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Old 12-02-2016, 01:23 PM   #442
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December 2

The International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed each year on this day.

There are 29 days remaining in 2016.

There are 22 days until Christmas.


Events

1775 – The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones, bass player with Led Zeppelin.

1823 – Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts, and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.

1845 – Manifest destiny: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James K. Polk proposes that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.

1859 – Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

1927 – Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

1930 – Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million (equivalent to $2,128,000,000 in 2015) public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.

1939 – New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.

1942 – World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

1943 – World War II: A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks numerous cargo and transport ships, including the American SS John Harvey, which is carrying a stockpile of World War I-era mustard gas.

1954 – Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".

1956 – The Granma reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente Province. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.

1970 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

1976 – Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.

1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

1993 – Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.

1993 – Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

2001 – American energy company Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

2015 – San Bernardino attack: Terrorists kill 14 people and wound 22 at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.

Births

1754 – William Cooper (founded Cooperstown, New York); 1863 – Charles Edward Ringling (co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus); 1923 – Maria Callas♪ ♫; 1924 – Jonathan Frid ('Barnabas' on Dark Shadows); 1924 – Alexander Haig ("I am in control here."); 1931 – Edwin Meese; 1939 – Harry Reid; 1945 – Penelope Spheeris (The Decline of Western Civilization, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years); 1946 – Gianni Versace; 1954 – Dan Butler ('Bulldog' on Frasier); 1956 – Steven Bauer (Scarface, Breaking Bad); 1960 – Rick Savage(Def Leppard); 1968 – Lucy Liu (Elementary, Ally MacBeal); 1978 – Nelly Furtado♪ ♫; 1981 – Britney Spears♪ ♫; 1983 – Aaron Rodgers

Deaths

1547 – Hernán Cortés; 1814 – Marquis de Sade; 1859 – John Brown; 1936 – John Ringling (co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus); 1957 – Harrison Ford; 1982 – Marty Feldman; 1986 – Desi Arnaz♪ ♫; 1990 – Aaron Copland♪ ♫; 1995 – Roxie Roker (upstairs neighbor 'Helen' on The Jeffersons, Lenny Kravitz's mother); 2000 – Gail Fisher (secretary 'Peggy Fair' on Mannix); 2008 – Odetta♪ ♫<---
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