not obscene, allowing its publisher Penguin Books to sell the work in its original form in the UK for the first time.