On December 2, 1886, Theodore Roosevelt married Edith Carow in London, England.

Edith lived next door to Theodore Roosevelt in New York City when they were children.

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On December 2, 1823, President James Monroe addressed Congress and stated that the US should and would oppose foreign intervention in the Americas. The policy would become known as the Monroe Doctrine. Monroe is depicted here explaining the idea to his cabinet.

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On today’s date December 2, 1845, U.S. President James Knox Polk said the following during his State of The Union Address:

“A few years ago our whole national debt growing out of the Revolution and the War of 1812 with Great Britain was extinguished, and we presented to the world the rare and noble spectacle of a great and growing people who had fully discharged every obligation.”

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The Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island was dedicated on December 2, 1763. It’s the oldest surviving synagogue in North America and has been designated a National Historic Site.

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On December 2, 1939, LaGuardia Airport in New York City was opened.

Photo of passengers of the first Scandinavian Airlines flight from Stockholm to LaGuardia in 1946. The trip (with multiple stops) took over 24 hours.

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Glenn Ford and Julie Harris from the TV program “The Family Holvak” in 1975

Julie Harris was born on December 2, 1925 in
Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
During her career she received three Emmy Awards, six Tony Awards, a Grammy and was nominated for an Academy Award.
She also provided voiceovers for Ken Burns’ documentaries.

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On December 2, 1905, a projectile was thrown by an unknown perpetrator at a train transporting President Theodore Roosevelt from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. after the Army-Navy Game.

The object hit another car that was carrying another man who resembled the President, named Webb Hayes, who was also the son of Rutherford B. Hayes.

While Webb Hayes sustained minor cuts, the projectile narrowly missed his head.

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A photo of Mickey Rooney (left) as “Baby Face Nelson” and Leo Gordon (right) as John Dillinger from the 1957 movie “Baby Face Nelson”

WWII U.S. Army Veteran Leo Gordon was born on December 2, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York.

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One of the five Ringling Brothers, who founded the famous circus, was born on December 2, 1863 in McGregor, Iowa.
He and his four other founding brothers traveled and did juggling acts and other performances before forming their circus.
They eventually purchased the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907, but the name change to “Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus” didn’t happen until 1919.

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On December 2, 1967 “Daydream Believer” by The Monkees became the #1 song in America.

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