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Anniversaries in American history that fall on December 2.

1859 · People / Civil Rights Leaders
John Brown born
Militant abolitionist who brought the war over slavery to a boil
John Brown
1823 · Documents / Laws & Acts
Monroe Doctrine
The 1823 declaration that the Western Hemisphere was closed to further European colonization
Monroe Doctrine