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 337th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 29 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 19, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,733,097,600 seconds 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 ‘trihectatriacontaheptagon’ 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 58 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 4,364 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 2 Historical Events
- 1763 –Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what became the United States.
- 1804 –At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
- 1859 –Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper’s Ferry.
- 1867 –At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
- 1917 –An armistice is signed between Russia and the Central Powers at Brest-Litovsk and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk began.
- 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.
- 1946 –The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
- 1947 –Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
- 1961 –In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
- 2001 –Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Who were born on December 2?
- 1710 –Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)
- 1846 –Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (d. 1904)
- 1893 –Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (d. 2002)
- 1934 –Sissela Bok, Swedish philosopher and ethicist
- 1939 –Harry Reid, American politician
- 1960 –Rick Savage, British bassist (Def Leppard)
- 1963 –Ann Patchett, American novelist
- 1968 –Nate Mendel, American bassist (Foo Fighters)
- 1978 –David Rivas, Spanish footballer
- 1980 –Adam Kreek, Canadian rower
Who died on December 2?
- 1615 –Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general
- 1860 –Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)
- 1931 –Vincent d'Indy, French composer (b. 1851)
- 1957 –Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884)
- 1966 –Giles Cooper, Anglo-Irish playwright (b. 1918)
- 1987 –Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
- 2000 –Gail Fisher, American actress (b. 1935)
- 2002 –Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916)
- 2007 –Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (b. 1972)
- 2008 –Edward Samuel Rogers, Canadian entrepreneur (b. 1933)
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