December 2 Events 1244 - Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon . 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens. 1697 - St Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London. 1763 - Dedication of the Touro Synagogue , in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States. 1766 - Swedish parliament approved the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implemented it as a ground law, thus being first in the world with freedom of speech. 1804 - At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French . 1805 - War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force. 1823 - Monroe Doctrine: In a 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 - Manifest destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West. 1848 - Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria . 1851 - French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic . 1852 - Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III . 1859 - Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia . 1865 - Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks 1867 - At Tremont Temple in Boston , British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States. 1899 - Philippine–American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass , termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought. 1908 - Puyi becomes Emperor of China at the age of two. 1917 - World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk , and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin. 1927 - Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile. 1930 - Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy. 1939 - New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens. 1942 - World War II: During the Manhattan Project , a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction . 1943 - World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari , Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas . 1947 - Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine . 1949 - Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted. 1950 - Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea . 1954 - Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute". 1954 - The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty , between the United States and Taiwan , is signed in Washington, D.C. 1956 - The 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 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted. 1961 - In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism . 1962 - 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. 1970 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations. 1971 - Abu Dhabi , Ajman , Fujairah , Sharjah , Dubai , and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates . 1975 - Laotian Civil War: The Pathet Lao seizes the Laotian capital of Vientiane , forces the abdication of King Sisavang Vatthana , and proclaims the Lao People's Democratic Republic . 1976 - Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba , replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado . 1980 - Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad. 1982 - At the University of Utah , Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart . 1988 - Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan , becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state. 1989 - The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia . 1991 - Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union . 1993 - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín . 1993 - Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope . 1999 - The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement . 2001 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . 2015 - San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California . 2016 - Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California , warehouse serving as an artist collective .Births 503 - Emperor Jianwen of Liang , emperor of the Chinese Liang dynasty 1501 - Queen Munjeong , Korean queen 1578 - Agostino Agazzari , Italian composer and theorist 1599 - Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin , Scottish nobleman 1629 - William Egon of Fürstenberg , Catholic cardinal 1694 - William Shirley , English-American lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay 1703 - Ferdinand Konščak , Croatian missionary and explorer 1738 - Richard Montgomery , Irish-American general 1754 - William Cooper , American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York 1759 - James Edward Smith , English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society 1760 - John Breckinridge , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Attorney General 1760 - Joseph Graetz , German organist, composer, and educator 1810 - Henry Yesler , American businessman and politician, 7th Mayor of Seattle 1811 - Jean-Charles Chapais , Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture 1817 - Heinrich von Sybel , German historian, academic, and politician 1825 - Pedro II of Brazil 1827 - William Burges , English architect and designer 1846 - Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau , French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France 1847 - Deacon White , American baseball player and manager 1859 - Georges Seurat , French painter 1860 - Charles Studd , England cricketer and missionary 1863 - Charles Edward Ringling , American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus 1866 - Harry Burleigh , American singer-songwriter 1876 - Yusuf Akçura , Tatar-Turkish activist and ideologue of Turanism 1884 - Erima Harvey Northcroft , New Zealand soldier, lawyer, and judge 1884 - Yahya Kemal Beyatlı , Turkish poet and author 1885 - George Minot , American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1891 - Otto Dix , German painter and illustrator 1891 - Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author 1894 - Warren William , American actor 1895 - Harriet Cohen , English pianist 1897 - Ivan Bagramyan , Russian general 1897 - Rewi Alley , New Zealand writer and political activist 1898 - Indra Lal Roy , Indian lieutenant and first Indian fighter aircraft pilot 1899 - John Barbirolli , English cellist and conductor 1899 - John Cobb , English race car driver and pilot 1899 - Ray Morehart , American baseball player 1900 - Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista , First Lady of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 1900 - Herta Hammerbacher , German landscape architect and professor 1901 - Raimundo Orsi , Argentinian-Italian footballer 1906 - Peter Carl Goldmark , Hungarian-American engineer 1909 - Arvo Askola , Finnish runner 1909 - Walenty Kłyszejko , Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach 1909 - Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author 1910 - Russell Lynes , American photographer, historian, and author 1910 - Taisto Mäki , Finnish runner 1912 - George Emmett , English cricketer and coach 1913 - Marc Platt , American actor, singer, and dancer 1914 - Bill Erwin , American actor 1914 - Adolph Green , American playwright and composer 1915 - Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan 1916 - Howard Finster , American minister and painter 1917 - Sylvia Syms , American singer 1921 - Carlo Furno , Italian cardinal 1922 - Iakovos Kambanelis , Greek author, poet, and screenwriter 1923 - Maria Callas , American-Greek soprano and actress 1924 - Jonathan Frid , Canadian actor 1924 - Alexander Haig , American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State 1924 - Else Marie Pade , Danish composer 1924 - Vilgot Sjöman , Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1925 - Julie Harris , American actress 1928 - Guy Bourdin , French photographer 1929 - Dan Jenkins , American journalist and author 1929 - Leon Litwack , American historian and author 1930 - Gary Becker , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1930 - David Piper , English race car driver 1931 - Nigel Calder , English journalist, author, and screenwriter 1931 - Masaaki Hatsumi , Japanese martial artist and educator, founded Bujinkan 1931 - Wynton Kelly , American pianist and composer 1931 - Edwin Meese , American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 75th United States Attorney General 1933 - Peter Robin Harding , English marshal and pilot 1933 - Mike Larrabee , American sprinter and educator 1934 - Tarcisio Bertone , Italian cardinal 1934 - Andre Rodgers , Bahamian baseball player 1935 - David Hackett Fischer , American historian, author, and academic 1937 - Manohar Joshi , Indian lawyer and politician, 15th Chief Minister of Maharashtra 1939 - Yael Dayan , Israeli journalist, author, and politician 1939 - Francis Fox , Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Secretary of State for Canada 1939 - Harry Reid , American lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada 1940 - Willie Brown , American football player, coach, and manager 1941 - Mike England , Welsh footballer and manager 1941 - Tom McGuinness , English guitarist, songwriter, author, and producer 1942 - Anna G. Jónasdóttir, Icelandic political scientist and academic 1943 - Wayne Allard , American veterinarian and politician 1944 - Ibrahim Rugova , Kosovan journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo 1944 - Dionysis Savvopoulos , Greek singer-songwriter 1944 - Botho Strauß , German author and playwright 1945 - Penelope Spheeris , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1945 - Alan Thomson , Australian cricketer 1946 - John Banks , New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th Mayor of Auckland City 1946 - Pedro Borbón , Dominican-American baseball player 1946 - David Macaulay , English-American author and illustrator 1946 - Gianni Versace , Italian fashion designer, founded Versace 1947 - Isaac Bitton , Moroccan-French drummer and songwriter 1947 - Tommy Jenkins , English footballer and manager 1947 - Ivan Atanassov Petrov , Bulgarian neurologist and author 1948 - Elizabeth Berg , American nurse and author 1948 - T. Coraghessan Boyle, American novelist and short story writer 1948 - Patricia Hewitt , Australian-English educator and politician, English Secretary of State for Health 1948 - Toninho Horta , Brazilian guitarist and composer 1948 - Antonín Panenka , Czech footballer 1950 - John Wesley Ryles , American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist 1950 - Amin Saikal , Afghan-Australian political scientist and academic 1950 - Benjamin Stora , Algerian-French historian and author 1950 - Paul Watson , Canadian activist, founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society 1952 - Carol Shea-Porter , American social worker, academic, and politician 1954 - Dan Butler , American actor, director, and screenwriter 1956 - Steven Bauer , Cuban-American actor and producer 1957 - Dagfinn Høybråten , Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health 1958 - Andrew George , English politician 1958 - Vladimir Parfenovich , Belarusian canoe racer and politician 1958 - George Saunders , American short story writer and essayist 1959 - Kelefa Diallo , Guinean general 1960 - Peter Blakeley , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1960 - Razzle , English rock drummer 1960 - Rick Savage , English singer-songwriter and bass player 1962 - John Dyegh , Nigerian businessman and politician 1963 - Brendan Coyle , English actor 1963 - Ann Patchett , American author 1963 - Rich Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player and scout 1963 - Ron Sutter , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1965 - Shane Flanagan , Australian rugby league player and coach 1966 - Philippe Etchebest , French chef and television host 1966 - Jinsei Shinzaki , Japanese wrestler and promoter, co-founded Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling 1967 - Mary Creagh , English scholar and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport 1968 - David Batty , English footballer 1968 - Darryl Kile , American baseball player 1968 - Lucy Liu , American actress and producer 1968 - Nate Mendel , American singer-songwriter and bass player 1968 - Rena Sofer , American actress 1969 - Yang Hyun-suk , South Korean singer-songwriter and producer 1969 - Pavel Loskutov , Estonian runner 1969 - Ulrika Bergquist , Swedish journalist 1969 - Tanya Plibersek , Australian journalist and politician, 45th Australian Minister of Health 1969 - Chris Kiwomya , English footballer 1970 - Maksim Tarasov , Russian pole vaulter 1970 - Treach , American rapper and actor 1971 - Wilson Jermaine Heredia , American actor and singer 1971 - Rachel McQuillan , Australian tennis player 1971 - Jüri Reinvere , Estonian-German composer and poet 1971 - Francesco Toldo , Italian footballer 1971 - Mine Yoshizaki , Japanese illustrator 1972 - Sergejs Žoltoks , Latvian ice hockey player 1973 - Graham Kavanagh , Irish footballer and manager 1973 - Lee Steele , English footballer 1973 - Monica Seles , Serbian-American tennis player 1973 - Jan Ullrich , German cyclist 1975 - Mark Kotsay , American baseball player 1976 - Eddy Garabito , Dominican baseball player 1976 - Masafumi Gotoh , Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1977 - Siyabonga Nomvethe , South African footballer 1978 - Jarron Collins , American basketball player and coach 1978 - Jason Collins , American basketball player 1978 - Nelly Furtado , Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1978 - Luigi Malafronte , Italian footballer 1978 - Peter Moylan , Australian baseball player 1978 - Maëlle Ricker , Canadian snowboarder 1978 - David Rivas , Spanish footballer 1978 - Andrew Ryan , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster 1978 - Christopher Wolstenholme , English singer-songwriter and bass player 1979 - Yvonne Catterfeld , German singer-songwriter and actress 1979 - Michael McIndoe , Scottish footballer 1979 - Abdul Razzaq , Pakistani cricketer 1980 - Adam Kreek , Canadian rower 1980 - Darryn Randall , South African cricketer 1981 - Maria Ferekidi , Greek canoe racer 1981 - Eric Jungmann , American actor 1981 - Danijel Pranjić , Croatian footballer 1981 - Britney Spears , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1982 - Christos Karipidis , Greek footballer 1982 - Matt Ware , American football player 1983 - Chris Burke , Scottish footballer 1983 - Daniela Ruah , Portuguese-American actress 1983 - Bibiana Candelas , Mexican volleyball player 1983 - Jaime Durán , Mexican footballer 1983 - Jana Kramer , American actress and singer 1983 - Aaron Rodgers , American football player 1984 - Péter Máté , Hungarian footballer 1985 - Amaury Leveaux , French swimmer 1985 - Dorell Wright , American basketball player 1986 - Edson Décimo Alves Araújo , Brazilian footballer 1986 - Veronika Kapshay , Ukrainian tennis player 1986 - Claudiu Keșerü , Romanian footballer 1986 - Adam le Fondre , English footballer 1986 - Song Ha-yoon , South Korean actress 1986 - Tal Wilkenfeld , Australian bass player and composer 1988 - Alfred Enoch , English actor 1988 - Fuse ODG , English recording artist 1988 - Stephen McGinn , Scottish footballer 1989 - Etta Bond , English singer-songwriter 1989 - Cassie Steele , Canadian singer-songwriter and actress 1989 - Matteo Darmian , Italian footballer 1990 - Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu , Ghanaian footballer 1990 - Jamille Matt , Jamaican footballer 1990 - Gastón Ramírez , Uruguayan footballer 1990 - Fausto Rossi , Italian footballer 1990 - Hikaru Yaotome , Japanese idol, singer, model and actor 1991 - Chloé Dufour-Lapointe , Canadian skier 1991 - Charlie Puth , American singer-songwriter and pianist 1992 - Gary Sánchez , Dominican baseball player 1993 - Haruka Ishida , Japanese singer and actress 1993 - Kostas Stafylidis , Greek footballer 1994 - Fumika Shimizu , Japanese actress and model 1994 - Cauley Woodrow , English footballer 1994 - Tomokaze Yūta , Japanese sumo wrestler 1995 - Uladzislau Hancharou , Belarusian trampolinist 1995 - Joe Stimson , Australian rugby league player 1995 - Inori Minase , Japanese actress, voice actress and singer 1998 - Juice Wrld , American rapperDeaths 537 - Pope Silverius 930 - Ma Yin , Chinese warlord, king of Chu 949 - Odo of Wetterau , German nobleman 1022 - Elvira Menéndez , queen of Alfonso V of Castile 1255 - Muhammad III of Alamut , Nizari Ismaili Imam 1340 - Geoffrey le Scrope , Chief Justice of King Edward III of England 1348 - Emperor Hanazono of Japan 1381 - John of Ruusbroec , Flemish priest and mystic 1455 - Isabel of Coimbra , queen of Portugal 1463 - Albert VI, Archduke of Austria 1469 - Piero di Cosimo de' Medici , Italian banker and politician 1510 - Muhammad Shaybani , Khan of Bukhara 1515 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba , Spanish general 1547 - Hernán Cortés , Spanish general and explorer 1594 - Gerardus Mercator , Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher 1615 - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon , French general 1665 - Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet , French author 1694 - Pierre Puget , French painter, sculptor, and architect 1719 - Pasquier Quesnel , French theologian and author 1723 - Philippe II, Duke of Orléans 1726 - Samuel Penhallow , English-American historian and author 1747 - Vincent Bourne , English poet and scholar 1748 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset , English politician, Lord President of the Council 1774 - Johann Friedrich Agricola , German organist and composer 1814 - Marquis de Sade , French philosopher, author, and politician 1844 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko , Polish general and politician 1849 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen 1859 - John Brown, American abolitionist 1881 - Jenny von Westphalen , German author 1885 - Allen Wright , Principal chief of the Choctaw Nation ; proposed the name "Oklahoma", from Choctaw words okra and umma , meaning "Territory of the Red People." 1888 - Namık Kemal , Turkish journalist, poet, and playwright 1892 - Jay Gould , American businessman and financier 1899 - Gregorio del Pilar , Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan 1918 - Edmond Rostand , French poet and playwright 1924 - Kazimieras Būga , Lithuanian linguist and philologist 1927 - Paul Heinrich von Groth , German scientist who systematically classified minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie 1931 - Vincent d'Indy , French composer and educator 1936 - John Ringling , American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus 1943 - Nordahl Grieg , Norwegian journalist and author 1944 - Josef Lhévinne , Russian pianist and educator 1944 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti , Egyptian-Italian poet and composer 1944 - Eiji Sawamura , Japanese baseball player and soldier 1950 - Dinu Lipatti , Romanian pianist and composer 1953 - Reginald Baker , Australian rugby player 1953 - Trần Trọng Kim , Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam 1957 - Harrison Ford , American actor 1957 - Manfred Sakel , Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist 1966 - L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher 1966 - Giles Cooper , Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter 1969 - José María Arguedas , Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet 1969 - Kliment Voroshilov , Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd Head of State of The Soviet Union 1974 - Max Weber , Swiss lawyer and politician 1976 - Danny Murtaugh , American baseball player and manager 1980 - Chaudhry Muhammad Ali , Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan 1980 - Romain Gary , Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter 1981 - Wallace Harrison , American architect, co-founded Harrison & Abramovitz 1982 - Marty Feldman , English actor and comedian 1982 - Giovanni Ferrari , Italian footballer and manager 1983 - Fifi D'Orsay , Canadian-American actress and singer 1985 - Philip Larkin , English poet, author, and librarian 1986 - Desi Arnaz , Cuban-American actor, singer, businessman, and television producer 1986 - John Curtis Gowan , American psychologist and academic 1987 - Luis Federico Leloir , French-Argentinian physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1987 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich , Belarusian physicist, astronomer, and cosmologist 1988 - Karl-Heinz Bürger , German colonel 1988 - Tata Giacobetti , Italian singer-songwriter 1990 - Aaron Copland , American composer and conductor 1990 - Robert Cummings , American actor, director, and producer 1993 - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord 1995 - Robertson Davies , Canadian author, playwright, and critic 1995 - Roxie Roker , American actress 1995 - Mária Telkes , Hungarian–American biophysicist and chemist 1997 - Shirley Crabtree , English wrestler 1997 - Michael Hedges , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1999 - Charlie Byrd , American guitarist 2000 - Gail Fisher , American actress 2002 - Ivan Illich , Austrian priest and philosopher 2002 - Arno Peters , German cartographer and historian 2003 - Alan Davidson , British soldier, historian, and author 2004 - Alicia Markova , English ballerina and choreographer 2004 - Mona Van Duyn , American poet and academic 2005 - William P. Lawrence, American admiral and pilot 2005 - Van Tuong Nguyen , Australian convicted drug trafficker 2006 - Mariska Veres , Dutch singer 2007 - Jennifer Alexander , Canadian-American ballerina and actress 2007 - Elizabeth Hardwick , American literary critic, novelist, and short story writer 2008 - Odetta , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress 2008 - Henry Molaison , American memory disorder patient 2008 - Edward Samuel Rogers , Canadian lawyer and businessman 2008 - Renato de Grandis , Italian composer, musicologist, and writer 2009 - Foge Fazio , American football player and coach 2009 - Eric Woolfson , Scottish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer 2012 - Tom Hendry , Canadian playwright, co-founded the Manitoba Theatre Centre 2012 - Ehsan Naraghi , Iranian sociologist and author 2013 - William Allain , American soldier and politician, 58th Governor of Mississippi 2013 - Jean-Claude Beton , Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina 2013 - Marcelo Déda , Brazilian lawyer and politician 2013 - Junior Murvin , Jamaican singer-songwriter 2014 - A. R. Antulay, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra 2014 - Jean Béliveau , Canadian ice hockey player 2014 - Josie Cichockyj , English basketball player and coach 2014 - Bobby Keys , American saxophonist 2014 - Don Laws , American figure skater and coach 2015 - Sandy Berger , American lawyer and politician, 19th United States National Security Advisor 2015 - Will McMillan , American actor, director, and producer 2015 - George T. Sakato, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipientHolidays and observances Armed Forces Day Christian feast day: *Avitus of Rouen *Bibiana *Channing Moore Williams *Chromatius *Habakkuk *Nonnus *December 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Lao National Day National Day
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