What Happened on Dec 2
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Touro Synagogue, The First Synagogue In The United States Is Dedicated
On December 2, 1763, members of the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island witnessed the dedication of the Touro Synagogue, the first synagogue... Read more
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Theodore Roosevelt Marries Edith Kermit Carow
Following the election, he went to London in 1886 and married his childhood sweetheart, Edith Kermit Carow. They honeymooned in Europe, and... Read more
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"Ball Of Fire" Is Released
Ball of Fire (also known as The Professor and the Burlesque Queen) is a 1941 comedy film about a group of professors laboring for years to write an... Read more
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First Self-Sustained Nuclear Chain Reaction Achieved
At 3:25 P.M. on December 2, 1942, the Atomic Age began inside an enormous tent on a squash court under the stands of the University of Chicago's... Read more
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Bari Air Raid
The Air Raid on Bari was an air attack on Allied forces and shipping in Bari, Italy by Nazi German bombers on December 2, 1943. In the attack, 105... Read more
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Jerusalem riots
The 1947 Jerusalem Riots occurred following the vote in the UN General Assembly in favour of the 1947 UN Partition Plan on 29 November 1947. The... Read more
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Billy Vessels Wins Heisman Trophy
A great star on a star-studded Sooner team, Vessels scored 18 touchdowns, gained over 1,000 yards rushing and caught eight passes for 200 yards. In... Read more
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Fidel Castro leads group in a rebellion to overthrow Fulgencio Batista
Since regular contacts with a KGB agent named Nikolai Sergeevich Leonov in Mexico City had not resulted in the hoped for weapon supply, they... Read more
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Malpasset Dam Collapse
Malpasset was an arch dam on the Reyran River, constructed approximately 7 km north of Fréjus on the Côte d'Azur, southern France, in the Var... Read more
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Mike Garrett Wins Heisman Trophy
In three years with the Trojan teams, he gained 4,876 yards in rushing, passing, receiving, punt returns and kickoff returns. This is approximately... Read more
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"Cruising with Ruben & the Jets" by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention Is Released
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets is an album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music), and controversially... Read more
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Creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
On July 9, 1970, President Nixon transmitted Reorganization Plan No. 3 to the United States Congress by executive order, creating the EPA as a... Read more
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Bhopal Gas Leak Disaster
On December 3, 1984, a Union Carbide Corporation plant in Bhopal leaked 32 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate gas, leading to the Bhopal disaster. The... Read more
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"The Naked Gun: From The Files Of Police Squad!" Is Released
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 comedy film, the first in a series of films starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley,... Read more
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STS-80 Incident
Video taken during mission STS-80 of Space Shuttle Columbia while in orbit as analyzed by Mark J. Carlotto show three different unusual phenomena:... Read more
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The Smashing Pumpkins break up
On May 23, 2000, in a live radio interview on KROQ (Los Angeles), The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan announced the band's decision to... Read more
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Kanye West releases "Slow Jamz" single
"Slow Jamz" is the Grammy-nominated first single from Twista's album Kamikaze and from Kanye West's debut album The College Dropout. Released in... Read more
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Stephen King publishes Faithful
Faithful is a book co-written by Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan. It chronicles exchanges between King and O'Nan about the Red Sox's upcoming 2004... Read more
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Boston Celtics defeat Cleveland Cavaliers, 80-70
Athletes may be the ultimate creatures of habit. Everything must be just so, whether it's the day-of-game routine or the pregame ritual. Thus, when... Read more
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Memphis Grizzlies defeat Minnesota Timberwolves, 97-95
One remains so very lonely for the Timberwolves. They now have won twice in 18 games this season and never consecutively, not after Wednesday's... Read more
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Minnesota Wild defeat Nashville Predators, 5-4
At the end in Chicago, Andrew Ebbett only broke a sweat chomping on pressbox popcorn. At the end in Montreal, Guillaume Latendresse broke a bigger... Read more
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Tiger Woods Publicly Apologizes About Alleged Affair
I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family... Read more
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Washington Wizards defeat Milwaukee Bucks, 104-102
PLAYER OF THE GAME:Earl Boykins was the smallest guy on the court but had the biggest impact in the final quarter. The former Bucks guard... Read more
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Wisconsin Badgers defeat Duke Blue Devils, 73-69
Madison — The rocket-like roar rose up from the floor of the Kohl Center on Wednesday night, drifted out over the streets of Madison, across the... Read more