Holidays on December 2, 2024: name days, signs

Today, December 2, is the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. There are 29 days left before the New Year.

December 2 is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 29 days left until the end of the year.

What holidays are there in Ukraine and in the world?

• International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

• Cyber ​​Monday.

• International Model Railway Day.

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What happened on December 2

• 1015 – Prince Yaroslav the Wise enthroned in Kyiv.

• 1697 – St. opened. Paul’s Cathedral in London and the first service began.

• 1804 – Pope Pius VII in a ceremony at Notre Dame Cathedral proclaims Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France Napoleon I.

• 1805 – near Austerlitz in the Margraviate of Moravia, Napoleon Bonaparte crushed the united Russian-Austrian army.

• 1816 – in London, the Luddites (fighters against mechanical equipment) organized mass actions of destroying machines and mechanical equipment in businesses.

• 1863 – the construction of the Capitol dome in Washington (USA) was completed.

• 1870 – Rome becomes the capital of the Kingdom of Italy.

• 1901 – American King K. Gillette received a patent for a safety razor with a double-sided disposable blade.

• 1942 – A group of scientists from the University of Chicago led by Enrico Fermi demonstrated a controlled nuclear reaction in the first nuclear reactor.

• 1949 – The UN General Assembly adopted the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (resolution 317 (IV)).

• 1969 – The first demonstration flight of the Boeing 747 jet took place between Seattle and New York, carrying 191 people.

• 1982 – Surgeons from the University of Utah first implanted a permanent artificial heart in retired Barney Clark, where he lived for 112 days.

• 1991 – Canada and Poland are the first to recognize Ukraine’s independence.

• 2001 – one of the largest bankruptcies in world history: the largest US oil corporation Enron declared bankruptcy.

• 2010 – FIFA’s executive committee, by prior secret agreement (according to FIFA President Z. Blatter’s own admission), “voted” to grant the rights to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup to Russia Federation.

Who was born on December 2

• 1937 – Ukrainian writer and politician Petr Osadchuk.

• 1951 – Ukrainian songwriter Stepan Galyabarda.

• 1971 – participant in Euromaidan, Hero of Ukraine Pavel Mazurenko.

What are the name days today?: Andrey, Boris, Vladimir, Dmitry, Ivan, Kirill, Konstantin, Matvey, Moses, Nikolay, Pavel, Sergey, Stepan, Fedor, Antonina, Vera, Margarita, Maria, Tamara.

Folk signs and traditions for December 2

• Crows croak – expect a snow storm.

• The frost draws patterns on the windows – there will be many plants in the spring.

• The cat sleeps all day – for cold weather.

• The chickens settled early in the barn – there will be severe frosts.

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