On December 2
On December 2, 4 pivotal events are recorded in the Human Saga, including Bhopal Gas Disaster (1984).
On this day
On the night of 2-3 December 1984, approximately 45 tons of the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate (MIC) leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, after water entered storage tank E610…
On 2 December 1804, in the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris and in the presence of Pope Pius VII, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of the French, inaugurating the First French Empire and the Bonaparte dynasty.
On 2 December 1805, near Austerlitz in Moravia, Napoleon won what is often regarded as his greatest tactical victory.
In his seventh annual message to Congress on 2 December 1823, President James Monroe set out the principles that became known as the Monroe Doctrine.