| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| December 2, 1804 | Sunday | Napoleon becomes 1st French emperor placing crown on his own head |
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| December 2, 1805 | Monday | Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz |
| December 2, 1816 | Monday | 1st savings bank in US opens as Phila Savings Fund Society |
| December 2, 1822 | Monday | In San Salvador a congress proposes incorporation into US |
| December 2, 1823 | Tuesday | Pres Monroe declares his doctrine |
| December 2, 1852 | Thursday | French monarchy restored; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor |
| December 2, 1859 | Friday | John Brown hung |
| December 2, 1899 | Saturday | US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them |
| December 2, 1927 | Friday | 1st Model A Fords sold for $385 |
| December 2, 1942 | Wednesday | 1st controlled nuclear reaction at University of Chicago |
| December 2, 1952 | Tuesday | 1st human birth televised to public Denver Co |
| December 2, 1954 | Thursday | US Senate censures Joe McCarthy for his conduct |
| December 2, 1957 | Monday | 1st full-scale atomic electric power plant - power generated Pa |
| December 2, 1961 | Saturday | 1st OT Grey Cup game (Winnipeg 21 Hamilton 14) |
| December 2, 1971 | Thursday | Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars |
| December 2, 1971 | Thursday | United Arab Emirates gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
| December 2, 1972 | Saturday | In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen |
| December 2, 1974 | Monday | Soyuz 16 launched |
| December 2, 1975 | Tuesday | Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) |
| December 2, 1981 | Wednesday | Moscone Convention Center in SF opens |
| December 2, 1982 | Thursday | 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted |