This Day In History: December 2

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This Day in History Video: What Happened on December 2

In this "This Day in History" video, learn about the history of December 2. December 2, was the day Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of France in 1804, the day in 1982 of the first artificial heart surgery, and in 2001 the day of Enron's filing for bankruptcy.

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