List of Important Historical events of 02nd December:
1755: The second ring lighthouse was destroyed by fire.
1763: Turo Shul Dedicated of Newport RI (Oldest Existing U.S. Synagogue)
1802: The health and ethics of the Apprentices Act came into effect in the United Kingdom, as a result of which the regulations for child labor in factories were regulated.
1804: Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned as Emperor of France in Notre Dame Cathedral.
1805: Napoleon Bonaparte celebrates the first anniversary of his coronation with a victory at Austerlitz over a Russian and Austrian army.
1811: The Reverend Samuel Marsden sent the first commercial shipping of wool from New South Wales to England.
1823: President James Monroe proclaims the principles known as the Monroe Doctrine, “that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by European powers.”
1840: William Henry Harrison was sworn in as the 9th President of the United States.
1852: Napoleon III became Emperor of the French.
1855: Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar, one of the founders of Indian National Congress and social reformer, was born.
1863: General Braxton Bragg turns over command of the Army of Tennessee to General William Hardee at Dalton, Ga.
1864: Major General Grenville M. Dodge is named to replace General William Rosecrans as Commander of the Department of Missouri.
1867: People wait in mile-long lines to hear Charles Dickens give his first reading in New York City.
1887: French President Gravy resigned.
1907: Spain and France agree to enforce Moroccan measures adopted in 1906.
1908: Young Emperor Pui ascended the Chinese throne at the age of 2.
1909: J.P. Morgan acquires majority holdings in Equitable Life Co. This is the largest concentration of bank power to date.
1911: George V and Queen Mary became the first king and queen of Britain to visit India. Gateway of India was built in memory of his arrival in Bombay (now Mumbai).
1914: Austrian troops occupy Belgrade, Serbia.
1918: Gurudas Banerjee, the leading educationist and the first Indian Vice Chancellor of the University of Calcutta, died.
1918: Armenia proclaims independence from Turkey.
1921: The first successful helium dirigible, C-7, makes a test flight in Portsmouth, Va.
1927: Ford Motor Company launched the Model A as its new automobile after 19 years of Ford Model T production.
1932: Bolivia accepts Paraguay’s terms for a truce in the Chaco War.
1942: The Allies repel a strong Axis attack in Tunisia, North Africa.
1942: Sri Aurobindo Ashram School was established in Pondicherry (now Puducherry), later known as Sri Aurobindo International Center of Education.
1944: General George S. Patton’s troops enter the Saar Valley and break through the Siegfried line.
1946: The United States and Great Britain merge their German occupation zones.
1946: In rain affected 1st Test in Brisbane, Australia compiles 1st innings total 645 on Day 3 v India (Bradman 187, Hassett 128 ); Australia wins by an innings and 332
1954: The Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R Wis., for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”
1956: Cuban leader Fidel Castro launched a movement to liberate his country.
1964: Brazil sends Juan Peron back to Spain, foiling his efforts to return to his native land.
1965: Border Security Force established.
1970: The U.S. Senate votes to give 48,000 acres of New Mexico back to the Taos Indians.
1971: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was formed as a union of seven Emiratis.
1976: Fidel Castro became President of Cuba.
1980: A death squad in El Salvador murders four US nuns and churchwomen.
1982: Dentist Barney Clark receives the first permanent artificial heart, developed by Dr. Robert K. Jarvik.
1988: Benazir Bhutto took over as Prime Minister of Pakistan as the first woman.
1989: Vishwanath Pratap Singh became the 8th Prime Minister of India.
1993: NASA launched the space shuttle ‘Endeavor’.
1999: UK devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive, the administrative branch of the North Ireland legislature.
2001: Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in US history.
2008: Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wangswat resigned after the 2008 political crisis.
2014: Indian politician and Maharashtra Chief Minister Abdul Rahman Antulay passed away.
2016: A fire killed 36 people during a dance party in Oakland.
