On this day:
1804: Napoleon is crowned Emperor of France
1982: Barney Clark became the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.Â
2001: Enron company became the largest company in the history of the United States to declare bankruptcy.
Gone on this day:
1814: Marquis de Sade, French author, politician
1985: Philip Larkin, English poet
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