2 December: Know about historical events that took place on this date

Check the list of some major events that took place on 2 December in the past Today on 2 December 2022, we bring you a list of some significant events that took place on this day back in the past. Napoleon crowned France’s emperor Almost a century back, it was on 2 December 1804, when Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself as the Emperor of France at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in the presence of Pope Pius VII. World’s first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction was initiated Led by a group of scientists, on 2 December 1942, the world’s first self-sustaining, controlled nuclear chain reaction was conducted at the University of Chicago’s football stadium under the direction of Enrico Fermi. The first artificial heart implant Around 40 years back on 2 December 1982, cardiothoracic surgeon William C. DeVries carried out a successful operation when he carefully removed the damaged heart of Dr Barney Clark and further replaced it with the world’s first permanent artificial heart.