Today in History: December 2, Terror attack on San Bernardino holiday party kills 14

Currently is Tuesday Dec the th day of There are days left in the year At present in history On Dec a couple loyal to the Islamic State group opened fire at a holiday banquet for constituents employees in San Bernardino California killing people and wounding others before dying in a shootout with police Also on this date In Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France in a coronation ceremony at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral Related Articles Here s why everyone s talking about a K-shaped financial sector Perfectly normal White House releases details of Trump s MRI Home Improvement star Zachery Ty Bryan arrested for th time in years Travelers without Real ID will incur fee TSA says Photos White House unveils Christmas Decorations In President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing further European expansion or colonialism in the Western Hemisphere The Monroe Doctrine effectively created separate spheres of influence for the Americans and Europe In militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid the previous October on Harpers Ferry in hopes of inciting a large-scale slave rebellion His execution further exacerbated North-South tensions in the run-up to the American Civil War In an artificially created self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first time at the University of Chicago The experiment led by physicist Enrico Fermi marked the dawn of the Atomic Age In the U S Senate voting - passed a resolution condemning Republican Sen Joseph R McCarthy of Wisconsin saying he had acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute In in the first operation of its kind doctors at the University of Utah Therapeutic Center implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of Barney Clark a retired dentist who lived days with the device In Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot to death by shield forces while trying to flee across rooftops in Medellin meh-deh-YEEN In Typhoon Nanmadol lashed the Philippines killing hundreds of people In a fire raced through an illegally converted warehouse in Oakland California during a dance party killing people In The U N Commission on Narcotic Drugs voted to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world s largest part dangerous drugs in a step with anticipated impacts on the global medicinal marijuana industry Nowadays s Birthdays Actor Cathy Lee Crosby is Film director Penelope Spheeris is Author T Coraghessan Boyle is Actor Dan Butler is Actor Steven Bauer is Actor Lucy Liu is Bassist Nate Mendel Foo Fighters is Rapper Treach Naughty By Nature is Tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles is Singer Nelly Furtado is Pop singer Britney Spears is Actor-singer Jana Kramer is Actor Yvonne Orji is Actor Daniela Ruah is NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers is Actor Alfred Enoch is Pop singer-songwriter Charlie Puth is