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Day Of The Week: December 2
December 2, 2025 is the 336th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 29 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 2
- 1927 –Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
- 1954 –Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute”.
- 1954 –The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and the Republic of China, is signed in Washington, D.C.
- 1956 –The Granma yacht reaches the shores of Cuba’s Oriente province and Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
- 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.
- 1962 –Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official not to make an optimistic public comment on the war’s progress.
- 1970 –The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
- 1993 –Space Shuttle program: STS-61 – NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
- 1999 –Glenbrook rail accident near Sydney, New South Wales.
- 1999 –The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.
Who were born on December 2?
- 1694 –William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)
- 1810 –Henry Yesler, American entrepreneur and politician (d. 1892)
- 1893 –Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (d. 2002)
- 1899 –John Cobb, British racing driver (d. 1952)
- 1915 –Prince Mikasa, Japanese royal
- 1947 –Tommy Jenkins, English football player
- 1978 –David Rivas, Spanish footballer
- 1978 –Nelly Furtado, Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1979 –Melissa Archer, American actress
- 1983 –Daniela Ruah, Portuguese actress
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