December 2
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII.
1823 - President James Monroe outlined his famous doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
1859 - Abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harper's Ferry.
1942 - The first controlled nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated at the University of Chicago.
1954 - The Senate voted to condemn Republican Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
1957 - The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first full-scale commercial nuclear facility in the U.S., began operations. (The reactor ceased operating in 1982.)
1970 - The Environmental Protection Agency was established.
1980 - Four American churchwomen were raped and murdered in El Salvador. (Five national guardsmen were convicted in the killings.)
1982 - In the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device.
1988 - Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to lead a Muslim nation.
1993 - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot to death by security forces in Medellin.
1999 - A Protestant and Catholic cabinet convened for the first time in Northern Ireland.
2000 - Al Gore sought a recount in South Florida, while George W. Bush flatly asserted, “I’m soon to be the president” and met with GOP congressional leaders.
2001 - Enron Corp., under CEO Kenneth Lay, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history.
2015 - A couple loyal to the Islamic State group opened fire at a holiday banquet for public employees in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 21 others before dying in a shootout with police.
2017 - President Donald Trump changed his story on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, now suggesting that he knew at the time that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his contacts with Russians. ABC News suspended investigative reporter Brian Ross for four weeks without pay for an erroneous report about Flynn. (Ross had reported that then-candidate Trump had directed Flynn to make contact with the Russians; Ross clarified the report hours later, saying that his source now said Trump had not done so as a candidate, but as president-elect.)
2020 - In a video released on social media, President Donald Trump stood before a White House lectern and delivered a 46-minute diatribe against the election results that produced a win for Democrat Joe Biden, unspooling one misstatement after another to back his baseless claim that he really won.
2020 - Britain became the first country in the world to authorize a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine, giving the go-ahead for emergency use of the vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech.
2021 - Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that gun manufacturers could not be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip because a state law shielded them from liability unless the weapon malfunctioned.
Birthdays
24 - Amber Frank (actress)
31 - Charlie Puth (singer)
32 - Janina Manipol (model)
33 - Cassie Steele (actress)
34 - Alfred Enoch (actor)
35 - Teairra Mari (singer)
36 - Seann Walsh (comedian)
39 - Aaron Rodgers (football player)
39 - Daniela Ruah (actress)
39 - Yvonne Orji (actress)
39 - Jana Kramer (actress/singer)
41 - Britney Spears (singer)
44 - Nelly Furtado (singer)
49 - Monica Seles (tennis player)
52 - Joe Lo Truglio (actor)
54 - Lucy Liu (actress)
54 - Rena Sofer (actress)
54 - Suzy Nakamura (actress)
59 - Brendan Coyle (actor)
62 - Joe Henry (singer)
66 - Steven Bauer (actor)
67 - Dennis Christopher (actor)
68 - Stone Phillips (broadcast journalist)
68 - Dan Butler (actor)
73 - Ron Raines (actor)
78 - Cathy Lee Crosby (actress)
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Today in Sports History - December 2
1908 - Carlisle defeats Nebraska 37-6; NU ends season with a 7-2-1 record.
1944 - Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 31-12; ends season at 2-6.
1944 - Ohio State quarterback Les Horvath wins the Heisman Trophy.
1947 - Notre Dame quarterback Johnny Lujack wins the Heisman Trophy.
1951 - The Green Bay Packers retire Don Hutson's #14.
1952 - Oklahoma running back Billy Vessels wins the Heisman Trophy.
1958 - Army running back Pete Dawkins wins the Heisman Trophy.
1963 - The Major League Rules Committee banned the use of oversized catcher's mitts. The rule went into effect in 1965.
1984 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins breaks the NFL's single-season touchdown passing record with 37. (He would finish the season with 48.)
1985 - Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan nearly come to blows at halftime in what was a 38-24 loss to the Miami Dolphins at the Orange Bowl; it would be Chicago's only loss of that season.
1996 - Clyde Drexler (Houston Rockets) became the fourth NBA player to reach 2,000 career steals.
1997 - Latrell Sprewell's $32 million contract was terminated by the Golden State Warriors. The termination came one day after Sprewell assaulted head coach P.J. Carlesimo.
2006 - Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 21-7 in the Big 12 Championship Game in Kansas City, Missouri.
2021 - Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expired and owners immediately locked out players.(An agreement would end the lockout after 99 days; the start of the season was delayed by about a week.)
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII.
1823 - President James Monroe outlined his famous doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
1859 - Abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harper's Ferry.
1942 - The first controlled nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated at the University of Chicago.
1954 - The Senate voted to condemn Republican Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
1957 - The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania, the first full-scale commercial nuclear facility in the U.S., began operations. (The reactor ceased operating in 1982.)
1970 - The Environmental Protection Agency was established.
1980 - Four American churchwomen were raped and murdered in El Salvador. (Five national guardsmen were convicted in the killings.)
1982 - In the first operation of its kind, doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Dr. Barney Clark, who lived 112 days with the device.
1988 - Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to lead a Muslim nation.
1993 - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot to death by security forces in Medellin.
1999 - A Protestant and Catholic cabinet convened for the first time in Northern Ireland.
2000 - Al Gore sought a recount in South Florida, while George W. Bush flatly asserted, “I’m soon to be the president” and met with GOP congressional leaders.
2001 - Enron Corp., under CEO Kenneth Lay, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history.
2015 - A couple loyal to the Islamic State group opened fire at a holiday banquet for public employees in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 21 others before dying in a shootout with police.
2017 - President Donald Trump changed his story on why he fired Michael Flynn as his national security adviser, now suggesting that he knew at the time that Flynn had lied to the FBI about his contacts with Russians. ABC News suspended investigative reporter Brian Ross for four weeks without pay for an erroneous report about Flynn. (Ross had reported that then-candidate Trump had directed Flynn to make contact with the Russians; Ross clarified the report hours later, saying that his source now said Trump had not done so as a candidate, but as president-elect.)
2020 - In a video released on social media, President Donald Trump stood before a White House lectern and delivered a 46-minute diatribe against the election results that produced a win for Democrat Joe Biden, unspooling one misstatement after another to back his baseless claim that he really won.
2020 - Britain became the first country in the world to authorize a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine, giving the go-ahead for emergency use of the vaccine developed by American drugmaker Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech.
2021 - Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously that gun manufacturers could not be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip because a state law shielded them from liability unless the weapon malfunctioned.
Birthdays
24 - Amber Frank (actress)
31 - Charlie Puth (singer)
32 - Janina Manipol (model)
33 - Cassie Steele (actress)
34 - Alfred Enoch (actor)
35 - Teairra Mari (singer)
36 - Seann Walsh (comedian)
39 - Aaron Rodgers (football player)
39 - Daniela Ruah (actress)
39 - Yvonne Orji (actress)
39 - Jana Kramer (actress/singer)
41 - Britney Spears (singer)
44 - Nelly Furtado (singer)
49 - Monica Seles (tennis player)
52 - Joe Lo Truglio (actor)
54 - Lucy Liu (actress)
54 - Rena Sofer (actress)
54 - Suzy Nakamura (actress)
59 - Brendan Coyle (actor)
62 - Joe Henry (singer)
66 - Steven Bauer (actor)
67 - Dennis Christopher (actor)
68 - Stone Phillips (broadcast journalist)
68 - Dan Butler (actor)
73 - Ron Raines (actor)
78 - Cathy Lee Crosby (actress)
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Today in Sports History - December 2
1908 - Carlisle defeats Nebraska 37-6; NU ends season with a 7-2-1 record.
1944 - Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 31-12; ends season at 2-6.
1944 - Ohio State quarterback Les Horvath wins the Heisman Trophy.
1947 - Notre Dame quarterback Johnny Lujack wins the Heisman Trophy.
1951 - The Green Bay Packers retire Don Hutson's #14.
1952 - Oklahoma running back Billy Vessels wins the Heisman Trophy.
1958 - Army running back Pete Dawkins wins the Heisman Trophy.
1963 - The Major League Rules Committee banned the use of oversized catcher's mitts. The rule went into effect in 1965.
1984 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins breaks the NFL's single-season touchdown passing record with 37. (He would finish the season with 48.)
1985 - Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka and defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan nearly come to blows at halftime in what was a 38-24 loss to the Miami Dolphins at the Orange Bowl; it would be Chicago's only loss of that season.
1996 - Clyde Drexler (Houston Rockets) became the fourth NBA player to reach 2,000 career steals.
1997 - Latrell Sprewell's $32 million contract was terminated by the Golden State Warriors. The termination came one day after Sprewell assaulted head coach P.J. Carlesimo.
2006 - Oklahoma defeats Nebraska 21-7 in the Big 12 Championship Game in Kansas City, Missouri.
2021 - Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expired and owners immediately locked out players.(An agreement would end the lockout after 99 days; the start of the season was delayed by about a week.)
