Historical Events In December - 02
Wednesday, 08 May 2024
1974 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72 on December - 02.
1976 Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59 on December - 02.
1978 On this day in history 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 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72 on December - 02.
1980 On December - 02 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
1981 On December - 02 moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11 30 AM
1981 Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62 on December - 02.
1981 On December - 02 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 First permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with the Jarvic-7 heart on December - 02.
1982 On December - 02 david Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
1983 On December - 02 atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1985 On December - 02 alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies
1986 Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer on December - 02.
1988 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel on December - 02.
1988 STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history v.P. Singh is sworn in as prime minister of India.
1990 First parliamentary election in newly reunified Germany on this day in history.
1990 On December - 02 uS 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit
1990 On this day in history aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90
1991 On December - 02 muslim Shiites release US hostage Joseph Cicip
1992 On this day in history gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43
1993 Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot to death in Medellin on December - 02.
1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44 on this day in history.
1994 On this day in history donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85
1995 On December - 02 francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90
1996 On this day in history penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76
2005 On December - 02 kenneth Boyd becomes the 1,00th person to be executed in the USA since the re-introduction of capital punishment in 1976.
2005 On December - 02 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 December - 02.
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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