Historical Events In December - 02

1974  Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72 on December - 02.   

1976  On December - 02 danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59   

1978  Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran on this day in history.   

1978  Streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1 on this day in history.   

1979  Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1980  4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador on December - 02.   

1981  Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11 30 AM on December - 02.   

1981  On December - 02 hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62   

1981  Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11:30 AM on December - 02.   

1982  A 61 year old American dentist, Dr Barney Clark, is the first human to receive an artificial heart on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history first permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart   

1982  On December - 02 david Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41   

1983  Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1985  Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies on December - 02.   

1986  Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer on December - 02.   

1988  On this day in history 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel   

1988  On December - 02 sTS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)   

1988  On December - 02 uN votes 151-2 (Isr and US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Britain abstains   

1988  Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) on this day in history.   

1989  V.P. Singh is sworn in as prime minister of India on December - 02.   

1990  On December - 02 first parliamentary election in newly reunified Germany   

1990  US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit on December - 02.   

1990  Aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1991  On December - 02 muslim Shiites release US hostage Joseph Cicip   

1992  On December - 02 gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43   

1993  On this day in history colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot to death in Medellin.   

1993  Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 on this day in history.   

1994  Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85 on December - 02.   

1995  Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90 on December - 02.   

1996  On this day in history penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76   

2005  On this day in history kenneth Boyd becomes the 1,00th person to be executed in the USA since the re-introduction of capital punishment in 1976.   

2005  On this day in history the £140m (US$240m) extension of the Docklands Light Railway in London, linking Canning Town to North Woolwich and London City Airport opens.   

2006  In Rome, about two million people, led by opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi, demonstrate against Romano Prodi's government on this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history stephane Dion is elected the new Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, on the fourth ballot.   

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1578  On this day in history birth of agostino Agazzari, composer   

1678  On December - 02 birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)   

1694  On this day in history birth of william Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)   

1703  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on December - 02.   

1728  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat   

1738  On December - 02 birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)   

1754  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on December - 02.   

0537  Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies on this day in history.   

1348  On this day in history death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)   

1381  Death of John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic on this day in history.   

1463  Albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies on December - 02.   

1515  On this day in history gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies   

1552  On December - 02 death of francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)   

1592  Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1615  On December - 02 death of louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general