On this day... December 2: National Day in Laos (1975) 1823 – U.S. President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine, a proclamation of opposition to European colonialism in the New World. 1852 – On the one-year anniversary of his dissolution of the Second French Republic, Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte declared himself Emperor of the French and took the name Napoleon III. 1943 – World War II: The Luftwaffe conducted a surprise air raid on Allied ships in Bari, Italy, sinking 18 ships and releasing one ships secret cargo of mustard gas. 1975 – The Pathet Lao overthrew the royalist government in Vientiane, forcing King Savang Vatthana to abdicate, and established the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic. 1988 – Benazir Bhutto became Prime Minister of Pakistan, the first woman to head the government of a Muslim-majority state.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 14:37:04 +0000
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