Your historical facts for Dec 2nd: • 1409 – The University of Leipzig opens. • 1697 – St Pauls Cathedral is consecrated in London. • 1755 – The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire. • 1763 – Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States. • 1775 – The USS Alfred becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Stars and Stripes); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones. • 1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years. • 1867 – At Tremont Temple in Boston, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States. • 1927 – Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile. • 1930 – During the Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy. • 1939 – New York Citys LaGuardia Airport opens. • 1970 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations. • 1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart. • 1988 – Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state. • 1993 – Space Shuttle program: STS-61 – NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. • 2001 – Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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