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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
1962	John Dyegh, Nigerian businessman and politician
1963	Ron Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1860	Charles Studd, England cricketer and missionary (d. 1931)
1978	Jarron Collins, American basketball player and coach
1924	Else Marie Pade, Danish composer (d. 2016)
1929	Dan Jenkins, American journalist and author (d. 2019)
1738	Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general (d. 1775)
1599	Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin, Scottish nobleman (d. 1663)
1894	Warren William, American actor (d. 1948)
1952	Carol Shea-Porter, American social worker, academic, and politician

Famous People Deaths On December 2

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Date	Name
1747	Vincent Bourne, English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
1986	Desi Arnaz, Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer (b. 1917)
1899	Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (b. 1875)
2004	Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910)
1748	Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
1985	Philip Larkin, English poet, author, and librarian (b. 1922)
1974	Sylvi Kekkonen, Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland Urho Kekkonen (b. 1900)
1455	Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (b. 1432)
1849	Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1792)
1515	Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (b. 1453)