Dickens Gives First Public Reading in America

On December 2, 1867

Charles Dickens gave his first public reading.

Taking place at a New York City theater, Charles Dickens gave his first reading of a six-month American book tour.

This Day in History - December 2

1950

The 'I Robot' collection of sci-fi short stories by Isaac Asimov was published by Genome Press in the US.

1942

The world's first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction happened in Chicago Pile-1 at the University of Chicago. It was overseen by Enrico Fermi.

1970

The United States Environmental Protection Agency was formed in the US under Director William Ruckelshaus.

1993

NASA's Endeavour Space Shuttle was launched through Mission STS-61.

1960

Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovered a 1.4 million-year-old Homo erectus in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

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