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Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.

On November 2, in the year 1984, Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of November 2, one of 359 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is called a death sentence, and the act of carrying out the sentence is an execution. A prisoner who has been sentenced to death and awaits execution is condemned and is commonly referred to as being "on death row". Etymologically, the term capital refers to execution by beheading, but there are various other methods of execution.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on November 2, 1984 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Historical Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 3 Wikipedia articles.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 22 October 2026.

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Notable Deaths 2018 Nov 2 Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2017 Nov 2 Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (born 1944)
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Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 2 Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, Polish painter, historian, and academic (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 2 Mike Davies, Welsh-American tennis player and businessman (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 2 Roy Dommett, English scientist and engineer (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2015 Nov 2 Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 2 Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 2 Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1956)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 2 Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 2 Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2014 Nov 2 Shabtai Teveth, Israeli historian and author (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 2 Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 2 Ghislaine Dupont, French journalist (born 1956)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 2 Clifford Nass, American author and academic (born 1958)
Notable Deaths 2013 Nov 2 Kjell Qvale, Norwegian-American businessman (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 2 Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Indian-American mathematician and academic (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 2 Robert Morton Duncan, American soldier and judge (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 2 Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 2 Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 2 Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (born 1916)
Notable Deaths 2012 Nov 2 Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, Indian politician (born 1957)
Notable Deaths 2011 Nov 2 Boots Plata, Filipino director and screenwriter (born 1943)
Notable Deaths 2010 Nov 2 Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2009 Nov 2 José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, costume designer and assistant director (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2009 Nov 2 Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (born 1915)
Historical Events 2008 Nov 2 Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the…
Notable Deaths 2008 Nov 2 Madelyn Dunham, American banker and business executive (born 1922)
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Notable Deaths 2007 Nov 2 Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (born 1978)
Notable Deaths 2007 Nov 2 Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1906)
Notable Deaths 2007 Nov 2 The Fabulous Moolah, American wrestler (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2005 Nov 2 Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and manager (born 1919)
Notable Deaths 2004 Nov 2 Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the 1st president and founder of the UAE (born 1918)
Notable Deaths 2004 Nov 2 Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, and producer (born 1957)
Notable Deaths 2003 Nov 2 Frank McCloskey, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2002 Nov 2 Charles Sheffield, American physicist and author (born 1935)
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