Information about December 2
December 2 is the 336th day (337th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 29 days remaining. Events * 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte crowned Emperor of France * 1805 - Battle of Austerlitz * 1823 - James Monroe delivers speech to congress that would later be dubbed the Monroe Doctrine * 1848 - Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria * 1852 - Napoleon III becomes Emperor of France * 1942 - First demonstration of a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, at the University of Chicago by Enrico Fermi and colleagues. * 1954 - United States Senate condemns Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." * 1958 - Benelux Economic Union formed * 1971 - United Arab Emirates formed * 1982 - First successful artificial heart transplant Births * 1694 - William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (+ 1771) * 1738 - Richard Montgomery, Irish-American soldier * 1817 - Heinrich von Sybel, historian (+ 1895) * 1859 - Georges Seurat, painter (+ 1891) * 1891 - Otto Dix, painter and graphic artist (+ 1969) * 1899 - John Barbirolli, conductor (+ 1970) * 1899 - John R. Cobb, automobile racer (+ 1952) * 1906 - Peter Goldmark, inventor, engineer (+ 1977) * 1909 - Marion GrŠfin Dšnhoff, publisher (+ 2002) * 1914 - Ray Walston, actor (+ 2001) * 1914 - Adolph Green, composer (+ 2002) * 1923 - Maria Callas, opera singer (+ 1977) * 1924 - Alexander M. Haig, Jr., US politician * 1925 - Julie Harris, actress * 1930 - Gary Becker, economist * 1931 - Edwin Meese, American politician * 1944 - Botho Strau§, author * 1945 - Penelope Spheeris, director * 1946 - Gianni Versace, designer (+ 1997) * 1952 - Michael McDonald, musician * 1962 - Tracy Austin, tennis player * 1968 - Lucy Liu, actress * 1973 - Jan Ullrich, cyclist and winner of the 1997 Tour de France * 1973 - Monica Seles, tennis player * 1981 - Britney Spears, singer Deaths * 1547 - Hern‡n Fernando CortŽs, Spanish explorer and conqueror * 1552 - Francis Xavier, Catholic missionary * 1594 - Gerardus Mercator, cartographer * 1814 - Marquis de Sade, writer * 1849 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen - queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom * 1859 - John Brown, militant abolitionist (hanged) * 1892 - Jay Gould, entrepreneur * 1969 - Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, Russian politician * 1980 - Romain Gary, writer * 1982 - Marty Feldman, comedian * 1983 - Fifi D'Orsay, actress * 1986 - Desi Arnaz, actor, musician, band leader, composer * 1990 - Aaron Copland, composer * 1995 - Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist
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