December 2

December 2 is the 336th day of the Gregorian Calendar ( 337th in leap years), thus 29 days remain until the end of the year.

  • 2.1 Before the 19th century
  • 2.2 19th century
  • 2.3 20th century 2.3.1 1901-1950
  • 2.3.2 1951-2000
  • 3.1 Before the 19th century
  • 3.2 19th century
  • 3.3 20th century
  • 3.4 21st century

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Economy

Science and Technology

Culture

Society

Religion

Disasters

Minor accidents are listed in the sub- items of disaster.

Sports

Entries of Athletics world records are located under the respective discipline under Athletics.

Born

Before the 19th century

19th century

20th century

1901-1950

1951-2000

Died

Before the 19th century

19th century

Marquis de Sade († 1814)

January Potocki († 1815)

20th century

21st Century

  • 2002: Leslie Elizabeth Bullock Andrews, American politician
  • 2002: Ivan Illich, Austrian theologian
  • 2002: Mehmet Emin Toprak, a Turkish actor
  • 2002: Mal Waldron, American jazz pianist
  • 2003: Ignaz Kiechle, German farmer and politician, MP, Federal Minister
  • 2004: Kevin Coyne, British rock musician
  • 2004: Alicia Markova, British ballerina
  • 2005: Kenneth Boyd, American murderer, execution thousandth candidate in the U.S. since 1976
  • 2006: Mariska Veres, Dutch pop singer
  • 2007: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Italian actress
  • 2007: Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic and poet
  • 2007: Tada Michitarō, Japanese literary scholar and critic
  • 2008: Odetta, American singer
  • 2009: Eric Woolfson, British musician and producer
  • 2010: Pawoł Nowotny, Sorbian literary historian and folklorist
  • 2011: Anton Amberger, German biologist
  • 2013: Christopher Evan Welch, American actor

Holidays and observances

  • Religious observances Sel. Jan van Ruysbroek, Belgian priest, mystic and Prior ( Protestant, Catholic)
  • St. Lucius of Chur, missionary and patron saint ( Catholic)
  • Name Days John Lucius
  • State Holidays and observances United Arab Emirates: independence from Great Britain (1971 )

More entries contains the list of commemorative and action days.

  • Day
  • Day in December
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