Event:
Ballerina Natalia Makarova, blues legend Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, American television host David Letterman, and surviving members of Led Zeppelin, receive 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for their contributions to American culture
More Notable Events on December 2:
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
1990 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
1990 1st time 12 people in space
1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1964 Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed
