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December 2 is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) ... Historical Events on December 2 This page was last edited on 17 May 2024, at 16:44 ...
The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery [1] is a yearly event on December 2, organized since 1986 by the United Nations General Assembly . The Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others [2] was approved by the United Nations General Assembly [3] on December 2, 1949.
The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million ...
December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 27 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
March. March – Construction begins on the Badger Army Ammunition Plant (the largest in the United States during WWII ). March 9 – WWII: Executive order 9082 (February 28, 1942) reorganizes the United States Army into three major commands: Army Ground Forces, Army Air Forces, and Services of Supply, later redesignated Army Service Forces.
Portal:Current events [ edit] This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from December 2002. Football (soccer): Real Madrid has defeated Olimpia Paraguay to win the Intercontinental Cup. Today is the Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan for Muslims worldwide.
December 8, 1942 (Tuesday) German forces occupied the Tunisian city of Bizerte. [6] German submarine U-254 sank in the Atlantic Ocean after an accidental collision with U-221. German submarine U-611 was depth charged and sunk off Cape Farewell, Greenland by a British Liberator bomber.
A U.S. government spokesman, who asked not to be identified, announced that for the first time in United States history, the fertility rate had dropped below the zero population growth (ZPG) standard of 2.11 births for every woman, from 2.28 in 1971 to 2.04 in 1972. December 6, 1972 (Wednesday)