This is our day guide for Monday December 2nd 2024 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on December 2nd 2024
Regional
India (regional): Asom Divas
Commemorates the advent of the first king of the Ahom kingdom in Assam
Lao: National Day
The establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975Regional
New Zealand (regional): Chatham Islands Anniversary Day
The Chatham Islands Anniversary Day is celebrated on the Monday nearest to 30 NovemberRegional
New Zealand (regional): Westland Anniversary Day
Westland District commemorates a provincial anniversary on the Monday nearest to 1 December
Tonga: Tupou I Day
Marks the coronation in 1845 of the founder of the modern Kingdom of Tonga, King George Taufa’ahau Tupou I.
United Arab Emirates: National Day
Commemorates formal nationalisation from the British Protectorate Treaties on 2 December 1971Observances on December 2nd 2024
USA: National Mutt Day
Did you know that 80% of dogs in shelters are mixed breeds?
United Nations: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
USA: National Fritters Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Fritters Day
USA: Special Education Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Special Education Day
International: World Futures Day
Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Futures Day.
USA: Cyber Monday
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Cyber MondayDecember 1st 2024 | Go to Today | December 3rd 2024
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| General Information for December 2nd 2024 | |
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| There are 6 public holidays today. | |
| Day 337 of 2024 | |
| 29 days left in 2024 | |
| Week 49 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1962 - 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. | |
| 1852 – Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III. | |
| 1845 - Manifest Destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West. | |
| 1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years. |
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