Historical Events In December - 02

1974  On December - 02 sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72  

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

1981  On this day in history 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 December - 02.  

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

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

1983  On this day in history atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies  

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

1986  On December - 02 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  STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission) on this day in history.  

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  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 December - 02.  

1991  On this day in history muslim Shiites release US hostage Joseph Cicip  

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

1993  On December - 02 colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot to death in Medellin.  

1993  On this day in history pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44  

1994  On December - 02 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  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  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  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 this day in history.  

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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  William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on December - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

1728  Ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat was born on December - 02.  

1738  On this day in history birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)  

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

0537  On this day in history sylvester, Italian Pope (536-37), dies  

1348  Death of Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297) on this day in history.  

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

1463  On December - 02 albrecht VI, archduke of Habsburg, dies  

1515  On December - 02 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  Death of Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general on December - 02.