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Saturday 2 November 2024

What the atlas records for this date, across the traditions it covers.

The Day BeforeTodayThe Day AfterAll Of November 2024

Observed On This Date

All Souls' Day
Memorial of the dead
2 November
Western church.
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Dia de los Muertos
Memorial of the dead
1-2 November, over All Saints and All Souls
Day 2 of 2
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This Week In Space and Astronomy History

3 NovemberLong March 5, First Flight Date 2016
3 NovemberMariner 10, Launch Date 1973
7 NovemberSurveyor 6, Launch Date 1967
8 NovemberSoyuz-2, First Flight Date 2004
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Dates for the Hebrew and Islamic calendars are the tabular reckoning, which is what a printed calendar prints. Communities that begin a month on a sighted crescent may differ by a day, and differ from one another by place.