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 the United Arab Emirates (1971) | expansion |
| 1409 – Leipzig University in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, one of the oldest universities in Europe, was established. | refimprove section |
| 1763 – The Touro Synagogue, the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America, was formally dedicated. | needs more footnotes |
| 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–Armenian War, was signed before the declaration of the Republic of Turkey. | short |
| 1971 – Abu Dhabi, Ajmān, Dubai, Fujairah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Qaiwain merged to form the United Arab Emirates. | expansion |
| 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. | fact not in article |
Eligible
- 1804 – The coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of France 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 Czar Alexander I in the Battle of Austerlitz.
- 1848 – Franz Joseph became Emperor of Austria.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1980 – American missionaries Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, Ita Ford, and Dorothy Kazel were murdered by a military death squad in El Salvador.
- 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.
December 2: National Day in Laos (1975)
- 1823 – U.S. President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, a proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World.
- 1852 – On the one-year anniversary of his dissolution of the Second French Republic, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (pictured) declared himself Emperor of the French and took the name Napoleon III.
- 1943 – World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking 18 ships and releasing one ship's secret cargo of mustard gas.
- 1975 – The Pathet Lao overthrew the royalist government in Vientiane, forcing King Savang Vatthana to abdicate, and established the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
- 1988 – Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.