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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2" title="December 2">December 2</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1899" title="1899">1899</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine%E2%80%93American_War" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a>: A 60-man Filipino <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rearguard" title="Rearguard">rearguard</a> was defeated at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tirad_Pass" title="Battle of Tirad Pass">Battle of Tirad Pass</a></b>, but delayed the American advance long enough to ensure President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Aguinaldo" title="Emilio Aguinaldo">Emilio Aguinaldo</a>'s escape.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943" title="1943">1943</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> conducted <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_raid_on_Bari" title="Air raid on Bari">a surprise air raid</a></b> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> ships in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bari" title="Bari">Bari</a>, Italy, sinking twenty-eight vessels and releasing one ship's secret cargo of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_gas" title="Mustard gas">mustard gas</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956" title="1956">1956</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Revolution" title="Cuban Revolution">Cuban Revolution</a>: The yacht <i>Granma</i>, carrying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro" title="Fidel Castro">Fidel Castro</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che_Guevara" title="Che Guevara">Che Guevara</a> and 80 other members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_of_July_Movement" title="26th of July Movement">26th of July Movement</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_of_the_Granma" title="Landing of the Granma">reached the shores of Cuba</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988" title="1988">1988</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto" title="Benazir Bhutto">Benazir Bhutto</a></b> took office as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan" title="Prime Minister of Pakistan">Prime Minister of Pakistan</a>, becoming the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a> – Less than two months after <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron_scandal" title="Enron scandal">disclosing accounting violations</a></b>, the Texas-based energy firm <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron" title="Enron">Enron</a> filed for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_11,_Title_11,_United_States_Code" title="Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code">Chapter 11 bankruptcy</a>, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Breckinridge_(U.S._Attorney_General)" title="John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)">John Breckinridge</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1760); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burges" title="William Burges">William Burges</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1827); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Copland" title="Aaron Copland">Aaron Copland</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1990); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shyam_Swarup_Agarwal" title="Shyam Swarup Agarwal">Shyam Swarup Agarwal</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2013)</p>
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