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 a communist republic. Over the next fifteen years about one Lao in ten crossed the Mekong into Thailand, lowland townspeople as well as highland Hmong.
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