On This Day: December 2nd

Cannabis is removed from the list of most dangerous drugs of the international drug control treaty by the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs.

Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted Oakland, California, warehouse serving as an artist collective.

San Bernardino attack: Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.

Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive following the Good Friday Agreement.

Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed by police in Medellín.

Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-53 for the United States Department of Defense.

Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.

Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-35, carrying the ASTRO-1 spacelab observatory.