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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1244]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent IV]] arrives at [[Lyon]] for the [[First Council of Lyon]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=of Puylaurens |first1=William |last2=C |first2=William William |last3=Laurentii |first3=Guilelmus de Podio |title=The Chronicle of William of Puylaurens: The Albigensian Crusade and Its Aftermath |year=2003 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=978-0-85115-925-6 |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIQTe2VaZQsC&pg=PA109 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1409]] &ndash; The [[University of Leipzig]] opens.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dhondt |first1=Pieter |title=University Jubilees and University History Writing: A Challenging Relationship |date=28 October 2014 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-26507-3 |page=163 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xYEcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA163 |language=en}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1697]] &ndash; [[St Paul's Cathedral]], rebuilt to the design of Sir [[Christopher Wren]] following the [[Great Fire of London]], is consecrated.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. S. Bromley|title=The New Cambridge Modern History: Volume 6, The Rise of Great Britain and Russia, 1688-1715/25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOgzAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA262|date=2 July 1970|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=978-0-521-07524-4|pages=262}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; Dedication of the [[Touro Synagogue]], in [[Newport, Rhode Island]], the first synagogue in what will become the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=Touro Synagogue of Congregation Jeshuat Israel, Newport, Rhode Island: Founded 1658, Dedicated 1763, Designated as a National Historic Site, 1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvY7AAAAMAAJ|year=1948|publisher=Society of Friends of Touro Synagogue National Historic Shrine|page=7}}</ref>
*[[1766]] &ndash; Swedish parliament approves the [[Swedish Freedom of the Press Act]] and implements it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech.
*[[1804]] &ndash; At [[Notre Dame Cathedral]] in Paris, [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]] [[Coronation of Napoleon|crowns]] himself [[Emperor of the French]].<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Vincent Cronin]]|title=[[Napoleon Bonaparte: An Intimate Biography|Napoleon]]|year=1971 |page=250}}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[War of the Third Coalition]]: [[Battle of Austerlitz]]: French troops under [[Napoleon]] decisively defeat a joint [[Russian Empire|Russo]]-[[Austrian Empire|Austria]]n force.<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederick C. Schneid|title=Napoleon's conquest of Europe: the War of the Third Coalition|year=2005|publisher=Greenwood Press|page=137}}</ref>
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Monroe Doctrine]]: In a [[State of the Union address|State of the Union message]], U.S. President [[James Monroe]] proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Manifest destiny|Manifest Destiny]]: In a [[State of the Union address|State of the Union message]], U.S. President [[James K. Polk]] proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Franz Joseph I]] becomes [[Emperor of Austria]].
*[[1851]] &ndash; French President [[Napoleon III|Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte]] overthrows the [[French Second Republic|Second Republic]].
*[[1852]] &ndash; Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as [[Napoleon III]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Origins of the American Civil War]]: Militant [[Abolitionism in the United States|abolitionist]] leader [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]] is hanged for his [[John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry|October raid]] on [[Harpers Ferry, Virginia]] (now West Virginia).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schraff |first1=Anne E. |title=John Brown: "We Came to Free the Slaves" |date=2010 |publisher=Enslow Publishers |isbn=9780766033559 |pages=103–107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g9vccT4QhlIC&q=john%20brown%20executed&pg=PA103 |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Alabama]] ratifies the [[13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]], followed by North Carolina, then Georgia; U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.
*[[1867]] &ndash; At [[Tremont Temple]] in [[Boston]], British author [[Charles Dickens]] gives his first public reading in the United States.
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Philippine–American War]]: The [[Battle of Tirad Pass]], known as the "Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Puyi]] becomes [[Emperor of China]] at the age of two.
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at [[Brest-Litovsk]], and peace talks leading to the [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Russia–Central Powers)|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]] begin.
*[[1927]] &ndash; Following 19 years of [[Ford Model T]] production, the [[Ford Motor Company]] unveils the [[Ford Model A (1927–1931)|Ford Model A]] as its new automobile.
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Great Depression]]: In a [[State of the Union address|State of the Union message]], U.S. President [[Herbert Hoover]] proposes a $150&nbsp;million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
*[[1939]] &ndash; New York City's [[LaGuardia Airport]] opens.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: During the [[Manhattan Project]], a team led by [[Enrico Fermi]] initiates the [[Chicago Pile-1|first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: A [[Air raid on Bari|Luftwaffe bombing raid]] on the harbour of [[Bari]], Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American {{SS|John Harvey}}, which is carrying a stockpile of [[mustard gas]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Jerusalem Riots of 1947]]: Arabs riot in [[Jerusalem]] in response to the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others]] is adopted.
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: The [[Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River]] ends with a decisive Chinese victory and [[United Nations Command|UN forces]] are completely expelled from [[North Korea]].
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[McCarthyism|Cold War]]: The [[United States Senate]] [[Joseph McCarthy#Censure and the Watkins Committee|votes 65 to 22 to censure]] [[Joseph McCarthy]] for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
*  1954   &ndash; The [[Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty]], between the United States and [[Taiwan]], is signed in Washington, D.C.
*[[1956]] &ndash; The [[Granma (yacht)|''Granma'']] reaches the shores of [[Cuba]]'s [[Oriente Province]]. [[Fidel Castro]], [[Che Guevara]] and 80 other members of the [[26th of July Movement]] disembark to initiate the [[Cuban Revolution]].
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 126]] relating to the [[Kashmir conflict]] is adopted.
*[[1961]] &ndash; In a nationally broadcast speech, [[Cuba]]n leader [[Fidel Castro]] declares that he is a [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] and that Cuba will adopt [[Communism]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: After a trip to [[Vietnam]] at the request of U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]], [[U.S. Senate Majority Leader]] [[Mike Mansfield]] becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress.
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55]] crashes into [[Pedro Bay, Alaska]], killing all 39 people on board.<ref name="asn">{{ASN accident|id=19681202-0|type=Accident|accessdate=September 2, 2009}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; The [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] begins operations.
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Emirate of Abu Dhabi|Abu Dhabi]], [[Ajman]], [[Fujairah]], [[Emirate of Sharjah|Sharjah]], [[Dubai]], and [[Umm al-Quwain]] form the [[United Arab Emirates]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Laotian Civil War]]: The [[Pathet Lao]] seizes the [[Laos|Laotian]] capital of [[Vientiane]], forces the abdication of King [[Sisavang Vatthana]], and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Fidel Castro]] becomes [[President of Cuba]], replacing [[Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; A [[Tupolev Tu-154]] [[1977 Libyan Arab Airlines Tu-154 crash|crashes]] near [[Benghazi]], Libya, killing 59.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |date= |title=Aviation Safety Network LZ-BTN accident description |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19771202-0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408123450/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19771202-0 |archive-date=8 April 2005 |access-date=23 July 2010 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Salvadoran Civil War]]: [[1980 murders of U.S. missionaries in El Salvador|Four American missionaries]] are raped and murdered by a death squad.
*[[1982]] &ndash; At the [[University of Utah]], [[Barney Clark (patient)|Barney Clark]] becomes the first person to receive a permanent [[artificial heart]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Benazir Bhutto]] is sworn in as [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]], becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
*1988   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on [[STS-27]], a classified mission for the [[United States Department of Defense]].<ref name="AmericaSpace 2012-01-30">{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Ben |date=January 30, 2012 |title=Into the Black: NASA's Secret Shuttle Missions – Part Two |url=https://www.americaspace.com/2012/01/30/into-the-black-nasas-secret-shuttle-missions-part-two/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106083802/https://www.americaspace.com/2012/01/30/into-the-black-nasas-secret-shuttle-missions-part-two/ |archive-date=January 6, 2021 |work=AmericaSpace}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; The [[Peace Agreement of Hat Yai (1989)|Peace Agreement of Hat Yai]] is signed and ratified by the [[Malayan Communist Party]] (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long [[Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)|communist insurgency in Malaysia]].
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] is launched on [[STS-35]], carrying the ASTRO-1 [[spacelab]] observatory.<ref>{{cite news |date=December 2, 1990 |title=Columbia Makes Successful Night Launch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27544293/statesman_journal/ |newspaper=Statesman Journal |location=Salem, Oregon |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Gannett News Service}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of [[Ukraine]] from the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] is launched on [[STS-53]] for the United States Department of Defense.<ref name="STS53KSC">{{cite web |date=June 29, 2001 |title=STS-53 (52) |url=https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-53/mission-sts-53.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318083302/https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-53/mission-sts-53.html |archive-date=March 18, 2021 |access-date=February 11, 2022 |publisher=NASA}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Colombia]]n [[drug lord]] [[Pablo Escobar]] is shot and killed by police in [[Medellín]].
*  1993   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-61]]: [[NASA]] launches the [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] on a mission to repair the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].
*[[1999]] &ndash; The United Kingdom devolves political power in [[Northern Ireland]] to the [[Northern Ireland Executive]] following the [[Good Friday Agreement]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Enron]] [[Enron scandal#Bankruptcy|files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy]].
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[2015 San Bernardino attack|San Bernardino attack]]: [[Sayyid|Syed]] [[Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik]] kill 14 people and wound 22 at the [[Inland Regional Center]] in [[San Bernardino, California]].
*[[2016]] &ndash; Thirty-six people die in [[2016 Oakland warehouse fire|a fire]] at a converted [[Oakland, California]], warehouse serving as an [[artist collective]].
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Cannabis (drug)|Cannabis]] is [[Removal of cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the Single Convention on narcotic drugs, 1961|removed from the list of most dangerous drugs]] of the [[Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs|international drug control treaty]] by the [[United Nations|UN]] [[United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs|Commission on Narcotic Drugs]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://undocs.org/en/E/2020/28/Add.1|title=Commission on Narcotic Drugs Report on the reconvened sixty-third session (2–4 December 2020) – Economic and Social Council Official Records, 2020 Supplement No. 8A [E/CN.7/2020/15/Add.1]|publisher=[[United Nations]]|year=2020|location=New-York|pages=5|chapter=Decision 63/17: Deletion of cannabis and cannabis resin from Schedule IV of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 January 2021|title=The International Drug Control Conventions Schedules of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol, as at 22 January 2021 [ST/CND/1/Add.1/Rev.7]|url=https://undocs.org/en/ST/CND/1/Add.1/Rev.7|url-status=live|website=[[United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309204653/https://undocs.org/en/ST/CND/1/Add.1/Rev.7 |archive-date=2021-03-09 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-12-02|title=UN commission reclassifies cannabis, yet still considered harmful|url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1079132|access-date=2021-05-26|website=UN News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kwai|first=Isabella|date=2020-12-02|title=U.N. Reclassifies Cannabis as a Less Dangerous Drug|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/world/europe/cannabis-united-nations-drug-policy.html|access-date=2021-05-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[503]] &ndash; [[Emperor Jianwen of Liang]], emperor of the Chinese [[Liang dynasty]] (d. 551)
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[Queen Munjeong]], Korean queen (d. 1565)
*[[1578]] &ndash; [[Agostino Agazzari]], Italian composer and theorist (d. 1641)
*[[1599]] &ndash; [[Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin]], Scottish nobleman (d. 1663)
===1601–1900===
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg]], Catholic cardinal (d. 1704)
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[William Shirley]], English-American lawyer and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Massachusetts|Governor of the province of Massachusetts Bay]] (d. 1771)
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Konščak]], Croatian missionary and explorer (d. 1759)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Richard Montgomery]], Irish-American general (d. 1775)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[William Cooper (judge)|William Cooper]], American judge and politician, founded [[Cooperstown, New York]] (d. 1809)
*[[1759]] &ndash; [[James Edward Smith (botanist)|James Edward Smith]], English botanist and mycologist, founded the [[Linnean Society]] (d. 1828)
*[[1760]] &ndash; [[John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)|John Breckinridge]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 1806)
*  1760   &ndash; [[Joseph Graetz]], German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1826)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra]], Portuguese magistrate and politician (d. 1895)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Henry Yesler]], American businessman and politician, 7th [[Mayor of Seattle]] (d. 1892)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Jean-Charles Chapais]], Canadian farmer and politician, 1st [[Minister of Agriculture (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Agriculture]] (d. 1885)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Heinrich von Sybel]], German historian, academic, and politician (d. 1895)
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Pedro II of Brazil]] (d. 1891)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[William Burges]], English architect and designer (d. 1881)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Crook|first=J. Mordaunt|url=http://archive.org/details/williamburgeshig0085croo|title=William Burges and the High Victorian Dream|date=1981|publisher=Chicago|others=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226121178|pages=38|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau]], French lawyer and politician, 68th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1904)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Deacon White]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1939)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Kateryna Melnyk-Antonovych]], Ukrainian historian and archaeologist (d. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Сьомочкіна-Рижко |first=О. М. |title=Антонович-Мельник Катерина Миколаївна |url=https://esu.com.ua/article-43012 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Енциклопедія Сучасної України |language=uk}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Georges Seurat]], French painter (d. 1891)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Charles Studd]], England cricketer and missionary (d. 1931)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Charles Edward Ringling]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Ringling Brothers Circus]] (d. 1926)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Harry Burleigh]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1949)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Yusuf Akçura]], Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism (d. 1935)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Cahir Healy]], Northern Irish [[Partitionism|Anti Partitionist]], writer and politician (d. 1970)<ref>{{cite report |author-link= |author= |date=November 2007 |title=Cahir Healy Papers |url=https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/healy-cahir-d2991.pdf |publisher=Public Records Office of Northern Ireland |page=3 |docket= |access-date=26 January 2023 |quote=}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Erima Harvey Northcroft]], New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1953)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Yahya Kemal Beyatlı]], Turkish poet and author (d. 1958)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[George Minot]], American physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1950)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Otto Dix]], German painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Charles H. Wesley]], American historian and author (d. 1987)
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Warren William]], American actor (d. 1948)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Harriet Cohen]], English pianist (d. 1967)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Ivan Bagramyan]], Russian general (d. 1982)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Rewi Alley]], New Zealand writer and political activist (d. 1987)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alley, Rewi |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4a10/alley-rewi |website=teara.govt.nz |publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage |access-date=26 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Indra Lal Roy]], Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot (d. 1918)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[John Barbirolli]], English cellist and conductor (d. 1970)
*  1899   &ndash; [[John Cobb (racing driver)|John Cobb]], English race car driver and pilot (d. 1952)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Ray Morehart]], American baseball player (d. 1989)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista]], former First Lady of Cuba (d. 1993)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Herta Hammerbacher]], German landscape architect and professor (d. 1985)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Raimundo Orsi]], Argentinian-Italian footballer (d. 1986)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Peter Carl Goldmark]], Hungarian-American engineer (d. 1977)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Arvo Askola]], Finnish runner (d. 1975)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Walenty Kłyszejko]], Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (d. 1987)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Joseph P. Lash]], American activist and author (d. 1987)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Russell Lynes]], American photographer, historian, and author (d. 1991)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Taisto Mäki]], Finnish runner (d. 1979)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[George Emmett]], English cricketer and coach (d. 1976)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Marc Platt (dancer)|Marc Platt]], American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2014)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Bill Erwin]], American actor (d. 2010)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Adolph Green]], American playwright and composer (d. 2002)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Takahito, Prince Mikasa]] of Japan (d. 2016)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Howard Finster]], American minister and painter (d. 2001)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Sylvia Syms (singer)|Sylvia Syms]], American singer (d. 1992)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Carlo Furno]], Italian cardinal (d. 2015)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Iakovos Kambanelis]], Greek author, poet, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Maria Callas]], American-Greek soprano and actress (d. 1977)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 2: Britney Spears, Charlie Puth |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/02/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-2-Britney-Spears-Charlie-Puth/5201669941940/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=30 November 2023 |date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Frid]], Canadian actor (d. 2012)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Alexander Haig]], American general and politician, 59th [[United States Secretary of State]] (d. 2010)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1924   &ndash; [[Else Marie Pade]], Danish composer (d. 2016)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Vilgot Sjöman]], Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Julie Harris (actress)|Julie Harris]], American actress (d. 2013)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Ralph Beard]], American basketball player (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ralph Beard |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76131/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Guy Bourdin]], French photographer (d. 1991)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Dan Jenkins]], American journalist and author (d. 2019)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Leon Litwack]], American historian and author (d. 2021)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Gary Becker]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2014)
*  1930   &ndash; [[David Piper (racing driver)|David Piper]], English race car driver
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Nigel Calder]], English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Masaaki Hatsumi]], Japanese martial artist and educator, founded [[Bujinkan]]
*  1931   &ndash; [[Wynton Kelly]], American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Edwin Meese]], American lawyer, 75th [[United States Attorney General]]<ref name="UPI" />
*  1931   &ndash; [[Gareth Wigan]], British film studio executive (d. 2010)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Peter Harding (RAF officer, born 1933)|Peter Robin Harding]], English marshal and pilot (d. 2021)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Mike Larrabee]], American sprinter and educator (d. 2003)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Tarcisio Bertone]], Italian cardinal
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[David Hackett Fischer]], American historian, author, and academic
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Manohar Joshi]], Indian lawyer and politician, 15th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (d. 2024)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Yael Dayan]], Israeli journalist, author, and politician
*  1939   &ndash; [[Francis Fox]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th [[Secretary of State for Canada]]
*  1939   &ndash; [[Harry Reid]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[Lieutenant Governor of Nevada]] (d. 2021) <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/28/harry-reid-nevada-senate-leader-obit-033261|title=Harry Reid, former Senate leader, dead at 82|publisher=Politico|last=Cohen|first=David|date=December 28, 2021|accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Willie Brown (American football)|Willie Brown]], American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2019)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Mike England]], Welsh footballer and manager
*  1941   &ndash; [[Tom McGuinness (musician)|Tom McGuinness]], English guitarist, songwriter, author, and producer
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Anna G. Jónasdóttir]], Icelandic political scientist and academic
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Wayne Allard]], American veterinarian and politician
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Cathy Lee Crosby]], American actress and tennis player<ref name="AP" />
*  1944   &ndash; [[Ibrahim Rugova]], Kosovan journalist and politician, 1st [[President of Kosovo]] (d. 2006)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Dionysis Savvopoulos]], Greek singer-songwriter
*  1944   &ndash; [[Botho Strauß]], German author and playwright
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Penelope Spheeris]], American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
*  1945   &ndash; [[Alan Thomson (cricketer)|Alan Thomson]], Australian cricketer (d. 2022)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[John Banks (New Zealand politician)|John Banks]], New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th [[Mayor of Auckland City]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[David Macaulay]], English-American author and illustrator
*  1946   &ndash; [[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer, founded [[Versace]] (d. 1997)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Isaac Bitton]], Moroccan-French drummer and songwriter
*  1947   &ndash; [[Tommy Jenkins]], English footballer and manager
*  1947   &ndash; [[Ivan Atanassov Petrov]], Bulgarian neurologist and author
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Berg (author)|Elizabeth Berg]], American nurse and author
*  1948   &ndash; [[T. Coraghessan Boyle]], American novelist and short story writer
*  1948   &ndash; [[Patricia Hewitt]], Australian-English educator and politician, English [[Secretary of State for Health]]
*  1948   &ndash; [[Toninho Horta]], Brazilian guitarist and composer
*  1948   &ndash; [[Antonín Panenka]], Czech footballer
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[John Wesley Ryles]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
*  1950   &ndash; [[Amin Saikal]], Afghan-Australian political scientist and academic
*  1950   &ndash; [[Benjamin Stora]], Algerian-French historian and author
*  1950   &ndash; [[Paul Watson]], Canadian activist, founded the [[Sea Shepherd Conservation Society]]
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Carol Shea-Porter]], American social worker, academic, and politician
*  1952   &ndash; [[Keith Szarabajka]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Dan Butler]], American actor, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Steven Bauer]], Cuban-American actor and producer<ref name="AP" />
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Dagfinn Høybråten]], Norwegian political scientist and politician, [[Minister of Health and Care Services|Norwegian Minister of Health]]
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Randy Gardner (figure skater)|Randy Gardner]], American figure skater<ref name="UPI" />
*  1958   &ndash; [[Andrew George (politician)|Andrew George]], English politician
*  1958   &ndash; [[Vladimir Parfenovich]], Belarusian canoe racer and politician
*  1958   &ndash; [[George Saunders]], American short story writer and essayist
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Kelefa Diallo]], Guinean general (d. 2013)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Peter Blakeley]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1960   &ndash; [[Deb Haaland]], American politician, 54th [[United States Secretary of the Interior]]<ref name="UPI" />
*  1960   &ndash; [[Razzle (musician)|Razzle]], English rock drummer (d. 1984)
*  1960   &ndash; [[Rick Savage]], English singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" />
*  1960   &ndash; [[Silk Smitha]], Indian film actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Silk Smitha's bold interview |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/silk-smithas-bold-interview-4813-1.html|website=filmfare.com/ |access-date=2 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[John Dyegh]], Nigerian businessman and politician
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Brendan Coyle]], English actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1963   &ndash; [[Ann Patchett]], American author<ref name="UPI" />
*  1963   &ndash; [[Rich Sutter]], Canadian ice hockey player and scout
*  1963   &ndash; [[Ron Sutter]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Shane Flanagan]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Philippe Etchebest]], French chef and television host
*  1966   &ndash; [[Jinsei Shinzaki]], Japanese wrestler and promoter, co-founded [[Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling]]
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Mary Creagh]], English scholar and politician, [[Shadow Secretary of State for Transport]]
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[David Batty]], English footballer
*  1968   &ndash; [[Jiří Dopita]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jiri Dopita |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jiri-dopita-8459069 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Darryl Kile]], American baseball player (d. 2002)
*  1968   &ndash; [[Lucy Liu]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 2, 2022 includes celebrities Britney Spears, Lucy Liu |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-2-2022-includes-celebrities-britney-spears-lucy-liu.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=30 November 2023 |date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Nate Mendel]], American singer-songwriter and bass player<ref name="AP" />
*  1968   &ndash; [[Rena Sofer]], American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Ulrika Bergquist]], Swedish journalist
*  1969   &ndash; [[Chris Kiwomya]], English footballer
*  1969   &ndash; [[Pavel Loskutov]], Estonian runner
*  1969   &ndash; [[Tanya Plibersek]], Australian journalist and politician, 45th [[Minister for Health (Australia)|Australian Minister of Health]]
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Joe Lo Truglio]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" />
*  1970   &ndash; [[Maksim Tarasov]], Russian pole vaulter
*  1970   &ndash; [[Treach]], American rapper and actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Wilson Jermaine Heredia]], American actor and singer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Rachel McQuillan]], Australian tennis player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Jüri Reinvere]], Estonian-German composer and poet
*  1971   &ndash; [[Francesco Toldo]], Italian footballer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Mine Yoshizaki]], Japanese illustrator
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Alan Henderson]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Henderson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/673/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Sergei Zholtok]], Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Graham Kavanagh]], Irish footballer and manager
*  1973   &ndash; [[Monica Seles]], Serbian-American tennis player<ref name="AP" />
*  1973   &ndash; [[Lee Steele]], English footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Jan Ullrich]], German cyclist
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mark Kotsay]], American baseball player and manager
*  1976   &ndash; [[Masafumi Gotoh]], Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Siyabonga Nomvethe]], South African footballer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Jarron Collins]], American basketball player and coach
*  1978   &ndash; [[Jason Collins]], American basketball player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Nelly Furtado]], Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress<ref name="AP" />
*  1978   &ndash; [[Luigi Malafronte]], Italian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Peter Moylan]], Australian baseball player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Maëlle Ricker]], Canadian snowboarder
*  1978   &ndash; [[David Rivas]], Spanish footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Andrew Ryan (rugby league)|Andrew Ryan]], Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
*  1978   &ndash; [[Christopher Wolstenholme]], English singer-songwriter and bass player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Yvonne Catterfeld]], German singer-songwriter and actress
*  1979   &ndash; [[Michael McIndoe]], Scottish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Abdul Razzaq (cricketer)|Abdul Razzaq]], Pakistani cricketer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Adam Kreek]], Canadian rower
*  1980   &ndash; [[Darryn Randall]], South African cricketer (d. 2013)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Joel Ward (ice hockey)|Joel Ward]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joel Ward |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/joel-ward-8468208 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Maria Ferekidi]], Greek canoe racer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Eric Jungmann]], American actor
*  1981   &ndash; [[Thomas Pöck]], Austrian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Pock |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/thomas-pock-8469919 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Danijel Pranjić]], Croatian footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Britney Spears]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Christos Karipidis]], Greek footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Matt Walsh (basketball)|Matt Walsh]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Walsh |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101190/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Action Bronson]], American rapper, songwriter, chef, and television host<ref>{{cite web |last1=Steiner |first1=BJ |title=Happy Birthday, Action Bronson! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-action-bronson/ |publisher=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=30 November 2023 |date=2 December 2014}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Chris Burke (footballer)|Chris Burke]], Scottish footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Bibiana Candelas]], Mexican volleyball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Jaime Durán]], Mexican footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Eugene Jeter]], American-Ukrainian basketball player, coach, and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Pooh Jeter |url=https://gleague.nba.com/player/200817/pooh-jeter |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Jana Kramer]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP" />
*  1983   &ndash; [[Aaron Rodgers]], American football player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Daniela Ruah]], Portuguese-American actress<ref name="AP" />
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Péter Máté (footballer)|Péter Máté]], Hungarian footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Amaury Leveaux]], French swimmer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Dorell Wright]], American basketball player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Song Ha-yoon]], South Korean actress
*  1986   &ndash; [[Claudiu Keșerü]], Romanian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Renee Montgomery]], American basketball player and executive<ref>{{cite web |title=Renee Montgomery |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/201904/renee-montgomery |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[Tal Wilkenfeld]], Australian bass player and composer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Alfred Enoch]], English actor<ref name="AP" />
*  1988   &ndash; [[Stephen McGinn]], Scottish footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Etta Bond]], English singer-songwriter
*  1989   &ndash; [[Matteo Darmian]], Italian footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Cassie Steele]], Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
*  1989   &ndash; [[Robert Turbin]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Turbin |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14894/robert-turbin |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu]], Ghanaian footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Gastón Ramírez]], Uruguayan footballer
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Chloé Dufour-Lapointe]], Canadian skier
*  1991   &ndash; [[Brandon Knight (basketball)|Brandon Knight]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Knight |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202688/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Charlie Puth]], American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref name="AP" />
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Sim Bhullar]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sim Bhullar |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/204021/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Gary Sánchez]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gary Sánchez |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/gary-sanchez-596142 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Haruka Ishida]], Japanese singer and actress
*  1993   &ndash; [[Kostas Stafylidis]], Greek footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Zach Cunningham]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Zach Cunningham |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3051750/zach-cunningham |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Aaron Jones (running back)|Aaron Jones]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aaron Jones |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3042519/aaron-jones |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Elias Lindholm]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elias Lindholm |url=https://www.nhl.com/flames/player/elias-lindholm-8477496 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Fumika Shimizu]], Japanese actress and model
*  1994   &ndash; [[Tomokaze Yūta]], Japanese sumo wrestler
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Uladzislau Hancharou]], Belarusian trampolinist
*  1995   &ndash; [[Inori Minase]], Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Jake Doran]], Australian cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jake Doran |website=ESPNcricinfo |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/jake-doran-605570 |access-date=11 December 2023}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[De'Andre Hunter]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=De'Andre Hunter |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4065732/de'andre-hunter |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=30 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Annalise Basso]], American actress<ref name="UPI" />
*  1998   &ndash; [[Anna Kalinskaya]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/323942/anna-kalinskaya|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Anna Kalinskaya|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Juice Wrld]], American rapper, singer and songwriter (d. 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|last1=VIBE|last2=VIBE|date=2020-12-03|title=Juice Wrld's Mom Shares Touching Tribute In Honor Of His Birthday|url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/juice-wrld-mom-marks-rappers-birthday-with-touching-tribute-685388/|access-date=2021-05-04|website=VIBE.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Neil Erasmus]], South African-Australian footballer<ref name=afltables>{{cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/N/Neil_Erasmus.html|title=Neil Erasmus|publisher=AFL Tables|access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ilia Malinin]], American competitive figure skater<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/figure-skating/ilia-malinin_prs575286/person.shtml|title=Ilia Malinin - Player Profile - Figure Skating|website=Eurosport|access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[537]] &ndash; [[Pope Silverius]]
* [[930]] &ndash; [[Ma Yin]], Chinese warlord, king of [[Chu (Ten Kingdoms)]] (b. 853)
* [[949]] &ndash; [[Odo of Wetterau]], German nobleman
*[[1022]] &ndash; [[Elvira Menéndez (died 1022)|Elvira Menéndez]], queen of [[Alfonso V of Castile]] (b. 996)
*[[1255]] &ndash; [[Muhammad III of Alamut]], Nizari Ismaili Imam<ref name=Daftary1992p422>{{cite book |last1=Daftary |first1=Farhad |title=The Isma'ilis: Their History and Doctrines |date=1992 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-42974-0 |page=422 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1340]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey le Scrope]], Chief Justice of King Edward III of England
*[[1348]] &ndash; [[Emperor Hanazono]] of Japan (b. 1297)
*[[1381]] &ndash; [[John of Ruusbroec]], Flemish priest and mystic (b. 1293)
*[[1455]] &ndash; [[Isabel of Coimbra]], queen of Portugal (b. 1432)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDsOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4066-8|page=702}}</ref>
*[[1463]] &ndash; [[Albert VI, Archduke of Austria]] (b. 1418)
*[[1469]] &ndash; [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici]], Italian banker and politician (b. 1416)
*[[1510]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Shaybani]], [[Khan (title)|Khan]] of [[Bukhara]] (b. 1451)
*[[1515]] &ndash; [[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba]], Spanish general (b. 1453)
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Hernán Cortés]], Spanish general and explorer (b. 1485)<ref>{{cite book |last1=MacNutt |first1=Francis Augustus |title=Fernando Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico, 1485-1547 |date=1909 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=432}}</ref>
*[[1594]] &ndash; [[Gerardus Mercator]], Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (b. 1512)
===1601–1900===
*[[1615]] &ndash; [[Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon]], French general (b. 1541)
*[[1665]] &ndash; [[Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet]], French author (b. 1588)
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[Pierre Puget]], French painter, sculptor, and architect (b. 1622)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[Pasquier Quesnel]], French theologian and author (b. 1634)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]] (b. 1674)
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[Samuel Penhallow]], English-American historian and author (b. 1665)
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[Vincent Bourne]], English poet and scholar (b. 1695)
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (b. 1662)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Johann Friedrich Agricola]], German organist and composer (b. 1720)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Marquis de Sade]], French philosopher, author, and politician (b. 1740)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko]], Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]] (b. 1792)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], American abolitionist (b. 1800)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Jenny von Westphalen]], German author (b. 1814)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Allen Wright]], Principal chief of the [[Choctaw Nation]] (1866–1870); proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words ''okra'' and ''umma'', meaning "Territory of the Red People." (b. 1826)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Namık Kemal]], Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1840)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Jay Gould]], American businessman and financier (b. 1836)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Gregorio del Pilar]], Filipino general and politician, 1st [[Governor of Bulacan]] (b. 1875)
===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Edmond Rostand]], French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Kazimieras Būga]], Lithuanian linguist and philologist (b. 1879)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Paul Heinrich von Groth]], German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal ''[[Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie]]'' (b. 1843)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Vincent d'Indy]], French composer and educator (b. 1851)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Warrack|author2=Ewan West|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbDbuLJPKBgC&pg=PA243|date=7 March 1996|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-280028-2|pages=243}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[John Ringling]], American businessman, co-founded [[Ringling Brothers Circus]] (b. 1866)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Nordahl Grieg]], Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Josef Lhévinne]], Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Eiji Sawamura]], Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Dinu Lipatti]], Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Reginald Baker (sportsman)|Reginald Baker]], Australian rugby player (b. 1884)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Trần Trọng Kim]], Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, [[List of Prime Ministers of Vietnam|Prime Minister of Vietnam]] (b. 1883)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Harrison Ford (silent film actor)|Harrison Ford]], American actor (b. 1884)
*  1957   &ndash; [[Manfred Sakel]], Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[L. E. J. Brouwer]], Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Giles Cooper (playwright)|Giles Cooper]], Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Francis Spellman]], American cardinal (b. 1889).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0801438|title=Spellman, Francis Joseph (1889-1967), Roman Catholic prelate |website=[[American National Biography]] |year=2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0801438 |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |access-date=May 4, 2021|last1=Fogarty |first1=Gerald P. }}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[José María Arguedas]], Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (b. 1911)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Kliment Voroshilov]], Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd [[List of heads of state of the Soviet Union|Head of State of The Soviet Union]] (b. 1881)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Sylvi Kekkonen]], Finnish writer and wife of President of Finland [[Urho Kekkonen]] (b. 1900)<ref name="kb">{{cite web |title=Kekkonen, Sylvi (1900-1974) |url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/8089 |website=Kansallisbiografia.fi |publisher=National Biography of Finland |access-date=1 August 2021 |language=fi}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Max Weber (Swiss politician)|Max Weber]], Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Danny Murtaugh]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Chaudhry Muhammad Ali]], Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (b. 1905)
*  1980   &ndash; [[Romain Gary]], Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (b. 1914)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Wallace Harrison]], American architect, co-founded [[Harrison & Abramovitz]] (b. 1895)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Marty Feldman]], English actor and comedian (b. 1934)
*  1982   &ndash; [[Giovanni Ferrari]], Italian footballer and manager (b. 1907)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Fifi D'Orsay]], Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1904)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Philip Larkin]], English poet, author, and librarian (b. 1922)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Desi Arnaz]], Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer (b. 1917)
*  1986   &ndash; [[John Curtis Gowan]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Luis Federico Leloir]], French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich]], Belarusian physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist (b. 1914)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Karl-Heinz Bürger]], German colonel (b. 1904)
*  1988   &ndash; [[Tata Giacobetti]], Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1922)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Aaron Copland]], American composer and conductor (b. 1900)
*  1990   &ndash; [[Robert Cummings]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1908)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Pablo Escobar]], Colombian drug lord (b. 1949)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Robertson Davies]], Canadian author, playwright, and critic (b. 1913)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Roxie Roker]], American actress (b. 1929)
*  1995   &ndash; [[Mária Telkes]], Hungarian–American biophysicist and chemist (b. 1900)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Shirley Crabtree]], English wrestler (b. 1930)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Michael Hedges]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1953)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Charlie Byrd]], American guitarist (b. 1925)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Gail Fisher]], American actress (b. 1935)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Ivan Illich]], Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Arno Peters]], German cartographer and historian (b. 1916)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Alan Davidson (food writer)|Alan Davidson]], British soldier, historian, and author (b. 1924)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Alicia Markova]], English ballerina and choreographer (b. 1910)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Mona Van Duyn]], American poet and academic (b. 1921)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[William P. Lawrence]], American admiral and pilot (b. 1930)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Van Tuong Nguyen]], Australian convicted drug trafficker (b. 1980)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Mariska Veres]], Dutch singer (b. 1947)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Jennifer Alexander]], Canadian-American ballerina and actress (b. 1972)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Hardwick (writer)|Elizabeth Hardwick]], American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1916)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Odetta]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1930)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Henry Molaison]], American [[memory disorder]] patient (b. 1926)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Edward Samuel Rogers]], Canadian lawyer and businessman (b. 1933)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Renato de Grandis]], Italian composer, musicologist, and writer (b. 1927)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Foge Fazio]], American football player and coach (b. 1938)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Eric Woolfson]], Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Tom Hendry]], Canadian playwright, co-founded the [[Manitoba Theatre Centre]] (b. 1929)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ehsan Naraghi]], Iranian sociologist and author (b. 1926)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[William Allain]], American soldier and politician, 58th [[Governor of Mississippi]] (b. 1928)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jean-Claude Beton]], Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded [[Orangina]] (b. 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Marcelo Déda]], Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1960)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Junior Murvin]], Jamaican singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[A. R. Antulay]], Indian lawyer and politician, 8th [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (b. 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jean Béliveau]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Josie Cichockyj]], English basketball player and coach (b. 1964)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Bobby Keys]], American saxophonist (b. 1943)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Don Laws]], American figure skater and coach (b. 1929)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Sandy Berger]], American lawyer and politician, 19th [[National Security Advisor (United States)|United States National Security Advisor]] (b. 1945)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Will McMillan (actor)|Will McMillan]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1944)
*  2015   &ndash; [[George T. Sakato]], American soldier, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1921)
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Pat Patterson (wrestler)|Pat Patterson]], American wrestler (b. 1941) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Tony Marinaro on Twitter: "Just got a text from my buddy Rodger Brulotte letting me know that legendary wrestler Pat Patterson of @WWE passed away earlier this morning in a Miami hospital. Patterson, had cancer. He was 79. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. RIP. #WWE"|url=https://twitter.com/tonymarinaro/status/1334124104228741129|access-date=December 2, 2020|work=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson passes away|url=https://www.wwe.com/article/wwe-hall-of-famer-pat-patterson-passes-away|work=WWE|date=December 2, 2020|access-date=December 2, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Helmut Duckadam]], Romanian footballer (b. 1959) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-Steaua Bucharest keeper Duckadam, the 'Hero of Seville', dies at 65|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/ex-steaua-bucharest-keeper-duckadam-hero-seville-dies-65-2024-12-02/|work=Reuters|date=December 2, 2024|access-date=December 2, 2024}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
*[[Armed Forces Day (Cuba)]]
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Avitianus|Avitus of Rouen]]
**[[Saint Bibiana|Bibiana]]
**[[Channing Moore Williams]] ([[Anglicanism]])
**[[Chromatius]]
**[[Habakkuk]] ([[Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar|Eastern Orthodox]])
**[[December 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[International Day for the Abolition of Slavery]] ([[United Nations]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Lao National Day]]
*[[National Day (United Arab Emirates)]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/2 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=2}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/2 Historical Events on December 2]
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[[Category:Days of the year]]
[[Category:December]]