History for December 2

History for December 2 - On-This-Day.com:
George Seurat 1859, Charles Ringling 1862, Leo Gordon 1922


Alexander M. Haig 1924, Lucy Liu 1968 - Actress, Britney Spears 1981 - Singer, TV judge ("The X Factor")


1823 - U.S. President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.


1901 - Gillette patented the KC Gillette Razor. It was first razor to feature a permanent handle and disposable double-edge razor blades.


1927 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled the Model A automobile. It was the successor to the Model T.


1939 - New York's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago landed at 12:01 a.m.


1942 - A self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated by Dr. Enrico Fermi and his staff at the University of Chicago.


1961 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared in a nationally broadcast speech that he was a Marxist-Leninist and that he was going to lead Cuba to communism.


1970 - The Environmental Protection Agency began operations.






1990 - The Midwest section of the U.S. prepared for a massive earthquake predicted by Iben Browning. The earthquakes did not occur.