THE DAY IN HISTORY · DECEMBER 2
December 2 in history
What happened on December 2: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1805 and 1975, each linked to the map that shows it.
Austerlitz — Napoleon’s masterpiece. He abandons the high ground on purpose, and two empires walk into the trap.
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— Communist takeover of Laos
2 Dec 1975 — The king abdicates, and the Pathet Lao proclaim the communist Lao People’s Democratic Republic. During the next fifteen years, about one Lao in ten crosses the Mekong into Thailand. Those leaving include lowland townspeople as well as highland Hmong.
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