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On This Day

December 2

1992
John Haggin files for divorce from Roxanne Pulitzer: Their October 16 wedding caused his mother to cut him off from a $200,000,000 fortune; that's about $4,250,000 a day.

1983
Michael Jackson: The King of Pop's Thriller video premiers on MTV.

1982
First successful implantation of a permanent artificial heart: It was designed and implanted by Dr. Robert Jarvik into Barney Clark (age 61). Clark died 112 days later.

1970
Environmental Protection Agency is established.

1969
Major Nelson marries Jeannie on the TV show I Dream of Jeannie.

1969
Boeing 747: The 350-500 passenger jet makes its first public flight; it flew from Seattle, Washington to New York City.

1969
Buck White starring Muhammed Ali: The Broadway play starring the heavyweight boxing champ opens. It closed four days later.

1954
Sen. Joseph McCarthy is condemned by a vote of the U.S. Senate (67-22) for his actions during his investigations into Communist activity.

1942
First controlled nuclear chain reaction: Produced by a team headed by Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago.

1941
First around-the-world commercial flight takes off from San Francisco. This Pan American Airways flight arrived in New York City January 6 after covering 31,500 miles.

1941
Casablanca: Date of the opening scene of the classic 1942 film.

1973
Monica Seles, Yugoslavian tennis player, winner of eight Grand Slam titles. In 1993 she was stabbed during a tournament by a man who didn't want her to compete against Steffi Graf.

1948
Cathy Lee Crosby, American actress. TV: That's Incredible! (host).

1931
Edwin Meese III, American politician, former U.S. Attorney General.

1925
Julie Harris, American actress. TV: Knots Landing (Lilimae Clements).

1924
Alexander M. Haig Jr., American general, and ex-Secretary of State.

1906     d. 1977
Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-born American television engineer, invented the first commercial color television (1940) and the 33 1/3 LP record (1948).

1863     d. 1926
Charles Ringling, American circus operator, with Ringling Brothers Circus.

1990     b. 1910
Bob Cummings, American Emmy-winning actor. Film: Dial M for Murder (1954). TV: The Bob Cummings Show and 12 Angry Men (1954, Emmy).

1990     b. 1900
Aaron Copland, American composer, Billy the Kid and Appalachian Spring.

1986     b. 1917
Desi Arnaz (Desiderio Arnaz III), Cuban-born band leader, actor. TV: I Love Lucy (Ricky Ricardo).

1963     b. 1924
Sabu (Sabu Dastagir), Indian-born American actor. Film: Elephant Boy (1937) and Jungle Book (1942).

1859     b. 1800
John Brown, American abolitionist, the Pottawatomie Massacre was committed by his men, and he led the attack on Harper's Ferry (1859), for which he was hanged.

1814     b. 1740
Marquis de Sade (Count Donatien Alphonse Francois Sade), French obscene author, from whom the word "sadism" is derived.

537     b. ????
Saint Silverius, religious leader, 58th Pope (536-537). He was violently deposed and abdicated on November 11, 537.

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