THIS DAY IN HISTORY ― DECEMBER 2
December 2 is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 29 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
1697 — St. Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, is consecrated for use following the destruction of the previous building in the Great Fire of London.
1804 — Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris.
1823 — During his annual address to Congress, President James Monroe proclaims a new U.S. foreign policy initiative that becomes known as the "Monroe Doctrine." Primarily the work of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, the Monroe Doctrine forbade European interference in the American hemisphere but also asserted U.S. neutrality in regard to future European conflicts.
1845 — Making his first annual address to Congress, President James K. Polk belligerently reasserts the 1823 Monroe Doctrine and calls for aggressive American expansion into the West. Polk's aggressive expansionist ("Manifest Destiny") program created the outline of the modern American nation.
1859 — In Charles Town, Virginia, militant abolitionist John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder, and insurrection.
1899 — In the Philippine-American War, the Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
1917 — A day after Bolsheviks seize control of Russian military headquarters at Mogilev, a formal ceasefire is proclaimed throughout the battle zone between Russia and the Central Powers.
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1927 — Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black announces to the Geological Society of China that the ancient human fossils from Zhoukoudian, China are a new species which he has named 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as "Homo erectus").
1942 — Nuclear-Physicist Walter Zinn initiates the world’s first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in the world’s first nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago.
1954 — The U.S. Senate censures Joeseph McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor and disrepute". If only they knew then what we know now.
1961 — Following a year of severely strained relations between the United States and Cuba, Cuban leader Fidel Castro openly declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist. The announcement sealed the bitter Cold War animosity between the two nations.
1697 — St. Paul's Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, is consecrated for use following the destruction of the previous building in the Great Fire of London.
1804 — Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris.
1823 — During his annual address to Congress, President James Monroe proclaims a new U.S. foreign policy initiative that becomes known as the "Monroe Doctrine." Primarily the work of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, the Monroe Doctrine forbade European interference in the American hemisphere but also asserted U.S. neutrality in regard to future European conflicts.
1845 — Making his first annual address to Congress, President James K. Polk belligerently reasserts the 1823 Monroe Doctrine and calls for aggressive American expansion into the West. Polk's aggressive expansionist ("Manifest Destiny") program created the outline of the modern American nation.
1859 — In Charles Town, Virginia, militant abolitionist John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder, and insurrection.
1899 — In the Philippine-American War, the Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
1917 — A day after Bolsheviks seize control of Russian military headquarters at Mogilev, a formal ceasefire is proclaimed throughout the battle zone between Russia and the Central Powers.
1927 — Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black announces to the Geological Society of China that the ancient human fossils from Zhoukoudian, China are a new species which he has named 'Sinanthropus pekinensis' (now known as "Homo erectus").
1942 — Nuclear-Physicist Walter Zinn initiates the world’s first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in the world’s first nuclear reactor at the University of Chicago.
1954 — The U.S. Senate censures Joeseph McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor and disrepute". If only they knew then what we know now.
1961 — Following a year of severely strained relations between the United States and Cuba, Cuban leader Fidel Castro openly declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist. The announcement sealed the bitter Cold War animosity between the two nations.
1969 — The first public preview of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet, Seattle to NYC.
1976 — Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
1982 — The first permanent artificial heart was successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark, Clark lived 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart.
1995 — After being left in the game to allow nine goals, future Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy, leaves the ice and declares "It's my last game in Montreal", and is traded four days later .
2001 — Energy trading company Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1863 – Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1926)
1924 – Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010)
1931 – Wynton Kelly, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
1976 — Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
1982 — The first permanent artificial heart was successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark, Clark lived 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart.
1995 — After being left in the game to allow nine goals, future Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy, leaves the ice and declares "It's my last game in Montreal", and is traded four days later .
2001 — Energy trading company Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1863 – Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1926)
1924 – Alexander Haig, American general and politician, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010)
1931 – Wynton Kelly, American pianist and composer (d. 1971)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
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