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This is a list of selected December 2 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

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Blurb Reason
National Day in Laos (1975) Neither of the two sources provided mentions National Day, or verifies the date
and the United Arab Emirates (1971) Laos: multiple issues; UAE: refimprove section
1409Leipzig University in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, one of the oldest universities in Europe, was established. refimprove section, citation style
1763 – The Touro Synagogue, the oldest surviving Jewish synagogue building in North America, was formally dedicated. refimprove section
1823 – U.S. president James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, a proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World. Too much uncited
1848Franz Joseph became Emperor of Austria. refimprove section
1908 – Two-year-old Puyi became Emperor of China, the last one before the Republic of China was declared in 1912. Unreferenced section, featured on February 12
1920 – The Treaty of Alexandropol, a peace treaty between the Democratic Republic of Armenia and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ending the Turkish Invasion of Armenia, was signed before the declaration of the Republic of Turkey. short
1975 – The Pathet Lao overthrew the royalist government in Vientiane, forcing King Savang Vatthana to abdicate, and established the Lao People's Democratic Republic. refimprove section
1980 – Four American missionaries were murdered by a military death squad in El Salvador. Quite a few citation needed tags
1999 – The United Kingdom devolved political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive. refimprove section
2008Thai political crisis: The Constitutional Court of Thailand dissolved three political parties, including the governing People's Power Party, leading to the resignation of prime minister Somchai Wongsawat. Crisis: unreferenced section; Wongsawat: refimprove
Vincent Bourne |d|1747| Lede too short
Inori Minase |b|1995 too many {cn} tags

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