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

• 1852 –
  Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French (Napoleon III).
• 1867 –
  At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
• 1899 –
  Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed “The Filipino Thermopylae”, is fought.
• 1908 –
  Child Emperor Pu Yi ascends the Chinese throne at the age of two
• 1927 –
  Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
• 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.
• 1947 –
  Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
• 1954 –
  The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and the Republic of China, is signed in Washington, D.C.
• 1970 –
  The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
• 2001 –
  Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Who were born on December 2?

• 1886 –
  Harry Burleigh, American composer (d. 1949)
• 1893 –
  Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (d. 2002)
• 1917 –
  Sylvia Syms, American jazz singer (d. 1992)
• 1922 –
  Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek poet, playwright, lyricist, and novelist
• 1931 –
  Edwin Meese, American jurist and 75th United States Attorney General
• 1934 –
  Tarcisio Bertone, Cardinal Secretary of State and Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church
• 1954 –
  Stone Phillips, American television journalist
• 1959 –
  Frank Dietrich, German footballer
• 1963 –
  Dan Gauthier, American actor
• 1981 –
  Britney Spears, American singer, dancer and entertainer

Who died on December 2?

• 1774 –
  Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer and organist (b. 1720)
• 1892 –
  Jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836)
• 1931 –
  Vincent d'Indy, French composer (b. 1851)
• 1944 –
  Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian writer (b. 1876)
• 1950 –
  Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (b. 1917)
• 1966 –
  Giles Cooper, Anglo-Irish playwright (b. 1918)
• 1983 –
  Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (b. 1904)
• 1988 –
  Karl-Heinz Bürger, German SS-Oberführer (b. 1904)
• 2003 –
  Alan Davidson, British author (b. 1924)
• 2009 –
  Maggie Jones, English actress (b. 1934)