Today is Sunday, Dec. 2, the 336th day of 2018. There are 29 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight: On Dec. 2, 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.
On this date:
In 1823, President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
In 1859, militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harpers Ferry the previous October. Artist Georges-Pierre Seurat was born in Paris.
In 1927, Ford Motor Co. unveiled its Model A automobile that replaced its Model T.
In 1954, the U.S. Senate passed, 67-22, a resolution condemning Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., saying he had “acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”
In 1970, the newly created Environmental Protection Agency opened its doors under its first director, William D. Ruckelshaus.
In 1980, four American churchwomen were raped and murdered outside San Salvador. (Five national guardsmen were convicted in the killings.)
In 2001, in one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history, Enron filed for Chapter 11 protection.
In 2015, a couple loyal to Islamic State opened fire at a holiday banquet for public employees in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 21 others before dying in a shootout with police.
Today’s birthdays: Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III is 87. Former Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is 79. Movie director Penelope Spheeris is 73. Actor Dennis Christopher is 63. Actor Brendan Coyle is 55. Actress Lucy Liu is 50. Singer Nelly Furtado is 40. Pop singer Britney Spears is 37.
Thought for today: “When we cannot find contentment in ourselves it is useless to seek it elsewhere.” — Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, French author (1613-1680).
— Associated Press
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