Talk:December 2
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December 2: National Day in the United Arab Emirates (1971) and Laos (1975).
- 1805 - Napoleonic Wars: French forces led by Emperor Napoleon I decisively defeated a Russo-Austrian army commanded by Czar Alexander I in the Battle of Austerlitz.
- 1823 - U.S. President James Monroe (pictured) issued the Monroe Doctrine, a proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World.
- 1942 - The Manhattan Project: Scientists led by Enrico Fermi initiated the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in the experimental nuclear reactor Chicago Pile-1.
- 1956 - Cuban Revolution: The yacht Granma, carrying Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement, reached the shores of Cuba.
- 1975 - The Pathet Lao overthrew the royalist government in Vientiane, forcing King Savang Vatthana to abdicate, and established the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Recent days: December 1 – November 30 – November 29
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Could not be reliably confirmed. --mav 05:43, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Moved birth from article:
- 1971 - Skapheles, Buttonmen Player
What's this? Looks like vanity. Lupo 10:55, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Einstein and the Gay Day
- What is the source that claims this:
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- 1915 - Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.
- The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 6: The Berlin Years: Writings, 1914-1917 does not mention this date.
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- What is the source that claims that December 2nd is
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- International Day of the Gay
- Google finds nothing about the "international day of the gay".
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Both additions were added recently by an anonimous user. I'm removing them until we find the sources. --romanm (talk) 00:15, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
