December 2nd, 2008

Today in History

1982:
At the University of Utah, Barney Clark, becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.

1975:
The communist Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

1942:
Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiate the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

1852:
Napoleon III becomes Emperor of France.

1845:
Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.