Today in history:
On December 2, 2015, a couple loyal to the Islamic State group opened fire during a banquet for officials in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 21 others before dying in a shootout with police.
Also on this date:
In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France during a coronation ceremony at Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral.
In 1823, President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing further European expansion or colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. The Monroe Doctrine effectively created separate spheres of influence for the Americans and Europe.In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry the previous October, hoping to provoke a large-scale slave uprising. His execution further exacerbated North-South tensions leading up to the American Civil War.
In 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago. The experiment led by physicist Enrico Fermi marked the beginning of the atomic age.
In 1954, the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 67 to 22, passed a resolution censuring Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, saying he had “acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring dishonor and discredit on the Senate.”
In 1982, in the first surgery of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of Barney Clark, a retired dentist who lived with the device for 112 days.
In 1993, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot dead by security forces as he tried to flee across the rooftops in Medellin (meh-deh-YEEN’).
In 2004, Typhoon Nanmadol hit the Philippines, killing hundreds of people.
In 2016, a fire ripped through an illegally converted warehouse in Oakland, California, during a dance party, killing 36 people.
In 2020, the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, a move with potential consequences for the global medical marijuana industry.
Today’s Birthdays:
- Actor Cathy Lee Crosby is 81.
- Film director Penelope Spheeris is 80.
- Author T. Coraghessan Boyle is 77.
- Actor Dan Butler is 71.
- Actor Steven Bauer is 69.
- Actor Lucy Liu is 57.
- Bassist Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) is 57.
- Rapper Treach (Naughty By Nature) is 55.
- Tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles is 52.
- Singer Nelly Furtado is 47.
- Pop singer Britney Spears is 44.
- Actor-singer Jana Kramer is 42.
- Actor Yvonne Orji is 42.
- Actor Daniela Ruah is 42.
- NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers is 42.
- Actor Alfred Enoch is 37.
- Pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth is 34.
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