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

2020

The United Kingdom became the first country to legalize the use of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine.

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.

1982

The first artificial heart was successfully implanted.

1908

The Chinese child Emperor Pu Yi ascended the Chinese throne at the age of two.

1960

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

What Happened on Dec 2?

What Happened in 1867?