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 December - 02 moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11 30 AM  

1981  Hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62 on December - 02.  

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

1982  On December - 02 a 61 year old American dentist, Dr Barney Clark, is the first human to receive an artificial heart  

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 this day in history.  

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  Desi Arnaz, actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies at 69 of cancer on this day in history.  

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

1988  On this day in history 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 December - 02.  

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  On December - 02 aaron Copeland, composer (Fanfare for Common Man), dies at 90  

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

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

1993  On December - 02 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  On December - 02 donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85  

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

1996  On December - 02 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  On December - 02 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  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 this day in history.  

1703  Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759) was born on December - 02.  

1710  Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.  

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  William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1381  Death of John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic on December - 02.  

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

1515  Gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies on December - 02.  

1552  Death of Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506) on this day in history.  

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

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