Day Guide for Wednesday December 2nd 2026

This is our day guide for Wednesday December 2nd 2026 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?

Observances on December 2nd 2026

World Futures Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of World Futures Day.

National Mutt Day

Pets
USA

Did you know that 80% of dogs in shelters are mixed breeds?

National Fritters Day

Food
USA

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Fritters Day

Special Education Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of Special Education Day

Fuel Poverty Awareness Day

As the UK enters colder weather, Fuel Poverty Awareness Day aims to highlight the issues caused by fuel poverty.

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

Find out the dates, history and traditions of International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

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General Information for December 2nd 2026

There are 6 observances on this day.
553 days to go.
Day 336 of 2026
29 days left in 2026
Week 49 of the year

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On this Day in History

1980 - Salvadoran Civil War: Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a military death squad.
1859 – Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
1852 – Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte becomes Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
1851 – French President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.