December 2nd in History

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December 2nd in History

1804: Napoleon Bonaparte crowned Emperor of France
1942: First successful nuclear chain reaction, created by physicists Enrico Fermi and Arthur Crompton
1982: A 61 year old American dentist, Dr Barney Clark, is the first human to receive an artificial heart

December 2nd birthdays

1859: Georges Seurat, French painter