December 2 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for December 2
In the headlines today:

2000	Blink 182 singer-bassist Mark Hoppus marries Skye Everly.
1995	Actress Roxie Roker (The Jeffersons) dies of breast cancer at age 66. *Did you know?* Roxie's son is singer Lenny Kravitz.
1993	Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot to death in Medellin.
1989	V.P. Singh is sworn in as prime minister of India.
1986	Cuban-born bandleader and actor Desi Arnaz (I Love Lucy) dies of lung cancer at age 69.
1969	Boeing gives members of the press a historic first passenger flight from Seattle to New York City aboard the 747 jumbo jet.
1961	Fidel Castro declares himself the Communist leader of Cuba.
1942	A demonstration of the world's first nuclear reactor is given at the University of Chicago.
1939	La Guardia Airport in New York begins operations.
1932	The Adventures of Charlie Chan debuts on the NBC radio network.
1927	Henry Ford unveils the first Model A automobile, successor to the Model T, in New York City's Waldorf Hotel.
1859	Abolitionist John Brown is hanged for his part in a raid on Harper's Ferry, WV.
1823	US president James Monroe discusses his now-famous doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
1816	The Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, the first savings bank in the US, opens for business.
1804	Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France.