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Events from History on December 02

1620 : English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam
1682 : English earl of Shaftesbury flight to Amsterdam
1697 : St Paul's Cathedral opens in London
1763 : Touro shul of Newport RI dedicated (oldest existing US synagogue)
1777 : British Gen Howe plots attack on Washington's army for Dec 4
1790 : Austrian army occupies Brussels
1802 : English sell Suriname to Dutch
1804 : Napoleon Bonaparte crowned emperor of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII
1805 : Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz
1812 : James Madison re-elected president of US, E Gerry vice-pres
1813 : Prince Willem Frederik accepts constitutional monarchy
1816 : 1st savings bank in US opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society)
1822 : In San Salvador, a congress proposes incorporation into US
1823 : President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
1840 : Gaetano Donizetti's opera "La Favorita," premieres in Paris
1840 : Opera "Die Favoritin" is produced (Paris)
1840 : William H Harrison elected president of US
1848 : Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria & King of Hungary
1852 : 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
1864 : Skirmish at Rocky Creek Church, Georgia
1868 : 1st British government of Disraeli resigns
1877 : Camille Saint-Sa‰ns' opera "Samson et Dalila," premieres in Weimar
1882 : Amsterdam Artis Zoo opens aquarium
1883 : John Brahms' 3rd Symphony in F, premieres
1885 : Opera "Regina di Saba," premieres in Vienna
1887 : Amsterdam's Oscar Carr‚s Circus Theater opens
1887 : Charles Dickens' 1st public reading in US (NYC)
1887 : French president Gr‚vy (80) resigns
1891 : 52nd Congress (1891-93) convenes
1895 : 54th Congress (1895-97) convenes
1896 : Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin
1899 : US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them
1900 : South African president Paul Kruger arrives in Germany
1901 : Gillette patents 1st disposable razor
1901 : King Camp Gillette begins selling safety razor blades
1902 : Soccer team Go Ahead forms in Deventer
1907 : English Professional Football Player's Association forms
1907 : Tommy Burns KOs Gunner Moir in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1908 : Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3
1913 : Archdiocese of Managua created
1913 : Govt -Barthou falls due to overtime conscription
1914 : Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia
1916 : Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract
1917 : Han Yong-woon, found Zen awakening at Osean Monastery Korea
1924 : British-German trade agreement signed
1927 : 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385
1928 : Cardinals 1B Jim Bottomley is voted NL MVP
1929 : 1st skull of Peking man found, 50 km out of Peking at Tsjoe Koe Tien
1932 : "Adv of Charlie Chan" 1st heard on NBC-Blue radio network
1933 : 1st transatlantic telephone wedding (Bertil Clason-Sigrid Carlson)
1933 : Fred Astaire's 1st film, "Dancing Lady," released
1934 : 5.08-m (200") Mt Palomar Observatory mirror is cast
1939 : British Imperial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC
1939 : NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago
1939 : lands, 1 minute after midnight
1941 : Largest roller skating rink (outside of NYC) opens in Peekskill NY
1941 : NY Giants name Mel Ott as player-manager, replacing Bill Terry
1941 : Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul
1941 : Yamamoto sends his fleet to Pearl Harbor
1942 : 1st controlled nuclear chain reaction (Enrico Fermi-U of Chicago)
1943 : 1st RSHA transport out of Vienna reaches Birkenau camp
1944 : 10th Heisman Trophy Award: Les Horvath, Ohio State (QB)
1944 : General De Gaulle arrives in Moscow
1944 : German troops seize Betuwse dikes
1944 : US 95th Infantry division occupies bridge at Saar
1947 : 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (QB)
1948 : Stan Musial is picked NL MVP
1950 : Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight
1951 : "Borscht Capades" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 90 performances
1952 : 18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)
1952 : 1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colo)
1954 : "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
1954 : US Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that
1954 : tends to bring Senate into dishonor & disrepute"
1956 : Fidel Castro lands with "Granma" on coast of Cuba
1957 : 1st US large scale nuclear power plant opens (Shippingport Penn)
1957 : Sam Cooke's "You Send Me" reaches #1
1958 : 24th Heisman Trophy Award: Pete Dawkins, Army (HB)
1958 : Benelux treaty signed by Belgium, Netherlands & Luxembourg
1958 : KNOP TV channel 2 in North Platte, NB (NBC) begins broadcasting
1959 : Malpasset dam collapses destroying French Riviera town of Frejus
1961 : Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead Cuba to Communism
1961 : Wind Bell, journal of SF Zen Center, begins publishing
1963 : 1st Dutch rocket launched/reaches height of 10 km
1963 : ML Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965
1964 : Ringo Starr's tonsils are removed
1966 : Love, Moby Grape & Lee Michaels perform at Fillmore East
1968 : Pres Nixon names Henry Kissinger security advisor
1969 : "Buck White" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 7 performances
1969 : Boeing 747 jumbo jet 1st public preview (Seattle to NYC)
1970 : Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus)
1970 : Tippetts Opera "Knot Garden," premieres in London
1971 : Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah & Umm ak Qiwain form
1971 : Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
1971 : United Arab Emirates
1971 : United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from UK
1971 : Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes pres of UAE
1972 : "December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama)
1972 : "Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances
1972 : In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen
1973 : Capital Centre (USAir Arena) in Wash DC opens
1973 : US Air Arena opens in Landover Maryland, Bullets beat Seattle, 98-96
1974 : Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
1974 : Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ
1974 : Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days
1975 : 7 South Moluccans hijack train at Wijster Drente, 3 killed
1975 : Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)
1975 : Laos king Sisavang Vatthana resigns, republic forms
1978 : Chanting "Allah is great," anti-Shah protesters poured through Tehran
1978 : Neil Diamond & Barbra Striesand's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1
1978 : Streisand & Diamond's "You Don't Bring Me Flowers," goes #1
1979 : Crowds attack US embassy at Tripoli Libya
1979 : Foots Walker becomes 1st Cleve Cavalier to score a triple-double
1979 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 : 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador
1981 : Fernando Valenzuela (Dodgers) wins NL Rookie of the Year
1981 : Moscone Convention Center, SF opens at 11:30 AM
1981 : Spanish government requests membership in NATO
1982 : 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in
1982 : retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
1984 : 4th meeting of Giants-Jets, Giants even series at 2 with 20-10 win
1984 : Bob Holland takes 9-83 for NSW against South Australia, SCG
1984 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 : "Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 608 perfs
1985 : Philipine Chief staff Gen Fabian speaks of B Aquino's murder
1985 : Rupert Holmes' musical "Mystery of Edwin Drood," premieres in NYC
1986 : Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57
1987 : "334" club forms as 334 brave Devil fans journey through 20" of snow
1987 : Chicago City Council elects Eugene Sawyer acting mayor
1987 : Jennifer Steele, 17, of Colo becomes Miss Teen of America [Approx]
1987 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1987 : to attend NJ Devils 7-5 victory over Calgary at Meadowlands
1988 : "Naked Gun" premieres, a movie based on TV's "Police Squad"
1988 : 5 gunmen who hijacked Soviet Aeroflot jet, surrender in Israel
1988 : STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
1988 : UN votes 151-2 (Isr & US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Brit abstains
1989 : 55th Heisman Trophy Award: Andre Ware, Houston (QB)
1989 : KHJ-TV in Los Angeles CA changes call letters to KCAL-TV
1989 : Vishwanath Pratap Singh sworn in as president of India
1990 : 1st parlimentary election in newly reunified Germany
1990 : 1st time 12 people in space
1990 : US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit
1991 : Bobby Bonilla signs record $29 million-5 year pact with NY Mets
1991 : Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio
1992 : WQEW-AM radio replaces WQXR on 1560 in NYC
1993 : A Websters musical "Sunset Promenade" premieres in LA
1993 : Dow-Jones hits record 3702.11
1993 : Space shuttle STS-61 (Endeavour 5), launches
1994 : "Cobb" premieres
1994 : Achille Lauro (Willem Ruys) sinks off the coast of Somalia
1994 : Andrew Lloyd Webber admitted to the hospital for ulcer treatment
1994 : Jury finds Heidi Fleiss guilty of running a call girl ring
1995 : 17th ACE Cable Awards
1997 : MCI Center opens in Wash DC, Wizards vs SuperSonics

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