December 2
From Multiversal Omnipedia
- 1703: Real World - The Great Storm of 1703 ends, having claimed several thousand lives.
- 1930: Real World - President Herbert Hoover goes before Congress to request a $150 million public-works program, intended to generate jobs and stimulate economic recovery.
- 1942: Real World - A team led by Enrico Fermi create the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction at the University of Chicago.
- 1954: Real World - Senator Joseph McCarthy's tactics and actions are condemned by the U.S. Congress.
- 1972: Real World - Gough Whitlam elected Prime Minister of Australia, and immediately pulls all Australian troops out of Vietnam.
- 1982: Real World - Barney Clark becomes the first human to receive a permanent artificial heart, extending his life for 112 days.
- 1988: Real World - Benazir Bhutto, is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to lead an Islamic state.
- 1993: Real World - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar killed.
- 1999: Real World - The Northern Ireland Executive assumes full political power from the United Kingdom.
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