December 02

Saturday 02, 2000:

The Smashing Pumpkins play their final gig.

Sunday 02, 1990:

A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.

Tuesday 02, 1975:

The communist Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

Sunday 02, 1962:

Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to not make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.

Wednesday 02, 1942:

Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.