DECEMBER 2
1961:In a televised address, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is
a Marxist-Leninist and that communism will dominate Cuban politics.
1763: The Jewish community of Newport, R.I., dedicates the
Touro Synagogue; it remains the oldest existing synagogue in the United
States.
1954: The U.S. Senate votes to censure Sen. Joseph McCarthy
for behavior that was "contrary to senatorial traditions" after he
launched unsubstantiated accusations of communist activities against
hundreds of Americans.
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