February 1, 2002, Newsletter Issue #22: December 2 Activities

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TAnniversary of the First Artificial Heart Transplant - In 1982, Barney C. Clark, 61, became the first man to receive a permanent artificial heart. The operation was performed at the Univesity of Utah Medical Center at Salt Lake City, UT. Near death at the time of the operation, Clark survived almost 112 days after the implantion. He died March 23, 1983.
TAnnviersary of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction - In 1942, physicist Enrico Fermi led a team of scientists at the University of Chicago in producing the firsst controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. As part of the Manhattan Project, their first simple nuclear reactor was built under the stands of the University´s football stadium. This work led to the development of the atomic bomb, first tested on July 16, 1945, at Alamogordo, NM.
TLaos National Day - National day commemorating the proclamation of Lao People´s Democratic Republic in 1975.
TAnniversary of the Monroe Doctrine - In 1823, President James Monroe, in his annual message to Congress, enunciated the doctrine that bears his name and that was long hailed as a statement of US policy, "...In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part...we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of thei hemi-sphere as dangerous to our peace and safety...."
TPan American Health Day
TGeorges Seurat;s Birthday - (b 1869) French neo-Impressionist painter. Seurat is known for his style of painting small dots of color called "pointillism."
TUnited Arab Emirates National Day - Anniversary of the day in 1971 when a federation of seven sheikdoms declared independence and became the United Arab Emirates.

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