TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Dec. 2, 1954

The U.S. Senate passed, 67-22, a resolution condemning Republican Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin, saying he had “acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”

ON THIS DATE

1942

An artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago.

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.

2001

In one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history, Enron filed for Chapter 11 protection.