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Today in History
December 2

1823 President James Monroe proclaims the principles known as the Monroe Doctrine, "that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by European powers."

1927 The new Ford Model A is introduced to the American public.

1944 General George S. Patton's troops enter the Saar Valley and break through the Siegfried line.

1946 The United States and Great Britain merge their German occupation zones.

1970The U.S. Senate votes to give 48,000 acres of New Mexico back to the Taos Indians.

2001 Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in US history.


Born on December 2

1981 Brittany Spears, singer, songwriter, actress; her … Baby One More Time (1999) became the best-selling album to date (2013) by a teenage solo artist.