TODAY IN HISTORY

Monday, December  02, 2013 AP Highlight in History:  On Dec. 2, 1942, a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago.   AP Photo
On this date in: 1804 Napoleon was crowned emperor of France. 1823 President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere. 1954 The Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R Wis., for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." AP Photo/Byron Rollins 1961 Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared himself a Marxist-Leninist who would lead Cuba to Communism. 1969 The Boeing 747 jumbo jet debuted. 1980 Four American churchwomen were raped, murdered and buried in El Salvador. (Five national guardsmen were later convicted of murder.) 1982 Doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center performed the first implant of a permanent artificial heart in a human. Barney Clark lived 112 days with the device. Dr. Robert Jarvik, inventor of the artificial heart 1990 Chancellor Helmut Kohl's center-right coalition easily won the first free all-German elections since 1932. 1990 Composer Aaron Copland died at age 90. 1993 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot to death by security forces in Medellin. 1999 A power-sharing cabinet of Protestants and Catholics sat down together for the first time in Northern Ireland. 2001 Enron filed for Chapter 11 protection in one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in U.S. history. 2010 The House voted to censure Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., for financial and fundraising misconduct.		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers turns 30 years old today. AP Photo/Seth Wenig Name Profession Age Edwin Meese III Former attorney general 82 Cathy Lee Crosby Actress 69 Stone Phillips Broadcast journalist 59 Rick Savage Rock musician (Def Leppard) 53 Lucy Liu Actress 45 Monica Seles Tennis player 40 Nelly Furtado Rock singer 35 Britney Spears Singer, TV judge ("The X Factor") 32 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., turns 74 years old today. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite