Hello and welcome to your day!
We are glad you are here.
As we slip into the first days of December, the To-Do lists can seem to grow at record pace and the stress of the season can seem to eclipse the joy. For that reason, we like to slow things down a bit on Saturday morning with a simple “scroll down memory lane.”
This is just a look back at events that happened on this day in history before you head out to make new history today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, December 2nd, the 336th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned emperor of France by Pope Pius the Seventh.
In 1823, United States President James Monroe introduced his Monroe Doctrine. The doctrine declared continents in the Americas no longer open to future colonization by European powers. It also noted that the United States would no longer interfere with existing European colonies or their internal affairs. In November 2013, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry declared the era of the Monroe Doctrine over, encouraging instead a deeper level of cooperation as equal partners in the western hemisphere.
In 1859, abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harper’s Ferry the previous October.
In 1901, King Camp Gillette patented the first safety razor.
In 1927, Ford Motor Company introduced the first Model A.
In 1942, the world’s first nuclear chain reaction was created by physicists at the University of Chicago.
In 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy was condemned by the U.S. Senate for misconduct following his investigations of thousands of suspected communists.
In 1961, Cuban leader Fidel Castro announced he was a Marxist-Leninist and would lead Cuba to communism.
In 1971, film executive Roy Disney died at the age of 78. He and his brother Walt founded the Disney entertainment empire.
In 1982, Dr. Barney Clark became the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart. The groundbreaking surgery was performed by Dr. William DeVries at the University of Utah. Clark survived with the artificial heart for more than three months. He died on March 23, 1983.
In 1986, Hall Of Fame actor and producer Desi Arnaz died at the age of 69.
In 1991, U.S. hostage Joseph Cicippio was freed from Lebanon after being held captive for more than 19-hundred days.
In 1993, after years of trying to catch drug lord Pablo Escobar, Columbian law enforcement caught up to the fugitive. While he tried to outrun them across rooftops, they shot and killed him and his bodyguard.
In 1998, Microsoft Corporation chairman Bill Gates donated $100 Million to help immunize children in developing countries.
In 1999, jazz guitar great Charlie Byrd died at the age of 74.
In 2001, in what became the largest corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history, energy company Enron filed for Chapter 11 protection. The collapse of Enron led to thousands of employees losing their life savings in 401(K) plans tied to the company’s stock.
In 2015, 14 people were killed and 22 were seriously injured in a terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California. The shooters, married couple Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, were later killed in a shootout with police after they tried to flee in a SUV.
In 2016, 39 people die from a fire at a dance party in Oakland.
In 2017, a lawyer is sentenced to three years in prison for saying women wearing ripped jeans should be raped in Egypt.
In 2020, Former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr announces there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud from the 2020 U.S. Presidential election. The announcement comes in spite of claims made by then President Donald Trump.
In 2020, the U.K. is the first western country to authorize a COVID-19 vaccine when they give the green light to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
That brings us here to this day. So, whatever plans you have for your own 12.02.2023 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books!
Thanks for stopping by!
