Talk:December 2

Selected anniversaries for the "On this day" section of the Main Page

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December 2 Benazir Bhutto 1899 – Philippine–American War: A 60-man Filipino rearguard was defeated at the Battle of Tirad Pass, but delayed the American advance long enough to ensure President Emilio Aguinaldo's escape. 1943 – World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking twenty-eight vessels and releasing one ship's secret cargo of mustard gas. 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. 1988 – Benazir Bhutto (pictured) took office as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state. 2001 – Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, the Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth. John Breckinridge (b. 1760) William Burges (b. 1827) Aaron Copland (d. 1990) Shyam Swarup Agarwal (d. 2013) More anniversaries: December 1 December 2 December 3

Removed

• 1958 - Benelux Economic Union formed.

Could not be reliably confirmed. --mav 05:43, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Einstein and the Gay Day

1. What is the source that claims this:

   1915 - Albert Einstein publishes the general theory of relativity.

   The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein, Volume 6: The Berlin Years: Writings, 1914-1917 does not mention this date.

2. What is the source that claims that December 2nd is

   International Day of the Gay

   Google finds nothing about the "international day of the gay".

Both additions were added recently by an anonimous user. I'm removing them until we find the sources. --romanm (talk) 00:15, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Edit request from 72.64.49.144, 2 December 2010

{{edit semi-protected}} Hello, Please edit birth entry for John Breckinridge to add 5th United States Attorney General

Likewise, please edit the birth entry for Edwin Meese to add 75th United States Attorney General.

Thanks.

72.64.49.144 (talk) 02:23, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Please provide a reliable source. However, note that John Breckinridge's page says he was born on August 7, and Edwin Meese's article says he was born on February 25. So, are you saying both of those article are wrong? Qwyrxian (talk) 13:54, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

Saint Paul’s Cathedral

I cleaned up the entry on Saint Paul’s Cathedral, slightly: by changing the word ‘opened’m, to ‘consecrated’.

They are slightly different

Cuddy2977 (talk) 18:33, 27 November 2013 (UTC)

Unsourced Event Removed

I reluctantly removed the following from the Events section:

• 1946 – The British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.

I can't find a reference for this anywhere. The Constituent Assembly of India article doesn't mention it, nor do the biographical articles for the four leaders. Can anybody provide a link to support this? Alexbook (talk) 04:59, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

Births and Deaths

Continuing the ongoing effort to reduce the size of the Births and Deaths sections to make them manageable, I'm removing some celebrities with few or no articles in other wikipedias, moving the entries to the appropriate Year in Topic article if they were not already present. This is in accordance with the guidelines. See discussions at Wikipedia_talk:Days_of_the_year. Deb (talk) 16:14, 8 December 2015 (UTC)

bonzibuddy release date

well if this probably isnt notable enough! but this was the day that bonzibuddy (the purple gorilla spyware and adware program by bonzi software that was sued by coppa for a billion and broke coppa regulations at the time atleast in 2004) was released! maybe put it here? its notable for the memes? and also this one video said bonzibuddy was released in december 2nd 1999! so yeah maybe put it here! although its malware but whatever! 24.49.35.94 (talk) 15:00, 18 November 2023 (UTC)