Daily Almanac: Dec. 2, 2021

Sunrise/Sunset

RISE: 7:52 a.m.

SET: 5:23 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures

High: 62 °F

Low: 45 °F

Wacky Holiday Today

• National Mutt Day

• Play Basketball Day

What Happened On This Day

• 1982 First artificial heart transplant

• 1804 Napoleon is crowned Emperor of France

Births On This Day

• 1981 Britney Spears

American singer-songwriter

• 1978 Nelly Furtado

Canadian singer-songwriter

Deaths On This Day

• 1993 Pablo Escobar

Colombian drug lord

• 1859 John Brown

American activist