On This Day for December 2 - Monroe Doctrine, Georges Seurat is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. December 02 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Georges Seurat READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1823 Monroe Doctrine READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2014: Canadian ice hockey player Jean Béliveau, considered one of the game's greatest centres, noted for his prolific scoring, died at age 83. [ See if Béliveau made our list of the 10 best hockey players of all time.] 2001: Following revelations of massive accounting fraud, Enron filed for bankruptcy protection; the energy-trading company was once the seventh largest corporation in the United States. 1993: Colombian criminal Pablo Escobar—who, as head of the Medellín cartel , was arguably the world's most powerful drug trafficker in the 1980s and early '90s—was killed during a shoot-out with authorities. [Discover eight interesting facts about Pablo Escobar.] 1983: The groundbreaking music video for Michael Jackson's song Thriller aired on MTV. [ Take our quiz about famous songs.] 1982: William C. DeVries implanted the first permanent artificial heart in Barney Clark; the aluminum and plastic device was called the Jarvik-7. [Test your knowledge of the human body.] 1981: American singer Britney Spears—who helped spark the teen-pop phenomenon in the late 1990s and later endured intense public scrutiny for her personal life—was born. [Test your knowledge of pop music.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1983 Aaron Rodgers American football player 1981 Britney Spears American singer 1946 Gianni Versace Italian fashion designer 1923 Maria Callas American singer 1859 Georges Seurat French painter 1939 Harry Reid United States senator SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help