{
  "id": 17528834,
  "title": "MONDAY, Nov. 2, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/monday-nov-2-2026-17528834",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T04:02:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/opinion/todayinhistory/20261101/monday-nov-2-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "1875 - Verney Cameron becomes the first European to traverse equatorial Africa from east to west, arriving in Benguela, Angola.\n\n1917 - The British government expresses support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine through the Balfour Declaration.\n\n1930 - Ras Tafari Makonnen is crowned as Haile Selassie I, the 225th Emperor of the Ethiopian Solomonic Dynasty.\n\n1949 - The Netherlands acknowledges Indonesia's sovereignty following the Round Table Conference in The Hague, Netherlands.\n\n1966 - The Cuban Adjustment Act takes effect, granting 123,000 Cubans the chance to apply for permanent residence in the United States.\n\n1983 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs legislation to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a national holiday.\n\n1992 - The inaugural test flight of the Airbus A330 takes place.\n\n2011 - Cristiano Ronaldo, the prodigious Portuguese striker, scores his 100th goal for Real Madrid during a 2-0 Champions League victory over Olympique Lyon in his 105th appearance for the club.",
  "summary": "1875-Verney Cameron reaches Benguela in Angola from Africa's east coast, the first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea 1917-British government proclaims support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine in the Balfour Declaration 1930-Coronation of Ras Tafari Makonnen as Haile Selassie I, the 225th Emperor of the Ethiopian Solomonic Dynasty 1949-The Netherlands recognizes its former…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}