Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 2

December 2: National Day in the United Arab Emirates (1971) and Laos (1975).

James Monroe

• 1823 - U.S. President James Monroe (pictured) issued the Monroe Doctrine, a proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World.

• 1848 - Franz Joseph became Emperor of Austria.

• 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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