What are the important events that happened on December 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

December 2: Facts & Myths About This Day

December 2 is the 336^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 29 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 19, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 490,176 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontahexagon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 77 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,729 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 2 Historical Events

• 1763 –
  Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what became the United States.
• 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.
• 1920 –
  Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
• 1927 –
  Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
• 1954 –
  Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn 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 the Republic of China, is signed in Washington, D.C.
• 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.
• 1971 –
  Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
• 1999 –
  The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.

Who were born on December 2?

• 1578 –
  Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and music theorist (d. 1640)
• 1760 –
  John Breckinridge, American politician and 5th United States Attorney General (d. 1806)
• 1894 –
  Warren William, American Broadway and film actor (d. 1948)
• 1930 –
  David Piper, British race car driver
• 1931 –
  Masaaki Hatsumi, founder and head of the Bujinkan Dojo organization
• 1943 –
  Wayne Allard, American politician
• 1944 –
  Inger Davidson, Swedish politician
• 1946 –
  Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)
• 1983 –
  Jana Kramer, American actress
• 1986 –
  Adam Le Fondre, English football player

Who died on December 2?

• 1469 –
  Piero di Cosimo de' Medici of Florence (b. 1416)
• 1860 –
  Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)
• 1899 –
  Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general (b. 1875)
• 1918 –
  Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist (b. 1868)
• 1924 –
  Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)
• 1969 –
  José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist (b. 1911)
• 1972 –
  Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (b. 1893)
• 1980 –
  Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914)
• 1990 –
  Aaron Copland, American composer (b. 1900)
• 2004 –
  Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921)