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  On December - 02 chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran   

1978  On December - 02 streisand and Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1   

1979  On this day in history vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72   

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

1981  On this day in history moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11 30 AM   

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

1981  On this day in history moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11:30 AM   

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 December - 02 first permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart   

1982  David Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41 on December - 02.   

1983  Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies on December - 02.   

1985  On December - 02 alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies   

1986  On this day in history desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer   

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

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

1988  On this day in history 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  First parliamentary election in newly reunified Germany on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history uS 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit   

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

1991  Muslim Shiites release US hostage Joseph Cicip on this day in history.   

1992  Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43 on December - 02.   

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  On this day in history francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90   

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

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

2006  On December - 02 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  Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on December - 02.   

1694  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on this day in history.   

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  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on December - 02.   

1738  Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)   

0537  On December - 02 sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies   

1348  Death of Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) on December - 02.   

1381  On December - 02 death of john of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic   

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  On this day in history alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46   

1615  Death of Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general on December - 02.