The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C. Date: December 2, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute". Date: December 2, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution. Date: December 2, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day…

United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to the Kashmir conflict is adopted. Date: December 2, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)

In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba will adopt Communism. Date: December 2, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to comment adversely on the war's progress. Date: December 2, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in…

Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crashes into Pedro Bay, Alaska, killing all 39 people on board. Date: December 2, 1968 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1968 📅 On This Day (Today)

The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations. Date: December 2, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)

Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates. Date: December 2, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

Gough Whitlam is elected the 21st Prime Minister of Australia in the 1972 Australian federal election, defeating William McMahon and leading the Australian Labor Party back into office after 23 years in Opposition. Date: December 2, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1972…