Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 2
This is a list of selected December 2 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.
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Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
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| National Day in Laos (1975) and the United Arab Emirates (1971) | Laos: multiple issues; UAE: refimprove section |
| 1409 – Leipzig University in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, one of the oldest universities in Europe, was established. | refimprove section, citation style |
| 1763 – The Touro Synagogue, the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America, was formally dedicated. | refimprove section |
| 1848 – Franz Joseph became Emperor of Austria. | refimprove section |
| 1908 – Two-year-old Puyi became Emperor of China, the last one before the Republic of China was declared in 1912. | featured on February 12 |
| 1920 – The Treaty of Alexandropol, a peace treaty between the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ending the Turkish Invasion of Armenia, was signed before the declaration of the Republic of Turkey. | short |
| 1975 – The Pathet Lao overthrew the royalist government in Vientiane, forcing King Savang Vatthana to abdicate, and established the Lao People's Democratic Republic. | refimprove |
| 1999 – The United Kingdom devolved political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive. | refimprove section |
| 2008 – Thai political crisis: The Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved three political parties, including the governing People's Power Party, leading to the resignation of Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat. | Crisis: unreferenced section; Wongsawat: refimprove |
Eligible
- 1804 – The coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French was held at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris.
- 1805 – War of the Third Coalition: French forces led by Napoleon decisively defeated a Russo-Austrian army commanded by Tsar Alexander I in the Battle of Austerlitz.
- 1899 – Philippine–American War: A 60-man Filipino rear guard was defeated in the Battle of Tirad Pass, but delayed the American advance long enough to ensure Emilio Aguinaldo's escape.
- 1927 – The Ford Motor Company introduced the second version of the Model A (pictured), its first new model in 18 years.
- 1942 – The Manhattan Project: Scientists led by Enrico Fermi initiated the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in the experimental nuclear reactor Chicago Pile-1.
- 1943 – World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking twenty-eight ships and releasing one ship's secret cargo of mustard gas.
- 1956 – Cuban Revolution: The yacht Granma, carrying Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement, reached the shores of Cuba.
- 1962 – Returning from a fact-finding mission, U.S. Senator Mike Mansfield became the first American official to comment adversely on the progress of the Vietnam War.
- 1980 – Four American missionaries were murdered by a military death squad in El Salvador.
- 1988 – Benazir Bhutto took office as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
- 2015 – In San Bernardino, California, a married couple carried out a mass shooting at a Christmas party before fleeing and dying in a shootout with police.
- 2016 – Thirty-six people died when a fire broke out at an illegally converted warehouse in Oakland, California, the deadliest U.S. building fire since 2003.
- Born/died: Marquis de Sade (d. 1814) · William Burges (b. 1827) · Allen Wright (d. 1885) · Britney Spears (b. 1981)
Notes
- Assassination of Benazir Bhutto appears on December 27, so her article should not appear in the same year
- 1823 – U.S. president James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, a proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World.
- 1852 – Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (pictured) established the Second French Empire, declaring himself Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
- 1950 – Korean War: With the conclusion of the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, the Chinese army expelled UN forces from North Korea.
- 1989 – The Malayan Communist Party and the Malaysian government signed a peace accord to end the 21-year Communist insurgency.
- 2001 – Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth.
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