Notable Historical Events on December 2nd
December 2nd Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1409 |
The University of Leipzig opens. |
1620 |
English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam |
1682 |
English Earl of Shaftesbury flees to Amsterdam |
1697 |
St Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, consecrated for use in London, England |
1755 |
The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire. |
1763 |
Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue) |
1777 |
British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4 |
1790 |
Austrian army occupies Brussels |
1802 |
Britain sells Suriname to the Netherlands |
1804 |
Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris |
1805 |
Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz |
1812 |
James Madison re-elected president of US, E Gerry vice-pres |
1813 |
Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy |
1816 |
1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) |
1822 |
In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US |
1823 |
President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine" |
1840 |
Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita" premieres in Paris |
1840 |
William Henry Harrison elected the 9th President of the United States of America |
1845 |
Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West. |
1848 |
Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary |
1851 |
French President Charles Louis Bonaparte in a Coup d'etat overthrows the Second Republic establishing himself as Emperor. |
1852 |
2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor |
1864 |
Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia |
1867 |
In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States. |
1868 |
1st British government of Disraeli resigns |
1877 |
Camille Saint-Saëns' opera "Samson et Dalila" premieres in Weimar |
1882 |
Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium |
1883 |
John Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres |
1885 |
Opera "Regina di Saba" premieres in Vienna |
1887 |
Amsterdam's Oscar Carrés Circus Theater opens |
1887 |
French president Grevy (80) resigns |
1891 |
52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes |
1895 |
54th Congress (1895-97) convenes |
1896 |
Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke" premieres in Berlin |
1899 |
US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them |
1899 |
Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought. |
1900 |
Exiled South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany, though the Kaiser refuses the meet him |
1901 |
King Camp Gillette begins selling safety razor blades |
1902 |
Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer |
1907 |
English Professional Football Players' Association forms |
1907 |
Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title |
1908 |
Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two |
1913 |
Archdiocese of Managua created |
1913 |
Government -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription |
1914 |
Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia |
1916 |
Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract |
1917 |
Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea |
1922 |
10th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 13-1 |
1924 |
British-German trade agreement signed |
1927 |
1st Model A Fords sold, for $385 |
1927 |
Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black announces to the Geological Society of China that the ancient human fossils from Zhoukoudian, China are a new species which he has named 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as 'Homo erectus') |
1928 |
Cardinals' 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP |
1929 |
1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien |
1932 |
"Adventures of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network |
1933 |
Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady", released |
1934 |
5.08-m (200") Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast |
1939 |
British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC |
1939 |
NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight |
1941 |
Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY |
1941 |
NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry |
1941 |
Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul |
1941 |
Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor |
1941 |
American mobster Louis Buchalter is sentenced to death along with his lieutenants Emanuel Weiss and Louis Capone |
1942 |
Nuclear-Physicist Walter Zinn initiates the world's first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in the world's first nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago |
1943 |
1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp |
1944 |
10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB) |
1944 |
General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow |
1944 |
German troops seize Betuwse dikes |
1944 |
US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar |
1947 |
13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (QB) |
1948 |
Stan Musial is picked NL MVP |
1950 |
Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight |
1951 |
"Borscht Capades" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances |
1951 |
Phila sets NFL record of 25 1st-downs rushing |
1951 |
Don Hutson's #14 jersey is retired by the Green Bay Packers, the first number retired in the history of the franchise |
1952 |
18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB) |
1952 |
1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colo) |
1954 |
"Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances |
1954 |
Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws |
1954 |
US Senate censures Joeseph McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor & disrepute" |
1956 |
Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba |
1957 |
1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn) |
1957 |
Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" reaches #1 |
1958 |
24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB) |
1958 |
Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg |
1958 |
KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1959 |
Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus |
1961 |
Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism |
1961 |
Wind Bell, journal of SF Zen Center, begins publishing |
1962 |
50th CFL Grey Cup: Winnipeg beats Hamilton, 28-27 at Toronto [OT] |
1963 |
1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km |
1963 |
ML Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965 |
1964 |
Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed |
1966 |
Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East |
1967 |
55th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 24-1 |
1968 |
Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor |
1969 |
"Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances |
1969 |
Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC) |
1970 |
Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus) |
1970 |
Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden" premieres in London |
1971 |
Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars |
1971 |
United Arab Emirates (Trucial States) declares independence from UK |
1971 |
Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates |
1971 |
Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes pres of UAE |
1972 |
"December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama) |
1972 |
"Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances |
1972 |
60th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Saskatchewan, 13-10 |
1972 |
In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen |
1973 |
62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0) |
1973 |
Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Washington DC opens |
1973 |
US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96 |
1974 |
Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs |
1974 |
Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ |
1974 |
Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days |
1975 |
7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed |
1975 |
G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt v WI |
1975 |
Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, republic forms |
1975 |
Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) |
1976 |
Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado. |
1978 |
Chanting "Allah is great", anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran |
1978 |
Neil Diamond & Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1 |
1978 |
Streisand & Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" goes #1 |
1979 |
Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli Libya |
1979 |
Foots Walker becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score a triple-double |
1979 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1980 |
4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador |
1981 |
Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year |
1981 |
Moscone Convention Center, SF opens at 11:30 AM |
1981 |
Spanish government requests membership in NATO |
1982 |
1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart |
1984 |
4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win |
1984 |
Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG |
1984 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1985 |
Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder |
1985 |
Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood" premieres in NYC at Imperial Theater NYC (608 perfs) |
1985 |
NFL QB legends Dan Marino and John Elway face each other for the first time, a 30-26 victory for the Dolphins (Marino 390 yards and 3 touchdowns) |
1985 |
Chicago Bears' head coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan come to blows on the sideline in a loss to the Miami Dolphins, Chicago's only loss of the season |
1986 |
Dow-Jones index hits record 1,955.57 |
1987 |
Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor |
1987 |
Jennifer Steele, 17, of Colorado becomes Miss Teen of America [Approx] |
1987 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1987 |
"334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow to attend NJ Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands |
1988 |
"Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad" |
1988 |
5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel |
1988 |
STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) |
1988 |
UN votes 151-2 (Isr & US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Brit abstains |
1989 |
55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston (QB) |
1989 |
KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV |
1989 |
Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India |
1990 |
1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany |
1990 |
1st time 12 people in space |
1990 |
79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St Petersburg (3-2) |
1990 |
Beth Daniel/Davis Love wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic |
1990 |
US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit |
1991 |
Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with NY Mets |
1991 |
Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio |
1992 |
WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in NYC |
1993 |
A Websters musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in LA |
1993 |
Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11 |
1993 |
Houston Rockets tie NBA record of 15-0 start |
1993 |
Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches |
1994 |
"Cobb" premieres |
1994 |
Achille Lauro (Willem Ruys) sinks off the coast of Somalia |
1994 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted to the hospital for ulcer treatment |
1994 |
Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring |
1995 |
17th ACE Cable Awards: TLC wins the Golden CableACE for "KnowTV: Changing What, Why and How You Watch" |
1995 |
After being left in the game to allow nine goals, Patrick Roy declares "It's my last game in Montreal", and is traded four days later |
1997 |
MCI Center opens in Wash DC, Wizards vs SuperSonics |
1999 |
The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive. |
2001 |
Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York |
2005 |
Van Tuong Nguyen is executed in Singapore for drug trafficking. |
2007 |
96th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Oregon (4-1) |
2008 |
Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat resigns after the 2008 Thailand political crisis |
2012 |
9 people are killed after 30 cars are trapped in Sasago Tunnel, Japan |
2012 |
Borut Pahor is elected President of Slovenia |
2012 |
Pier Luigi Bersani is elected Italian Prime Minister |
2013 |
China launches its first moon rover mission |
2015 |
NATO formally invites Montenegro to join alliance, irking Russia |
2015 |
Sandra Bullock adopts daughter Laila |
2016 |
Starbucks Chief Howard Schultz to Step Down Next Year |
2016 |
Thailand's new king makes first public appearance |
2016 |
Death toll from devastating Tennessee wildfire climbs to 11 |
2016 |
Trump to nominate retired General Mattis for Pentagon |
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