Page 7: Historical Events In December - 02

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

1976  On this day in history danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59   

1978  Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran on December - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1981  Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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 December - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1983  On December - 02 atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies   

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

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

1988  On December - 02 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel   

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

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

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

1989  On December - 02 v.P. Singh is sworn in as prime minister of India.   

1990  First parliamentary election in newly reunified Germany on December - 02.   

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

1990  On this day in history aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90   

1991  Muslim Shiites release US hostage Joseph Cicip on December - 02.   

1992  Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1993  Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot to death in Medellin on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 02 pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44   

1994  Donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1995  Francis Joseph Quinn, academic, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1996  On December - 02 penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76   

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

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 December - 02 in Rome, about two million people, led by opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi, demonstrate against Romano Prodi's government.   

2006  Stephane Dion is elected the new Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, on the fourth ballot on December - 02.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1578  Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on December - 02.   

1678  Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)   

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

1738  Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775) was born on December - 02.   

1754  On December - 02 birth of william Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)   

0537  Sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies on December - 02.   

1348  On December - 02 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 this day in history.   

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

1552  Death of Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) on December - 02.   

1592  On this day in history alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46   

1615  On this day in history death of louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general