2nd December: Today In History

Today is 2nd December,  the 336 day of 2015. There are 29 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight In History; 
Birthdays:
1859 Georges Seurat, French painter
1885 Dr George R Minot, American discoverer of a treatment for anaemia
1889 Sir John Barbirolli, English conductor with the 'Halle Orchestra'
1906 Peter Carl Goldmark, American inventor of the long playing record
1956 Earl of Arundel and Surrey, Heir to the Duke of Norfolk
1959 Gwyneth Strong, Actress; appeared in 'Only Fools And Horses'
1960 Rick Savage, Guitarist & founder member of the group 'Def Leppard'
1960 Sydney Youngblood, Pop singer

Events:
1697 The newly re-built St Pauls Cathedral was opened
1804 In Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France
1805 Lord Nelson was killed during the Battle of Trafalgar
1942 The first successfull nuclear chain reaction was created by physicists, Enrico Fermi & Arthur Crompton
1982 The British actor and comedian Marty Feldman died in Mexico City, aged 49
1982 A 61 year old American dentist, Dr Barney Clark, was the first human to receive the worlds first artificial heart
1982 The film 'Gandhi' received it's premiere in London attended by the Princess of Wales
1991 The seat of the Federal Government formally moves to Abuja.
1992 A decree - National Assembly (Basic Constitutional and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Decree No. 53 of 1992 - spells out specific areas on which the National Assembly can pass bills. No-go areas