Today In History
Today is Saturday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2017. There are 29 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1942: An artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago.
ON THIS DATE
› 1697: London’s
St. Paul’s Cathedral, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was consecrated for use even though the building was still under construction.
› 1804: Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French.
› 1927: Ford Motor Co. unveiled its Model A automobile that replaced its Model T.
› 1939: New
York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field (later LaGuardia Airport) went into operation as an airliner from Chicago landed at one minute past midnight.
› 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 newly created Environmental Protection Agency opened its doors under its first director, William D. Ruckelshaus.
› 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.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III is 86. Former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is 78. Actress Cathy Lee Crosby is 73. Actor Ron Raines is
68. Country singer John Wesley Ryles is 67. Actor Keith Szarabajka is 65. Actor Steven Bauer is 61. Country singer Joe Henry is 57. Rock musician Rick Savage (Def Leppard) is
57. Actor Brendan Coyle is 54. Rock musician Nate Mendel (Foo Fighters) is
49. Actress Suzy Nakamura is 49. Actress Rena Sofer is 49. Rock singer Jimi HaHa (Jimmie’s Chicken Shack) is 49. International Tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles is
44. Singer Nelly Furtado is 39. Pop singer Britney Spears is 36. Actress-singer Jana Kramer is 34. Actress Yvonne Orji is
34. Actress Daniela Ruah is 34. NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers is 34. Pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth is 26. Actresses Deanna and Daniella Canterman are 25.