December 2nd

See also: Category: Holidays December 2

International

•   International Day for the Abolition of Slavery .

National

•   Myanmar is a National Holiday.
•   UAE - Independence Day (since 1971 ).

Professional

•   Cuba - Day of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.
•   Russia - Banking Worker's Day .

  Religious

  In the catholic church

• memory of St. Evasius, Bishop of Brescia;
• memory of St. Loop (Luperia), Bishop of Verona;
• memory of the martyrs Eusebius , presbyter; Marcellus, deacon; Hippolytus, Maxim, Adria, Peacocks, Neon, Mary Martana and Aurelius ( 254 - 259 years );
• memory of the martyr Ponzian and his four companions (about 259 years );
• commemoration of St. Avician , Bishop of Rouen ( 325 year );
• memory of the holy martyr Bibiana (about 363 years );
• memory of St. Chromatius, Bishop of Aquileia (circa 406 );
• memory of the martyrs of the African North, Secura, Januaria (Ianuaria) and Quiz (about 450 years );
• memory of St. Sylvanas, Bishop of Troas (about 450 years );
• memory of St. Nonn, Bishop of Edes ( 471 year );
• memory of St. Silver, Pope of Rome ( 537 year );
• memory of St. Oderisius de Marcy ( 1105 );
• memory of blessed Robert Matalliansky ( 1185 );
• the memory of Blessed Jan van Roisbruck ( 1381 );
• memory of blessed Hon Amero ( 1566 );
• memory of blessed Mary Angela Astorch ( 1665 );
• memory of blessed Rafal (Melchor) of Khylinsky ( 1741 );
• the memory of the blessed martyr Francisco del Valle Villar ( 1936 );
• memory of blessed Ivan (Slezuk) ( 1973 ).

  In the Russian Orthodox Church ^{[2] [3]}

• memory of the prophet Obadiah (from 12) (9th century BC);
• memory of the martyr Iliodor (about 273 years );
• the memory of the martyr Azah and with him 150 soldiers ( 284-305 years );
• memory of the martyr Barlaam (circa 304 );
• memory of the Monks Varlaam and Joasaph, Prince of India , and his father Abner the king ( IV century );
• memory of the Monk Hilarion the Wonderworker ( 875 ) (Cargo);
• memory of the Monk Varlaam, hegumen of the Caves, in the Near Caves ( 1065 );
• recollection of the relics of the venerable martyr Adrian Poshekhonsky, Yaroslavsky ( 1625 );
• memory of St. Filaret, Metropolitan of Moscow ( 1867 );
• memory of the Monk Porfiry Kavsokalivit (Bairaktarisa) ( 1991 );
• memory of the holy martyr John Vishnevsky, presbyter ( 1920 );
• memory of the Holy Martyrs Porfiry (Gulevich), Bishop of Simferopol , Joasaph (Udalov), Bishop of Chistopol , Sergei Makhaev, Mikhail Dmitrev, Alexander Mishutin, John Malinovsky, Konstantin Mikhailovsky, Alexander Serebrov, Ignatius Teslin, John Pyramidin, Simeon Brianov , Dimitry Kuklin, Jacob Peredery, presbyters, Rev. Martyrs Joasaph (Krymzin), Gennady (Rebesa), Peter (Mamontov), ​​Gerasim (Sukhov), Michael (Kvanin), martyrs Valentin Kornienko, Peter Ant Onova, Leonid Salkov and Timofey Kucherov ( 1937 );
• celebration of the icon of the Mother of God, called "In sorrow and grief Consolation" ( 1863 ).

See also: Category: December 2 events

Until the 19th century

• 1409 - The University of Leipzig opened.

XIX century

• 1804 - Napoleon I Bonaparte proclaimed himself emperor of France .
• 1805 - defeat of the Russian and Austrian forces in the Battle of Austerlitz from the army of Napoleon .
• 1852 - The fall of the Second Republic in France and the establishment of the Second Empire with Emperor Napoleon III at the head.
• 1857 - a rescript of Alexander II addressed to the Vilnius Governor-General V.I. Nazimov , which laid the foundation for the Peasant Reform of 1861 .

XX century

• 1902 - a catastrophic earthquake of magnitude 6.7 to 9 in the city of Andijan ( Uzbekistan ).
• 1920 - The Alexandropol Treaty between Turkey and Armenia , ending the Turkish-Armenian war .
• 1939 - The opening of the international airport . Fiorello La Guardia in New York .
• 1942 - Enrico Fermi receiving the first controlled nuclear chain reaction .
• 1946 - an agreement on the unification of the occupation zones of Germany , signed by Great Britain and the USA in New York , which laid the foundation for Bison .
• 1956 - A group of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro , sailing from Mexico on the Granma yacht, lands in Cuba .
• 1971 - the Soviet automatic interplanetary station " Mars-3 " for the first time in the world made a soft landing on the surface of Mars .
• 1977 - Tu-154 crash near the city of Al-Baida ( Libya ). Killed 59 people.
• 1990 - Launch of the Soyuz TM-11 spacecraft with an international crew ( Victor Afanasyev , Musa Manarov , Toyohiro Akiyama ).

XXI century

• 2007 - elections to the State Duma of the fifth convocation were held in Russia .
• 2010
  • Due to the severe fire that broke out in the forests of Mount Carmel , 44 people were killed, mostly Israeli police.
  • iPhone launched the Viber messenger .
• 2011 - the Borisovo , Shipilovskaya and Zyablikovo metro stations on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line were opened in Moscow .

See also: Category: Born on December 2

Until the 19th century

• 1742 - Peter the Amblers (d. 1806 ), Russian astronomer.

XIX century

• 1825
  • Pedro II (d. 1891 ), the second and last emperor of Brazil (1831-1889).
  • Krishjanis Valdemar (d. 1891 ), Latvian writer, folklorist and enlightener, spiritual leader of young boys .
• 1837 - Joseph Bell (d. 1911 ), surgeon, professor at the University of Edinburgh , the prototype of Sherlock Holmes .
• 1859 - Georges-Pierre Seurat (d. 1891 ), French artist.
• 1868 - Francis Jamm (d. 1938 ), French poet and symbolist .
• 1881 - Irakli Tsereteli (d. 1959 ), Georgian and Russian politician, revolutionary, leader of the Mensheviks .
• 1891 - Otto Dix (d. 1969 ), German expressionist painter .
• 1897 - Ivan Baghramyan (d. 1982 ), twice Hero of the Soviet Union , holder of the seven orders of Lenin , Marshal of the Soviet Union , member of the Central Committee of the CPSU .
• 1898 - Indra Lal Roy (died in 1918 ), an Indian pilot ace, a participant in the First World War .
• 1900 - Alexander Prokofiev (d. 1971 ), Russian Soviet poet and journalist.

XX century

• 1908 - Nikolai Zhukov (d. 1973 ), painter, graphic artist, poster artist, people's artist of the USSR.
• 1921 - Gleb Kaleda (d. 1994 ), Soviet geologist, mineralogist, professor and priest of the Russian Church , archpriest .
• 1923
  • Maria Callas (d. 1977 ), an American opera singer of Greek origin.
  • Alexander Yakovlev (d. 2005 ), Soviet and Russian politician, member of the Politburo of the CPSU Central Committee , one of the main ideologists of " perestroika ".
• 1935 - Nina Antonova , Soviet and Ukrainian actress.
• 1946 - Gianni Versace (killed in 1997 ), Italian fashion designer.
• 1948 - Antonin Panenka , Czechoslovakian footballer, author of the soccer technique " kick in the style of Panenka ."
• 1952 - Vladimir Permyakov , Russian film and theater actor, performer of the role of Leni Golubkov in MMM advertising.
• 1954 - Stone Phillips , American television reporter.
• 1959 - Alexander Kuznetsov , Soviet and Russian actor, screenwriter and theater teacher.
• 1968 - Lucy Liu , American actress (films Charlie's Angels , Kill Bill , etc.).
• 1973 - Monica Seles , Yugoslav-American professional tennis player .
• 1977 - Sasha Putrya (d. 1989 ), a young artist from Poltava , who created 2279 works in her short life (11 years).
• 1978
  • Nelly Furtado , Canadian singer.
  • Christopher Tony Wollstenholm , English musician, bassist for the British rock band MUSE .
• 1981 - Britney Spears , American pop singer.

See also: Category: Deceased on December 2

Until the 19th century

• 1547 - Hernan Cortes (b. 1485 ), Spanish conquistador.
• 1552 - Francis Xavier (b. 1506 ), Spanish missionary in Japan and India, Catholic saint.
• 1594 - Gerard Mercator (b. 1512 ), Flemish cartographer.

XIX century

• 1814 - Marquis de Sade (b. 1740 ), French writer, founder of sadism .
• 1824 - Fedor Uvarov (b. 1769 ), Russian general, participant in the Patriotic War of 1812 .
• 1845 - Simon Mayr (b. 1763 ), German composer.
• 1859 - John Brown (b. 1800 ), American white abolitionist (fighter for the abolition of slavery).
• 1876 - Pavel Glebov , Russian lawyer, leader of the military judicial reform, Privy Councilor.
• 1881 - Jenny von Westphalen (b. 1814 ), German politician, wife of Karl Marx .

XX century

• 1916 - Francesco Paolo Tosti (b. 1846 ), Italian composer.
• 1918 - Edmond Rostand (b. 1868 ), French poet, playwright.
• 1919
  • Maria Dolina (b. 1868 ), Russian singer ( contralto ).
  • Pierre Auguste Renoir (b. 1841 ), French painter, graphic artist and sculptor, representative of impressionism .
• 1929 - Garadagh, Hasanaliaga Khan (b. 1848 ), Azerbaijani teacher, poet, historian, translator.
• 1937
  • Rene Dumik (b. 1860 ), French theater, literary critic, critic.
  • Jose Comas-Sola (b. 1868 ), Spanish astronomer.
• 1939 - Artyom Vesyoliy (b. 1899 ), Russian Soviet writer.
• 1940 - Nikolai Koltsov (b. 1872 ), biologist, founder and director of the Institute of Experimental Biology .
• 1941 - Edward Rydz-Smigly (b. 1886 ), Polish military commander and politician, Marshal of Poland.
• 1944
  • Joseph Levin (b. 1874 ), Russian-American pianist and teacher.
  • Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (b. 1876 ), Italian writer, poet, founder of futurism .
• 1957 - Manfred Sackel (b. 1900 ), Austrian-American psychiatrist, developer of the method of insulin-shock therapy in the treatment of schizophrenia.
• 1962 - Nikolai Anosov (b. 1900 ), Soviet conductor, teacher, historian and theoretician of conducting, composer, pianist.
• 1964 - Roger Beaissier (b. 1886 ), French painter.
• 1969 - Clement Voroshilov (b. 1881 ), Soviet military leader, party and statesman, one of the first Marshals of the Soviet Union.
• 1974 - Zinaida Ermolyeva (b. 1898 ), Soviet microbiologist, epidemiologist, creator of antibiotics , academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences .
• 1979 - Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy (b. 1907 ), Soviet composer, Hero of Socialist Labor.
• 1980 - Romain Gary (b. 1914 ), French writer, screenwriter and director .
• 1985 - Philip Arthur Larkin (b. 1922 ), English poet.
• 1987
  • Donn Fulton Aisley (b. 1930 ), NASA astronaut.
  • Yakov Zeldovich (b. 1914 ), Soviet physicist and physicist-chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences .
  • Luis Federico Leloir (b. 1906 ), Argentinean biochemist, Nobel laureate (1970).
• 1990
  • Robert Cummings (b. 1908 ), American actor, director and producer.
  • Aaron Copland (b. 1900 ), American composer.
  • Igor Nefyodov (b. 1960 ), Soviet and Russian film and theater actor.
  • Maxim Tsagaraev (b. 1916 ), Ossetian Soviet writer, playwright and screenwriter.
• 1993 - Pablo Escobar (b. 1949 ), Colombian drug lord.

XXI century

• 2002 - Boris Ivanov (b. 1920 ), theater and film actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR.
• 2004
  • Sergey Kurdyumov (b. 1928 ), Soviet and Russian scientist, specialist in the field of mathematical modeling, plasma physics and synergetics .
  • Leonid Telyatnikov (b. 1951 ), Soviet and Ukrainian firefighter, major general of the internal service, personally taking part in putting out the fire in the 4th unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant , Hero of the Soviet Union.
• 2006 - Mariska Veres (born 1948 ), vocalist of the Dutch band “ Shocking Blue ”.
• 2008 - Renato de Grandis (b. 1927 ), Italian composer, writer and theosophist.

Avdey the Guardian .

• In the old days, it was believed that a blizzard that broke out on this day takes the road and drives the disease into the earth’s cracks ^[4] .

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