December 2

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on December 2. From 1900 until now. December 2 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Britney Spears (1981), Nelly Furtado (1978) and Lucy Liu (1968). Several movies were released around December 2 over the years, such as Blood Diamond in 2006 directed by Edward Zwick and Ocean's Eleven in 2001 directed by Steven Soderbergh.
But much more happened on December 2 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Laos - National Day
United Arab Emirates - National Day (independence from Britain, 1971)
R.C. Saints - St Bibiana

Events

2018 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A senior Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund, is killed in a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan. (BBC)
2017 Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War: Israel launches surface-to-surface missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, Syrian state TV reports. (BBC)
2016 Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present): A military operation leaves three Turkish soldiers dead and another three wounded in Hakkâri Province, Turkey. (Anadolu Agency) (Daily Sabah) (Reuters)
2015 Yemeni Civil War (2015–present), Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen: Al-Qaeda militants seize control of Zinjibar, capital of Yemen's southern Abyan Governorate, as well as the town of Jaʿār, following fierce clashes with pro-Hadi government forces. (CNN)
2014 War in Somalia: The Red Cross says that at least 36 people may be dead following an attack in Mandera County in northeastern Kenya. Al-Shabaab militants are believed to be responsible. (Bloomberg via Business Week), (Reuters via New York Times)
2013 The Right Livelihood Award, sometimes understood as a critique of the Nobel Prize, is presented at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament building to Dr. Paul Walker, Raji Sourani, Denis Mukwege, and Hans Herren. (Right Livelihood Award)
2012 The Taliban launches an attack on the NATO airstrip in the eastern Afghanistan city of Jalalabad resulting in seven Taliban deaths and at least five Afghans are killed. (Sky News Australia) (BBC) (AP)
2011 Muslim rioters attack liquor stores and massage parlours in Zakho in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq after Friday prayers. The attacks later extended to include Christian owned shops and businesses in other cities including Dohuk and Simele. (''USA Today'')
2010 About 8,000 African Union troops from Burundi and Uganda are deployed to the Somali capital Mogadishu, the scene of heavy fighting this week. (Reuters)
2009 FIFA, the world governing body for association football, announce after an emergency session of their Executive Committee, that following the controversy over the Thierry Henry handball incident, it will set up an inquiry into the use of extra officials or technology, but any changes will not be implemented for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Wikinews
2008 US President-elect Barack Obama names New York Senator Hillary Clinton as his nominee for secretary of state, and asks U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain in office.
2007 Activision and Vivendi Games announce a merger, to be called Activision Blizzard. The US$18.9 billion deal is the biggest ever in the videogame industry.
2006 Protestors begin their second day of demonstrations in their bid to convince the current Lebanese administration to step down. (BBC)
2005 In Wentworth, North Carolina, Kenneth Boyd becomes the 1,000th person to be executed in the United States since the re-introduction of capital punishment in 1976.
2004 David Bieber, a 38-year-old former American marine, is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a Leeds policeman and the attempted murder of two others following an incident on December 26, 2003. The trial judge recommends that he should never be released from prison.
2003 Venezuelan opposition leaders claim to have gathered enough petition signatures to force a referendum to recall President Hugo Chávez; in response, the government alleges the four-day signature drive was tainted by "massive fraud".
2001 Enron Corporation, based in Houston, Texas, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New York court, five days after Dynegy cancels a US$8.4 billion buyout bid. At the time this is the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
2000 The 2000 MAC Championship Game (American football) is played at Marshall Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia, USA.ampref name=ampquotannouncementampquotamp and is won by the Marshall Thundering Herd.
1999 AlliedSignal Incorporated changes its company name to Honeywell International.
1997 MCI Center opens in Washington DC, as Washington Wizards play the Seattle SuperSonics.
1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments.
1995 17th ACE Cable Awards
1994 Cobb premieres
1993 A Websters musical Sunset Promenade premieres in LA
1992 WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in New York City
1991 Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with the New York Mets.
1990 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
1989 KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV
1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
1987 Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
1986 Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
1985 Mystery of Edwin Drood opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 performances
1984 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
1983 Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time.
1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1981 Spanish government requests membership in NATO.
1980 Four American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador.
1979 Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli, Libya.
1976 Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado.
1975 Laos King Sisavang Vatthana resigns, Republic forms
1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1973 Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Washington DC opens
1972 Via Galactica closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances
1971 United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from the UK
1970 Tippetts Opera Knot Garden, premieres in London
1969 Buck White opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances
1968 US President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor.
1967 55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1
1966 Love, Moby Grape and Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East
1962 50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT]
1961 Wind Bell, journal of SF Zen Center, begins publishing
1959 Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus.
1958 KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn)
1956 The Granma yacht reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente province and Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
1954 Hit the Trail opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
1953 The United Kingdom and Iran reform diplomatic relations.
1952 First human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colorado, USA).
1951 Borscht Capades closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances
1948 Stan Musial is picked National League Most Valuable Player.
1947 13th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame (quarterback).
1946 The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
1944 General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
1943 A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including an American Liberty ship, the John Harvey, with a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.
1942 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction (Enrico Fermi - University of Chicago)
1941 Largest roller-skating rink (outside of New York City) opens in Peekskill, New York.
1939 New York's La Guardia Airport begins operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, one minute after midnight.
1934 5.08-m (200) Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
1932 Adventures of Charlie Chan first heard on NBC-Blue radio network.
1930 Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
1928 Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
1927 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385
1926 British prime minister Stanley Baldwin ends the martial law that had been declared due to general strike.
1924 British-German trade agreement signed.
1920 Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
1917 Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea.
1916 Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract.
1914 Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia.
1913 Archdiocese of Managua created.
1908 Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
1907 Tommy Burns knocks out Gunner Moir in 10 to retain the heavyweight boxing title.
1906 , the first all-big-gun warship, is commissioned.
1904 The St. Petersburg Soviet urges a run on the banks: the attempt fails and the executive committee is arrested.
1902 Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer.
1901 Gillette patents 1st disposable razor
1900 South African President Paul Kruger arrives in Germany.
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