12-02-2005, 06:33 AM
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December 2nd
1547 ~ Death of Hernán Cortés, Spanish explorer and conqueror.
1804 ~ At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France.
1814 ~ Death of Marquis de Sade, Writer.
1859 ~ Militant abolitionist leader John Brown was hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.
1923 ~ Birthday of Maria Callas, Opera Singer.
1942 ~ Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
1961 ~ Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared that he was a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba was going to adopt Communism.
1990 ~ War on Drugs: Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot and killed in Medellín.
1991 ~ Apple release the first version of QuickTime.
2001 ~ Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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