Historical Events In December - 02

1974  On this day in history sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72  

1976  Danny Murtaugh, baseball manager (Pitts Pirates), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 02 vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy, composer, dies at 72  

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  On this day in history hershy Kay, composer, dies at 62  

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.  

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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  On December - 02 david Blue, rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41  

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

1985  Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies on this day in history.  

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

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  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 December - 02.  

1989  V.P. Singh is sworn in as prime minister of India on this day in history.  

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 December - 02 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  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 December - 02.  

1994  On December - 02 donald John Urquhart, librarian, dies at 85  

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

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  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  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  On this day in history birth of nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)  

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 this day in history.  

1710  On this day in history birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)  

1728  On December - 02 birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat  

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

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

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 December - 02 gonzalo de Cordoba, Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies  

1552  On December - 02 death of francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)  

1592  Alexander Farnese, land guardian of Neth (1579-92), dies at 46 on December - 02.  

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