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- 1791
- The Kingdom of Prussia acquires the principalities of Ansbach and Bayreuth.
- 1811
- In Massachusetts, Franklin County is created from part of Hampshire County.
- 1878
- The Mangaratiba Branch of the Central Railway of Brazil opens in Rio de Janeiro.
- 1893
- The Upper Trading Rows are completed in Moscow.
- 1966
- The A74(M) and M74 motorway opens in Scotland.
- 1971
- In Alaska, the city and borough of Sitka become a unified municipality.
- 1972
- The Lions Associated Drag Strip closes in Wilmington, California, after 17 years in operation.
- 2013
- The Westgate mall opens in Singapore.
- 2021
- The National Christmas Tree is lit in Washington, D.C.
- 2022
- Forest Fair Village closes in Forest Park and Fairfield, Ohio, after 34 years in business under various names.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on December 2, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on December 2 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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