On This Day December 2nd

 

December 2nd is the 336th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 29 days remain until the end of the year.



Events


1409 – The University of Leipzig opens.

1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.

1804 – At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.

1805 – War of the Third Coalition: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops under Napoleon decisively defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.

1823 – Monroe Doctrine: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in future European conflicts and warns European powers not to interfere in the Americas.

1865 – Alabama ratified the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina and then Georgia; U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.

1927—After 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveiled the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

1939 – New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.

1954 – Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."

1991 – Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.

1993 – Space Shuttle program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.


 


Birthdays

1754 – William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York (d. 1809)

1759 – James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnean Society (d. 1828)

1827 – William Burges, English architect and designer (d. 1881)

1863 – Charles Edward Ringling, American businessman, co-founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (d. 1926)

1885 – George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)

1930 – Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)

1945 – Penelope Spheeris, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1960 – Rick Savage, English singer-songwriter and bass player

1973 – Monica Seles, Serbian-American tennis player

1981 – Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

1994 – Aaron Jones, American football player




Holiday Highlight

 EAT A RED APPLE DAY

America’s love affair with apples began in the early 19th century with the travels of Johnny Appleseed, who planted trees in states trailing from the East Coast to the Midwest. Yet these apples weren’t the sort we’re celebrating now — they were small and tart, used primarily for brewing cider. 

In 1875, however, the gleaming, sweet, crunchy red fruit we know and love today was discovered in a small town in Peru, Iowa, on a farm owned by Jesse Hiatt when a chance seedling took root. He carted the flamboyant apple to a fruit show in Missouri after his first actual harvest, and the worldwide world was taken by it, wanting to plant trees on their own land. And thus, the poster child for America’s apples was born, aptly named the Red Delicious Apple. 

By the time the Great Depression rolled around, the red apple was nationwide. In the face of famine, small communities began to band together to share food and other resources. Since the apple’s peak harvest season is fall, children often bring them to their teachers at the start of the school year. To this day, the red apple symbolizes knowledge and education.

The old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” which originated in Pembrokeshire, Wales, seems to have crossed the Atlantic in the 1860s to arrive here in America. What used to be simply an old adage was confirmed by doctors in the 2010s as actually being true, considering the high antioxidant benefits of the friendly fruit. 

Eat a Red Apple Day falls on December 1, toward the end of the harvest season. While its origins are unknown, we need to maintain having at least one on this day each year, if only to pay rightful tribute to its cultural (and medical) importance.



Holidays And Observance 

Business of Popping Corn Day   

Cyber Monday  

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 

National Fritters Day

National Mutt Day 

Play Basketball Day 

Safety Razor Day 

Special Education Day 

Walt Disney Day 

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