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This Day In History December 02


Philadelphia nurse overhears British plans to attack Washington Coleridge joins the cavalry Napoleon crowned emperor Monroe Doctrine declared Monroe introduces bold new foreign policy Polk affirms Monroe Doctrine John Brown hanged Confederate General Gracie killed at Petersburg Russia reaches armistice with the Central Powers Fermi produces the first nuclear chain reaction McCarthy condemned by Senate Dam collapses in France, killing 412 Castro declares himself a Marxist-Leninist Senator Mansfield pronounces American aid to South Vietnam wasted South Vietnamese leaders order a temporary halt to the strategic hamlet program The Temptations earn their final #1 hit with "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" Archie Griffin wins second consecutive Heisman Trophy Kennedy cousin rape trial begins Affleck and Damon?s Good Will Hunting debuts Enron files for bankruptcy Toyota's first hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles arrive in California
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