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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/1805" title="1805">1805</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Third_Coalition" title="War of the Third Coalition">War of the Third Coalition</a>: French forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon" title="Napoleon">Napoleon</a> decisively defeated a Russo-Austrian army commanded by Tsar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Russia" title="Alexander I of Russia">Alexander I</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Austerlitz" title="Battle of Austerlitz">Battle of Austerlitz</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1852" title="1852">1852</a> – Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte established the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_French_Empire" title="Second French Empire">Second French Empire</a></b>, declaring himself <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_of_the_French" title="Emperor of the French">Emperor of the French</a> as <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_III" title="Napoleon III">Napoleon III</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a> scientists led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi" title="Enrico Fermi">Enrico Fermi</a> initiated the first self-sustaining <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_chain_reaction" title="Nuclear chain reaction">chain reaction</a> in the experimental <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_reactor" title="Nuclear reactor">nuclear reactor</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Pile-1" title="Chicago Pile-1">Chicago <span class="nowrap">Pile-1</span></a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Communist_Party" title="Malayan Communist Party">Malayan Communist Party</a> and the Malaysian government signed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Agreement_of_Hat_Yai_(1989)" title="Peace Agreement of Hat Yai (1989)">a peace accord</a> to end <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_insurgency_in_Malaysia_(1968%E2%80%931989)" title="Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989)">a 21-year communist insurgency</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Lu%C3%ADs_de_Seabra,_1st_Viscount_of_Seabra" title="António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra">António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1798); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barbirolli" title="John Barbirolli">John Barbirolli</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1899); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaudhry_Muhammad_Ali" title="Chaudhry Muhammad Ali">Chaudhry Muhammad Ali</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1982)</p>
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