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2 December
Contemporary era
1942
First nuclear chain reaction
On 2 December 1942, Enrico Fermi's team achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction in Chicago.
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Contemporary era
1804
Coronation of Napoleon
On 2 December 1804, Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the French at Notre-Dame in Paris.
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Jacques-Louis David, 1807, musee du Louvre
From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
1409
University of Leipzig founded
On 2 December 1409, the University of Leipzig, one of Germany's oldest, was founded.
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