Today in history, Dec 2nd!

Some of the great historical events that happened today in history, on December 2nd!

Today in history facts are from various sites including, but not limited too: the History Channel, The New York Times, WHG Historynet.com, HistoryOrb.com, and On This Day blogs from my blogroll.

http://hankeringforhistory.com/2012/12/02/today-in-history-dec-2nd/

1804	Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of France in Notre Dame Cathedral.
1823	President James Monroe proclaims the principles known as the Monroe Doctrine, “that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by European powers.”
1863	General Braxton Bragg turns over command of the Army of Tennessee to General William Hardee at Dalton, Ga.
1864	Major General Grenville M. Dodge is named to replace General William Rosecrans as Commander of the Department of Missouri.
1867	People wait in mile-long lines to hear Charles Dickens give his first reading in New York City.
1907	Spain and France agree to enforce Moroccan measures adopted in 1906.
1909	J.P. Morgan acquires majority holdings in Equitable Life Co. This is the largest concentration of bank power to date.
1914	Austrian troops occupy Belgrade, Serbia.
1918	Armenia proclaims independence from Turkey.
1921	The first successful helium dirigible, C-7, makes a test flight in Portsmouth, Va.
1927	The new Ford Model A is introduced to the American public.
1932	Bolivia accepts Paraguay’s terms for a truce in the Chaco War.
1942	The Allies repel a strong Axis attack in Tunisia, North Africa.
1944	General George S. Patton’s troops enter the Saar Valley and break through the Siegfried line.
1946	The United States and Great Britain merge their German occupation zones.
1954	The Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R Wis., for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”
1961	Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared himself a Marxist-Leninist who would lead Cuba to Communism.
1964	Brazil sends Juan Peron back to Spain, foiling his efforts to return to his native land.
1969	The Boeing 747 jumbo jet debuted.
1970	The U.S. Senate votes to give 48,000 acres of New Mexico back to the Taos Indians.
1980	Four American churchwomen were raped, murdered and buried in El Salvador. (Five national guardsmen were later convicted of murder.)
1982	Doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center performed the first implant of a permanent artificial heart in a human. Barney Clark lived 112 days with the device.
1990	Chancellor Helmut Kohl’s center-right coalition easily won the first free all-German elections since 1932.
1990	Composer Aaron Copland died at age 90.
1993	Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot to death by security forces in Medellin.
2001	Enron filed for Chapter 11 protection in one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history.
2010	The House voted to censure Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., for financial and fundraising misconduct.