The Battle of Tuthill took place near Caernarfon on 2nd November 1401 during the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr. Glyndŵr's victory at the Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen in June 1401 had inspired the revolt with fresh confidence and Glyndŵr clearly did not want enthusiasm for the revolt to wane in the north-west. Few details are recorded about the battle itself, although we know that Glyndŵr flew a banner bearing a golden dragon on a white field and that the battle ended inconclusively, with 300 Welsh soldiers reported dead.
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1783 General George Washington, later 1st US President, bids farewell to his army after the American Revolutionary War.
1871 British police began their Rogues' Gallery, taking photographs of all convicted prisoners.
1880 James A. Garfield (R) elected 20th President of the United States.
1896 The first motor insurance policies were issued in Britain, but they excluded damage caused by frightened horses.
.. Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion y Fenni, the Abergavenny Welsh Society, was founded in the Sun Inn on 2nd November 1833. The group was largely responsible for the continued use of the Welsh language in Monmouthshire, and for raising awareness of Welsh intellectual activity.
Its motto is ‘Oes y byd i'r iaith Gymraeg’, or ‘long live the Welsh language’, or more literally ‘the age of the world to the Welsh language’. The society was initially founded to provide members with a chance to socialise in Welsh, and to promote the use of the language more widely in the town. The society continues to meet regularly, and is now one of several Welsh language groups locally, including Cymdeithas Gwenynen Gwent and Merched y Wawr. ..
.. On 2nd November 1925, the failure of two dams caused a flood that swamped the village of Dolgarrog, near Conwy, killing 16 people.
The cause of the disaster was the collapse of the Eigiau Dam, which was a gravity dam owned by the Aluminium Corporation. The floodwater breached the Coedty Dam further downstream, an embankment dam which failed to hold back the weight of water, releasing a huge volume of water that flooded Dolgarrog. Many more villagers would have been killed had they not been in the local theatre watching a film that night.
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1936 The world's first regular TV service was started by the British Broadcasting Corporation at Alexandra Palace at 3:00 p.m. It was defined as 'high-definition' (with 200 lines of resolution) and was renamed BBC1 in 1964. An estimated 100 TV owners tuned in.
1954 BBC radio comedy "Hancock's Half Hour" debuts starring Tony Hancock and Sid James, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
2 Nov 1963 The Konrads, featuring David Jones (David Bowie), appeared at Shirley Parish Hall, Shirley, Croydon, England. Jones, who was still a teenager, played saxophone and sang backing vocals with the band.
1964 The first episode of the television soap opera 'Crossroads' was broadcast on ITV.
1982 The first edition of 'Countdown' the British TV game show involving word and number puzzles. It was hosted by Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman and was also the first programme to be aired on Channel 4.
