Welcome to Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 – the 337th day of the year with 29 days remaining.
Historical Highlights:
On this day in 1982, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center successfully implanted a permanent artificial heart in retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived for 112 days with the device.
Other significant events on this date:
In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself emperor of France at Notre Dame de Paris cathedral.
In 1823, President James Monroe introduced the Monroe Doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
In 1859, abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry in October of the same year.
In 1942, the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated at the University of Chicago.
In 1954, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution condemning Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for unethical behavior.
In 1993, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed by security forces in Medellin.
In 2015, a couple linked to the Islamic State group carried out a shooting in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people.
In 2016, a fire at an illegally converted warehouse in Oakland, California, claimed the lives of 36 people during a dance party.
In 2018, Israeli police recommended indicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on bribery charges.
Birthdays Today:
- Film director Penelope Spheeris turns 79.
- Author T. Coraghessan Boyle celebrates his 76th birthday.
- Actor Dan Butler is 70 today.
- Actor Steven Bauer turns 68.
- U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland celebrates her 64th birthday.
- Actor Lucy Liu turns 56.
- Rapper Treach (Naughty By Nature) is now 54.
- Tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles turns 51.
- Singer Nelly Furtado celebrates her 46th birthday.
- Pop singer Britney Spears turns 43.
- Actor-singer Jana Kramer is 41 today.
- Actor Yvonne Orji celebrates her 41st birthday.
- Actor Daniela Ruah turns 41.
- NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers is 41.
- Actor Alfred Enoch is 36.
- Pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth celebrates his 33rd birthday.
