Historical Events on December 2, Special Events on This Day

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What Happened on December 2nd This Day in History

Year Name
2020 Cannabis is removed from the list of most dangerous drugs of the international drug control treaty by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.[8][9][10]
2016 Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.
2015 San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.
2001 Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1999 The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.
1993 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.
1993 Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
1991 Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
1989 The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.
1988 Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
1982 At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
1980 Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.
1976 Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
1975 Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane, forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana, and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
1971 Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
1970 The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
1962 Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
1961 In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba will adopt Communism.
1957 United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to the Kashmir conflict is adopted.
1956 The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
1954 Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
1954 The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
1950 Korean War: The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ends with a decisive Chinese victory and UN forces are completely expelled from North Korea.
1949 Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
1947 Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Arabs riot in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
1943 World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of mustard gas.
1942 World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
1939 New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
1930 Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
1927 Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
1917 World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.
1908 Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two.
1899 Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, known as the "Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
1867 At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
1865 Alabama ratifies the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina, then Georgia; U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
1859 Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
1852 Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
1851 French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
1848 Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.
1845 Manifest Destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
1823 Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
1805 War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
1804 At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.
1766 Swedish parliament approves the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
1763 Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.
1697 St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.
1409 The University of Leipzig opens.
1244 Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.
Famous People Born on December 2

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Year Name
1901 Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian-Italian footballer (d. 1986)
1939 Francis Fox, Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Secretary of State for Canada
1944 Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (d. 2006)
1578 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1641)
1956 Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor and producer
1998 Juice WRLD, American rapper, singer and songwriter (d. 2019)
1995 Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
1957 Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health
1906 Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (d. 1977)
1894 Warren William, American actor (d. 1948)
Famous People Deaths On December 2

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Date Name
1463 Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (b. 1418)
1988 Karl-Heinz Bürger, German colonel (b. 1904)
1892 Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
1985 Philip Larkin, English poet, author, and librarian (b. 1922)
1022 Elvira Menéndez, queen of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)
1844 Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
1936 John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
1849 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
1982 Marty Feldman, English actor and comedian (b. 1933)
1993 Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (b. 1949)