TODAY IN HISTORY (02nd Dec)
· Napoleon Bonaparte: crowned himself emperor of France at Notre Dame (1804)
· Monroe Doctrine: was articulated by President James Monroe; it told Europe to stay out of the Americas (1823)
· Artificial heart: Barney Clark was the recipient of the first such transplant, a Jarvik-7; he lived for 112 days (1982)
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