It happened on this day, December 2
Events:
1922 – Signing of the Treaty of Uqair between the Sultanate of Nejd, the Kingdom of Iraq and Kuwait, according to which the borders of the three countries are demarcated.
1925 – Benito Mussolini adopts fascism in Italy to replace democracy.
💥 Egypt cedes the Jaghbub oasis to Libya, in exchange for Libya's cession of Salloum to Egypt.
1942 – The world's first nuclear reactor is operated in Chicago, United States, under the supervision of Italian scientist Enrico Fermi.
1947 – Fighting breaks out between Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem following the decision to partition Palestine.
1950 – The Constituent Assembly of Libya elects Prince Muhammad Idris Al-Senussi as king of the Kingdom of Libya.
1956 – Fidel Castro arrives in Cuba by boat after about a year of exile between Mexico and the United States.
1957 – Work begins on the first nuclear power plant in the United States.
1971 – Announcement of the union of the emirates of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah under the name of the United Arab Emirates, and choice of the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, like its president.
1979 – The US embassy headquarters in Tripoli, the Libyan capital, is burned by around 2,000 Libyan protesters.
1990 – Chadian rebel forces led by Idriss Déby take control of the capital, N'Djamena.
2010 – FIFA announces that Russia has won the hosting of the 2018 World Cup and Qatar has won the hosting of the 2022 World Cup.
2012 – Launch of the Emirati newspaper Al Roya in Dubai Media City.
2015 – Turkey and Qatar sign several economic agreements, including a memorandum of understanding to export gas from Qatar to Turkey.
💥 A bloody attack in the US state of California, killing 14 people and injuring 10 others.
💥 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, announce they will donate 99% of their fortune to charitable causes after having a baby.
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Births:
1009 – Abd al-Malik ibn Siraj, Muslim scholar and Andalusian linguist.
1738 – Richard Montgomery, American soldier.
1825 – Peter II, Emperor of the Brazilian Empire.
1859 – Georges Seurat, French painter and photographer.
1885 – George Minot, American doctor who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1934.
1895 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist.
1897 – Ivan Baghramyan, Soviet-Armenian military commander.
1901 – Raimundo Orci, Italian footballer.
1907 – Nicolas Ziadeh, Lebanese historian of Palestinian origin.
1909 – Marion Denhof, German journalist.
1923 – Maria Callas, American opera singer.
1924 – Alexander Haig, American politician and soldier.
1930 – Gary Becker, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics in 1992.
1931 – Mazaki Hatsumi, founder of a martial arts training center.
1942 – Antonin Panenka, Czechoslovak footballer.
1944 – Ibrahim Rugova, first president of Kosovo.
(1945–LisaCrozarGerman actress
1946 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer.
1949 – Shoichi Ikeda, Japanese voice actor.
1958 – Uladzimir Parvijanovic, Soviet canoeist.
1968 – Lucy Liu, American actress.
** Rena Sofer, American actress.
1971 – Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer.
1973 – Monica Seles, American tennis player of Yugoslav origin.
** Jan Ullrich, German cyclist.
1974 – Nawaf Al-Marta, Kuwaiti footballer.
1977 – Siyabonga Nomveti, South African footballer.
** Hammoud Nasser, Kuwaiti singer.
** Manya Nabwani, Syrian actress.
1978 – Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer.
1981 – Mohamed Sakhr El Materi, Tunisian politician.
** Britney Spears, American singer.
** Daniel Pranic, Croatian footballer.
1983 – Daniela Sofía, Portuguese actress.
1984 – Petr Matej, Hungarian footballer.
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Death:
1067 – Marja al-Tusi, the most important Shiite Muslim authority and founder of the seminary in Najaf, the largest Shiite religious city.
1236 – Ibn Marj al-Kahl, Andalusian poet.
1429 – Ibn al-Jazari, one of the most eminent specialists in recitation.
1469 – Peter I de' Medici, ruler of Florence.
1547 – Hernán Cortés, Spanish explorer.
1608 – Muhib al-Din al-Hamawi, a Levantine Muslim scholar.
1814 – Marquis de Sade, French writer.
1889 – Youssef Al-Asir Al-Husseini, Lebanese-Ottoman jurist, judge, journalist, teacher and poet.
1918 – Edmond Roustin, French poet and playwright.
1944 – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet.
1987 – Luis Leloar, Argentine biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1970.
1973 – Nayef Talhouk, Lebanese poet.
1984 – Omar Al-Arbawi, Algerian reforming theologian
1992 – Nour al-Din al-Atassi, president of Syria.
1993 – Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord and politician, founder and leader of the Medellín Cartel.
1995 – Hassan bin Abdul Latif Al Mana, Hanbali jurist and professor of Saudi religion.
2008 – Laila Karam, Lebanese actress.
2009 – Eric Wolfson, Scottish singer.
2011 – Abdul Karim Al-Juhayman, Saudi writer.
2013 – Salim Kallas, Syrian actor.
2019 Miteb bin Abdulaziz, Saudi prince.
** Ahmed Abdel Rahman, Palestinian politician, was secretary general of the Council of Ministers and a member of the Palestinian National Council and the Revolutionary Council of the Fatah movement.
2020 – Bassel Akl, Palestinian politician and thinker.
** Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, President of the French Republic (1974 – 1981).
** Karim Salman, Iraqi player
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.
⏪ National holiday in the United Arab Emirates.
⏪ National holiday in Laos.
