Daily Calendar for Saturday, December 2, 2023
Born
- Jean-Charles Chapais (statesman) β
- Charles Ringling (circus owner) β
- Charles E. Bennett (In God We Trustβ promoterβ) β
- Julie Harris (actress) β
- Lucy Liu (actress) β
- Monica Seles (tennis player) β
- Nelly Furtado (singer & songwriter) β
- Britney Spears (singer) β
- Aaron Rogers (football player) β
Died
- Jane Means Appleton Pierce (U.S. First Lady) β
- Desi Arnaz (actor) β
- Aaron Copland (composer) β
Events
- Touro Synagogue, oldest in the United States, was dedicated in Newport, Rhode Islandβ
- Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned French Emperor Napoleon I of Franceβ
- First T. Eaton Co. Santa Claus parade, in Toronto, Ontarioβ
- Ambrose Small sold Canadian chain of theaters and disappeared the next dayβ
- First controlled, self-sustained nuclear chain reactionβ
- The first televised human birth was transmitted on 49 NBC network stationsβ
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency began operationβ
- First unmanned landing on Mars, by USSR Mars 3β
- Cowhide-made baseballs first accepted for use by Major League Baseballβ
- First pizza party in space took place on the International Space Stationβ
Weather
- A late-season tornado killed four people in Illinoisβ
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