Historical Events In December - 02

1974  Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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  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 December - 02.   

1981  Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco opens at 11 30 AM on this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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  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  On December - 02 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel   

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 this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)   

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

1990  On this day in history 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  Muslim Shiites release US hostage Joseph Cicip on this day in history.   

1992  Gary Mascaro, choreographer, dies at 43 on December - 02.   

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

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

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  Penelope Jessel, politcal activist, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

2005  Kenneth Boyd becomes the 1,00th person to be executed in the USA since the re-introduction of capital punishment in 1976 on December - 02.   

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

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

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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 December - 02.   

1703  On December - 02 birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)   

1710  On December - 02 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 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 this day in history death of emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)   

1381  On December - 02 death of john of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic   

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

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

1552  On this day in history 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 this day in history.