December 2 birthdays, facts & history
Everything about being born on December 2, from your sign and birth stone to who shares your birthday.
Zodiac sign
♐︎ Sagittarius
Nov 22 – Dec 21
Birth stone
Turquoise
Birth flower
Narcissus
How common
#212 of 366
by US birth counts
Famous December 2 birthdays
Pedro II of Brazil · 2nd and final Emperor of Brazil1825
Georges Seurat · French painter1859
George Minot · American physician1885
Otto Dix · German painter and printmaker1891
Ivan Bagramyan · Marshal of the Soviet Union1897
Maria Callas · American-Greek operatic soprano1923
Julie Harris · American actress1925
Gary Becker · American economist1930
Harry Reid · American politician1939
Ibrahim Rugova · President of Kosovo1944
Gianni Versace · Italian fashion designer1946
George Saunders · American writer1958
Deb Haaland · American politician1960
Lucy Liu · American actress1968
Monica Seles · Yugoslav and American tennis player1973
Nelly Furtado · Portuguese-Canadian singer and songwriter1978
Britney Spears · American singer, songwriter, actress and model1981
Charlie Puth · American singer, songwriter, and record producer1991
Juice Wrld · American rapper and singer1998
Kelvin Kiptum · Kenyan long-distance runner1999
On this day in history
1823U.S. president James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, a proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World.
1899Philippine–American War: A 60-man Filipino rearguard was defeated at the Battle of Tirad Pass, but delayed the American advance long enough to ensure President Emilio Aguinaldo's escape.
1962Returning from a fact-finding mission, U.S. senator Mike Mansfield became the first American official to comment adversely on the progress of the Vietnam War.
2016Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.
1989The Malayan Communist Party and the Malaysian government signed a peace accord to end a 21-year communist insurgency.
1992Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-53 for the United States Department of Defense.
1993Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
2001Less than two months after disclosing accounting violations, the Texas-based energy firm Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, evaporating nearly $11 billion in shareholder wealth.
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