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December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... December 2, 2004 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy: The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary requests Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell to respond to alleged voting irregularities. ... December 2, 2003 Venezuelan opposition leaders claim to have gathered enough petition signatures to force a referendum to recall President Hugo Chávez; in response, the government alleges the four-day signature drive was tainted by massive fraud. [1] [2] The second trial of DeCSS releaser Jon Johansen begins. ... December 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - → // Events December 31, 2002 United States troops get into a brief gun battle with paramilitary forces of the Warzirstan Scouts of Pakistan, in a remote tribal area along the undefined Afghan/Pakistani border, in Paktia Province... 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events: December 2 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection five days after Dynegy canceled a US$8. ... 2000 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December This is a timeline for events in December, 2000. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For the 1921 film starring Fatty Arbuckle, see Leap Year (film). ... For the calendar of religious holidays and periods, see liturgical year. ...

Events

• 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens.
• 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire.
• 1804 - At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a thousand years.
• 1805 - Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Austerlitz - French troops under Napoleon defeat a joint Russo-Austrian force.
• 1823 - Monroe Doctrine: US President James Monroe delivers a speech establishing American neutrality in future European conflicts.
• 1845 - Manifest Destiny: US President James K. Polk announces to Congress that the United States should aggressively expand into the West.
• 1848 - Franz Josef I becomes Emperor of Austria.
• 1851 - Newly-elected French President Charles Louis Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
• 1852 - Napoleon III becomes Emperor of the French.
• 1859 - Militant abolitionist leader John Brown is hanged for his October 16th raid on Harper's Ferry.
• 1867 - In a New York City theater, British author Charles Dickens gives his first public reading in the United States.
• 1899 - Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, termed "The Filipino Thermopylae", is fought.
• 1920 - Following more than a month of Turkish-Armenian War, the Turkish dictated peace treaty is concluded -Treaty of Alexandropol
• 1927 - Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
• 1930 - Great Depression: US President Herbert Hoover goes before the United States Congress and asks for a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
• 1939 - New York City's La Guardia Airport opens.
• 1942 - Manhattan Project: A team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
• 1943 - A Luftwaffe bombing raid on the harbour of Bari, Italy, sinks an American ship with a mustard gas stockpile. Numerous fatalities (though the exact death toll is unresolved as the bombing raid itself caused hundreds of deaths too).
• 1946 - British Government invites four Indian leaders, Nehru, Baldev Singh, Jinnah and Liaquat Ali Khan to obtain the participation of all parties in the Constituent Assembly.
• 1947 - Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the approval of the 1947 UN Partition Plan.
• 1954 - Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
• 1954 - The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and the Republic of China, is signed in Washington, DC.
• 1956 - The Granma yacht reaches the shores of Cuba's Oriente province and Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 80 other members of the 26th of July Movement disembark to initiate the Cuban Revolution.
• 1956 - Meher Baba and followers suffer auto accident in Satara,India.
• 1961 - In a nationally-broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
• 1962 - Vietnam War: After a trip to Vietnam at the request of US President John F. Kennedy, US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield becomes the first American official to not make an optimistic public comment on the war's progress.
• 1970 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
• 1971 - Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
• 1972 - Gough Whitlam becomes the first Australian Labor Party Prime Minister of Australia for 23 years.
• 1975 - Pathet Lao seizes power in Laos, and establishes the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
• 1976 - Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
• 1980 - Four U.S. nuns and churchwomen, Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, and Dorothy Kazel, are murdered by a death squad in El Salvador.
• 1988 - Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an Islam-dominated state.
• 1990 - A coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl wins the first free all-German elections since 1932.
• 1993 - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot and killed in Medellín.
• 1993 - Space Shuttle program: STS-61 - NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
• 1999 - The United Kingdom devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive.
• 2001 - Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• 2005 - Van Tuong Nguyen is executed in Singapore for drug trafficking.
• 2007 - Hong Kong Railway Corporation becomes established, merging two major railway companies in Hong Kong.

Events January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English. ... The University of Leipzig (German Universität Leipzig), located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony (former Kingdom of Saxony), Germany, is one of the oldest universities in Europe. ... 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Eddystone Lighthouse is situated some 9 miles (15km) South West of Rame Head Cornwall, England on the treacherous Eddystone Rocks 50°10. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica – 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from... It has been suggested that Regents: France and French States be merged into this article or section. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Austria[1] Portugal Prussia[1] Russia[2] Sicily  Spain[3]  Sweden United Kingdom[4] French Empire Holland Italy Naples [5] Duchy of Warsaw Bavaria[6] Saxony[7] Denmark-Norway [8] Commanders Archduke Charles Prince Schwarzenberg Karl Mack von Leiberich João Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun Gebhard von... Combatants French Empire Russian Empire Austrian Empire Commanders Napoleon I Alexander I Francis II Strength 65,000[1] 73,000[2] Casualties 1,305 dead, 6,940 wounded, 573 captured, 1 standard lost[3] 15,000 dead or wounded, 12,000 captured, 180 guns lost, 50 standards lost[3] The... Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (born Napoleone di Buonaparte, changed his name to Napoléon Bonaparte)[1] (15 August 1769; Ajaccio, Corsica – 5 May 1821; Saint Helena) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... U.S. President James Monroe The Monroe Doctrine is a U.S. doctrine which, on December 2, 1823, proclaimed that European powers would no longer colonize or interfere with the affairs of the newly independent nations of the Americas. ... For other persons named James Monroe, see James Monroe (disambiguation). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the history and influence of the concept. ... This article is about the U.S. President. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Franz Joseph I Franz Joseph (in English also Francis Joseph) (August 18, 1830 - November 21, 1916) of the Habsburg Dynasty was Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 until 1916 and King of Hungary from 1867 until 1916. ... The title of Emperor of Austria was proclaimed in 1804 by the Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II, who feared for the future of the old Reich in the face of Napoleons aggressions, and wished to maintain his imperial title in the event that the Holy Roman Empire should... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the President of the French Republic and Emperor of the French. ... It has been suggested that Regents: France and French States be merged into this article or section. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the abolition of slavery. ... John Brown, ca. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 1865. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... “Dickens” redirects here. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants United States Philippines several groups post-1902 Commanders William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt Wesley Merritt Elwell Stephen Otis J. Franklin Bell Henry Ware Lawton† John J. Pershing Joseph Wheeler Emilio Aguinaldo Miguel Malvar Pio del Pilar Manuel Tinio Gregorio del Pilar† Licerio Geronimo Vicente Lukban Juan Cailles Maximino Hizon Antonio... Combatants United States Philippines Commanders Major P.C. March General Gregorio del Pilar† Strength 500 60 Casualties 2 dead and 9 wounded 52 dead and wounded The Battle of Tirad Pass, sometimes referred to as the Philippine Thermopylae, was a battle in the Philippine-American War fought on December 2... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Combatants Democratic Republic of Armenia Turkish Revolutionaries Commanders Drastamat Kanayan Movses Silikyan Kazım Karabekir Strength 50,000. ... The Treaty of Alexandropol was a peace treaty between the Democratic Republic of Armenia and TBMM ending the Turkish-Armenian War, before decleration of the Republic of Turkey on December 2, 1920. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and the Flivver) was an automobile produced by Henry Fords Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1927. ... “Ford” redirects here. ... Lineup of Ford Model As GAZ-A photographed outside the GAZ plant in 1951. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964), the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933), was a world-famous mining engineer and humanitarian administrator. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... FAA diagram of LaGuardia Airport Fiorello La Guardia Airport is located in Flushing, a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens, New York near the Flushing Bay. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the World War II nuclear project. ... Enrico Fermi (September 29, 1901 – November 28, 1954) was an Italian physicist most noted for his work on the development of the first nuclear reactor, and for his contributions to the development of quantum theory, particle physics and statistical mechanics. ... A schematic nuclear fission chain reaction. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Deutsche Luftwaffe or   (German: air force, literally Air Weapon, pronounced lufft-va-fa, IPA: ) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ... For other uses, see Bari (disambiguation). ... Airborne exposure limit 0. ... For other uses, see Bari (disambiguation). ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू) (November 14, 1889 - May 27, 1964), also called Pandit (Teacher) Nehru, was the leader of the (moderately) socialist wing of the Indian National Congress during and after Indias struggle for independence from the British... Baldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, who represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the processes of negotiations that resulted in the independence of India, as well as the Partition of India in 1947. ... Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah of Pakistan Mohammad Ali Jinnah (referred to in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam, or Great Leader, which is a legally defined title) (December 25, 1876 - September 11, 1948) was an Indian Muslim nationalist, who led the movement demanding a separate homeland for Muslims in... Liaquat Ali Khan Liaquat Ali Khan Nawabzaada Khan Liaquat Ali Khan (October 1, 1896 – October 16, 1951) was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1947 Jerusalem Riots occurred following the 1947 UN Partition Plan. ... For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... On 29 November 1947 the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, a plan to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict in the British Mandate of Palestine, was approved by the United Nations General Assembly. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Some factual claims in this article need to be verified. ... Type Upper House President of the Senate Richard B. Cheney, R since January 20, 2001 President pro tempore Robert C. Byrd, D since January 4, 2007 Members 100 Political groups Democratic Party Republican Party Last elections November 7, 2006 Meeting place Senate Chamber United States Capitol Washington, DC United States... For other persons named Joseph McCarthy, see Joseph McCarthy (disambiguation). ... Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty was a treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China which had relocated to Taiwan after 1949. ... For the Chinese civilization, see China. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Granma is the yacht that was used to transport the fighters of the Cuban Revolution to Cuba in 1956. ... Statistics Capital: Santiago de Cuba Area: 6,170km² Inhabitants: 1,016,600 Population Density: 164. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ... Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (June 14,[1] 1928 – October 9, 1967), commonly known as Che Guevara, El Che or just Che was an Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary, medical doctor , political figure, and leader of Cuban and internationalist guerrillas. ... The 26th of July Movement (Spanish: Movimiento 26 de Julio; M-26-7) was the revolutionary organization planned and led by Fidel Castro that in 1959 overthrew the Fulgencio Batista government in Cuba. ... The Cuban Revolution refers to the revolution that led to the overthrow of General Fulgencio Batistas regime on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July Movement and other revolutionary elements in the country. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the moth genus, see Satara (moth). ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism; it is a branch of Marxism (and it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... John Kennedy and JFK redirect here. ... Mike Mansfield, Congressional portrait This article describes the American politician. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... EPA redirects here. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Abu Dhabi or Abu Zaby (Arabic language: أبوظبي) is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. ... Motto Anthem Ishy Bilady Capital (and largest city) Ajman Official languages Arabic Government constitutional monarchy  -  Emir Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi  -  Crown prince Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi Establishment 1780  Area  -  Total 460 km²  287 sq mi  Population  -  2007 estimate 235,000  Currency UAE dirham (AED) Time zone... The flag of the UAE Fujairah (Arabic: الفجيرة) is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, on the Gulf of Oman in the countrys east. ... Sharjah Central Souq - Shopping Mall The flag of Sharjah The Emirate of Sharjah (Arabic: الشارقة ash-shaariqah) is a small Country that extends along approximately 16 kilometres of the United Arab Emiratess Persian Gulf coastline and for more than 80 kilometres into the interior. ... Coordinates: , Emirate Government  - Emir Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Area [1]  - Metro 4,114 km² (1,588. ... Umm al-Qaiwain (Arabic language: أمّ القيوين) is one of the United Arab Emirates. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hon Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (born July 11, 1916), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia, was the only Australian Prime Minister to be dismissed by the Governor-General. ... ALP redirects here. ... A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pathet Lao (Laotian, Land of Laos) was a communist, nationalist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid 20th century. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ... Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (April 17, 1919-June 23, 1983) was a Cuban political figure, and served as president of Cuba from July 17, 1959 until December 2, 1976, afterwhich Fidel Castro became president. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Ita Ford, M.M. (April 23, 1940 - December 2, 1980) was a Roman Catholic Maryknoll Sister missionary to Bolivia, Chile and El Salvador. ... Maura Clarke (January 13, 1931 – December 2, 1980) was an American Roman Catholic Maryknoll nun and missionary to Nicaragua and El Salvador. ... Jean Donovan (April 10, 1953 – December 2, 1980) was a Roman Catholic lay missionary to Peru and El Salvador. ... Dorothy Kazel (June 30, 1939 – December 2, 1980) was a Roman Catholic Ursuline nun and missionary to El Salvador. ... // A death squad is an armed squad of men that kills civilians. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Benazir Bhutto (Urdu: بینظیر بھٹو, IPA: ; Sindhi:بینظیر ڀُٽو ) (born 21 June 1953 in Karachi) is a Pakistani politician who became the first elected woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state. ... The Prime Minister of Pakistan (Urdu: وزیر اعظم Wazir-e- Azam) is the Head of Government of Pakistan. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (born April 3, 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... A drug lord or drug baron is the term used to describe a person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drugs trade. ... Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria aka El Patrón (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) gained world infamy as a Colombian drug dealer. ... Nickname: Location of the city (urban in red) and municipality (dark gray) of Medellín in Antioquia Department. ... NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ... This article is about the Space Shuttle mission STS-61, flown in 1993. ... This article is about the American space agency. ... Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105), is the fifth and final operational NASA space shuttle. ... The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. ... This article is about the year. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... The Northern Ireland Executive as established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Enron Creditors Recovery Corporation (formerly Enron Corporation) (former NYSE ticker symbol: ENE) was an American energy company based in Houston, Texas. ... Chapter 11 is a part of the United States Code dealing with bankruptcy. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Van Tuong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyá»…n Tường Vân  , baptised Caleb[1]) (17 August 1980 – 2 December 2005) was an Australian from Melbourne, Victoria convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore. ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Possible Expanded Future Network Map of Hong Kong Railway Corporation Hong Kong Railway Corporation (香港鐵路公司) will be the future company of KCRC and MTRC once the merge is successful at the end of 2007. ...

Births

• 1578 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and music theorist (d. 1640)
• 1694 - William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)
• 1703 - Ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)
• 1710 - Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)
• 1738 - Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)
• 1754 - William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809)
• 1760 - John Breckinridge, American politician (d. 1806)
• 1811 - Jean-Charles Chapais, French Canadian politician, Father of the Canadian Confederation (d. 1885)
• 1817 - Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (d. 1895)
• 1825 - Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (d. 1891)
• 1846 - Pierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau, French statesman (d. 1904)
• 1859 - Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891)
• 1863 - Charles Ringling, American circus owner (d. 1926)
• 1885 - George Richards Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize (d. 1950)
• 1886 - Harry Burleigh, American composer (d. 1949)
• 1891 - Otto Dix, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1969)
• 1892 - Leo Ornstein, Russian-born composer and pianist (d. 2002)
• 1894 - Warren William, American Broadway and film actor (d. 1948)
• 1895 - Harriet Cohen, British pianist (d. 1967)
• 1897 - Hovhannes Bagramyan, Marshall of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
• 1898 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918)
• 1899 - John Barbirolli, British conductor (d. 1970)
• 1899 - John Cobb, British racing driver (d. 1952)
• 1901 - Raimundo Orsi, Argentine-born footballer (d. 1986)
• 1902 - Howard Koch, American screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1906 - Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-born recording engineer (d. 1977)
• 1914 - Adolph Green, American composer (d. 2002)
• 1914 - Ray Walston, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1917 - Sylvia Syms, American jazz singer (d. 1992)
• 1923 - Maria Callas, Greek soprano (d. 1977)
• 1924 - Alexander M. Haig, Jr., American soldier and politician
• 1925 - Julie Harris, American actress
• 1930 - Gary Becker, American economist, recipient of the Bank of Sweden Prize
• 1931 - Edwin Meese, American politician
• 1931 - Nigel Calder, British science writer
• 1931 - Hatsumi Masaaki, Founder and head of the Bujinkan Dojo organization
• 1931 - Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (d. 1971)
• 1933 - Michael Larrabee, American athlete (d. 2003)
• 1933 - K. Veeramani, Indian anti-caste activist
• 1934 - Andre Rodgers, baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1935 - David Hackett Fischer, American historian
• 1939 - Yael Dayan, Israeli writer and politician
• 1939 - Harry Reid, American politician
• 1939 - Francis Fox, Canadian politician, member of the Senate
• 1943 - Wayne Allard, American politician
• 1944 - Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (d. 2006)
• 1944 - Botho Strauß, German author
• 1944 - Dionysis Savvopoulos, Greek musician and songwriter
• 1944 - Inger Davidson, Swedish politician
• 1945 - Penelope Spheeris, American film director
• 1946 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)
• 1947 - Isaac Bitton, French rock band drummer (Les Variations)
• 1947 - Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist
• 1947 - Tommy Jenkins, English football player
• 1948 - T. Coraghessan Boyle, American writer
• 1950 - Bob Kevoian, American radio personality
• 1951 - Adrian Devine, American baseball pitcher
• 1952 - Carol Shea-Porter, American Congresswoman
• 1954 - Dan Butler, American actor
• 1954 - Stone Phillips, American television journalist
• 1957 - Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian politician
• 1958 - Uladzimir Parfianovich, Belarusian canoer
• 1958 - Eric L. Harry, American novelist
• 1958 - George Saunders, American writer
• 1960 - Nicholas Dingley alias Razzle, British Drummer (Hanoi Rocks)
• 1960 - Rick Savage, British bassist (Def Leppard)
• 1962 - Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, titular Bulgarian royal family
• 1963 - Ann Patchett, American novelist
• 1963 - Ron Sutter, National Hockey League player
• 1966 - Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1968 - Lucy Liu, American actress
• 1968 - Nate Mendel, American bassist (Foo Fighters)
• 1968 - Rena Sofer, American actress
• 1968 - Chris Wedge, American animator
• 1968 - Darryl Kile, baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1971 - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor
• 1971 - Francesco Toldo, Italian Football Player (Inter Milan)
• 1972 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
• 1973 - Graham Kavanagh, Irish footballer
• 1973 - Monica Seles, Yugoslavian-born tennis player
• 1973 - Jan Ullrich, German cyclist
• 1976 - Eddy Garabito, professional baseball player
• 1977 - Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer plays for Aalborg BK
• 1978 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1978 - Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist (Muse)
• 1978 - David Rivas, Spanish Footballer plays for Real Betis
• 1978 - Jason Collins, American basketball player for New Jersey Nets
• 1978 - Jarron Collins, American basketball player for Utah Jazz
• 1979 - Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress
• 1979 - Michael McIndoe, Scottish professional footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
• 1981 - Isabella Soprano, American pornographic actress
• 1981 - Danijel Pranjić, Croatian football player plays for SC Heerenveen
• 1981 - Britney Spears, American singer
• 1982 - Matt Ware, American football player
• 1982 - Pizon, American rapper/producer
• 1982 - Hristos Karipidis, Greek footballer
• 1983 - Bibiana Candelas, Mexican volleyball player
• 1983 - Chris Burke (footballer), Scottish footballer plays for Rangers F.C.
• 1984 - Péter Máté, Hungarian footballer (Reading F.C.)
• 1985 - Dorell Wright, American basketball player
• 1986 - Claudiu Keserü, Romanian football player (FC Nantes Atlantique)
• 1987 - Teairra Mari, American R&B singer
• 1988 - Alfred Enoch, British Actor
• 1989 - Cassie Steele, Canadian actress
• 1991 - Oscar Salcedo, American student attending SFHS

Events January 31 - Battle of Gemblours - Spanish forces under Don John of Austria and Alexander Farnese defeat the Dutch. ... Agostino Agazzari (December 2, 1578 _ April 10, 1640) was an Italian composer and music theorist. ... Events December 1 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... William Shirley (1694-1771) William Shirley (1694-1771) was the British governor of Massachusetts from 1741 to 1759. ... 1771 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Events February 2 - Earthquake in Aquila, Italy February 4 - In Japan, the 47 samurai commit seppuku (ritual suicide) February 14 - Earthquake in Norcia, Italy April 21 - Company of Quenching of Fire (ie. ... Ferdinand Konščak (Ferdinand Consag in Hungarian) (December 2, 1703 Varaždin, Croatia - September 10, 1759 San Ignacio, (Baja California) was a missionary, explorer, and cartographer. ... 1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... Carlo Antonio Bertinazzi, called Carlin (born December 2, 1710 in Turin; died September 6, 1783) was an Italian actor and author. ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Events February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württenberg April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ... An engraving depicting the death of General Montgomery at the Battle of Quebec. ... Year 1775 (MDCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1754 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Judge William Cooper ( December 2, 1754 – December 22, 1809 ) was the founder of Cooperstown, New York and father of writer James Fenimore Cooper, who apparently used his father as the pattern for the Judge Marmaduke Temple character in the his book The Pioneers. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... John Breckinridge served many positions in government throughout his life. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... For the US Federal Agent designation, see Special agent. ... Jean-Charles Chapais as Receiver-General, in 1870 Jean-Charles Chapais (2 December 1811 - 17 July 1885) was a Canadian Conservative politician, and considered a Father of Canadian Confederation for his participation in the Quebec Conference to determine the form of Canadas government. ... We dont have an article called Canadian-confederation Start this article Search for Canadian-confederation in. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Heinrich von Sybel (December 2, 1817 - August 1, 1895), German historian, sprang from a Protestant family which had long been established at Soest, in Westphalia. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Dom Pedro II (pron. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Pierre Marie René Ernest Waldeck-Rousseau (December 2, 1846 - August 20, 1904) was a French statesman. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Le Chahut was painted by Seurat from 1889 to 1890. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Charles Ringling (December 2, 1863 – 1926) was one of the owners of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... George Richards Minot (December 2, 1885 (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) - February 25, 1950) won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with William P. Murphy and George H. Whipple for their work in the study of anemia. ... Emil Adolf von Behring was the first person to receive the Nobel Prize in physiology or Medicine, for his work on the treatment of diphtheria. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Harry Burleigh (1866-1949), baritone, was the first African-American to become a successful Classical composer. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Otto Dix (December 2, 1891 - July 25, 1969) was a German painter and printmaker. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Leo Ornstein (c. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Warren William (2 December 1894 - 24 September 1948) was a Broadway and Hollywood actor, born Warren William Krech in Aitkin, Minnesota. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Harriet Cohen (December 2, 1895 - November 13, 1967) was a British pianist. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Hovhannes Khachatury Bagramyan (Armenian: ; Russian: ; December 2 [O.S. November 20] 1897 – September 21, 1982) was a Soviet Armenian military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Indra Lal (Laddie) Roy, DFC (2 December 1898-22 July 1918) was the first (and only) Indian flying ace. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sir John (Giovanni Battista) Barbirolli (December 2, 1899 - July 29, 1970), was a British conductor and cellist who led the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. ... Year 1970 ([[Rf 1970 == January 1 - The Unix epoch begins at 00:00:00 UTC January 2 - The last studio performance of The Beatles oman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Rhodes Cobb (December 2, 1899 - September 29, 1952) was a British racing motorist. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Raimundo Bibian Mumo Orsi (December 2, 1901 in Avellaneda – April 6, 1986) was a footballer, born in Argentina, who won the 1934 World Cup with Italy. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Howard Koch (December 2, 1902 - August 17, 1995) was an American screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Peter Carl Goldmark (December 2, 1906 – December 7, 1977) was a Hungarian-born, American engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the long-playing (LP) microgroove 33-1/3 rpm vinyl phonograph discs which defined home audio for two generations. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved movie musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freeds production unit at MGM, during the genres heyday. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Ray Walston (December 2, 1914 – January 1, 2001) was a stage, television and feature film character actor who played the title character on the situation comedy My Favorite Martian and Judge Henry Bone on the drama series Picket Fences. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Sylvia Syms (December 2, 1917-May 10, 1992) was a popular and jazz singer. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Maria Callas in a casual moment, 1960s Maria Callas (Greek: Μαρία Κάλλας) (December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American born, Greek dramatic coloratura soprano and perhaps the best-known opera singer of the post-World War II period. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actress Julie Harris photo taken by Carl Van Vechten 1952 Julie Harris (born Julia Ann Harris on December 2, 1925 in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan) is an American actress. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gary Stanley Becker (born December 2, 1930) is an economist and a Nobel laureate. ... The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly called the Nobel Prize in Economics, is a prize awarded each year for outstanding intellectual contributions in the field of economics. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edwin Meese III Edwin Ed Meese III (born December 2, 1931 in Oakland, California) served as the seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United States (1985-1988). ... Nigel Calder (born December 2, 1931) is a British science writer. ... A science writer is more than a scientific journalist although similarly, a science writer specializes in writing about science topics. ... Masaaki Hatsumi (初見良昭 Hatsumi Masaaki, born December 2, 1931) is the founder and current head of the Bujinkan Dojo martial arts organization. ... The Bujinkan (武神館) is a martial arts organization practicing the art commonly referred to as Bujinkan Budō Taijutsu (武神館武道体術). It is headed by the Sōke of the school Masaaki Hatsumi (初見良昭). Masaaki Hatsumi is the recognized lineage holder of the nine ryÅ«ha[1][2][3] (see ancestral schools) transferred to him... Wynton Kelly (1931–1971) was an American jazz pianist, born in Jamaica. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Denny Mike Larrabee (December 2, 1933 – April 22, 2003) was an American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr.K.Veeramani K. Veeramani (b. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kenneth Andre Ian Rodgers (December 2, 1934 _ December 13, 2004) was a Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the New York and San Francisco Giants (1957-60), Chicago Cubs (1961-64) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1965_67). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yael Dayan (born December 2, 1939) is an Israeli writer and political figure. ... Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party. ... The Honourable Senator Francis Fox, PC (born December 2, 1939, Montreal, Quebec) is a member of the Senate of Canada. ... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Senate of Canada (French: Le Sénat du Canada) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alan Wayne Allard (born December 2, 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Colorado and a member of the Republican Party. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ibrahim Rugova (December 2, 1944 – January 21, 2006) was the first President of Kosovo and of its leading political party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). ... The President of Kosovo is elected by the Assembly of Kosovo. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Botho Strauss is a German playwright. ... Dionysis Savvopoulos (Greek: Διονύσης Σαββόπουλος) is a Greek music composer, lyricist and singer. ... Inger Davidson Inger Davidson, born Inger Windblad (2 December 1944), is a Swedish politician (christian democrat). ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Penelope Spheeris (born December 2, 1945) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gianni Versace (December 2, 1946 – July 15, 1997) was an accomplished Italian designer of both clothing and theater costumes. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Isaac “Jacky” Bitton – (b. ... Les Variations was a French rock band from the 1960s and 1970s that sang in English and was known for its rock guitar based music. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prof. ... Tommy (Tom) Jenkins (born 2 December 1947 in Bethnal Green, England) is a former English footballer. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... T. Coraghessan Boyle (also known as T.C. Boyle, born Thomas John Boyle on December 2, 1948) is a U.S. novelist and short story writer. ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bob Kevoian from the Bob & Tom Show Bob Kevoian (born December 2, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) hosts the nationally-syndicated radioshow The Bob & Tom Show together with his partner, Tom Griswold. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paul Adrian Devine (born December 2, 1951 in Galveston, Texas) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1973 to 1980 for the Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carol Shea-Porter (born December 2, 1952) is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New Hampshire. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Daniel Bruce Butler (born December 2, 1954 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American actor who is known for his role as Bob Bulldog Briscoe on the long-running TV series Frasier as well as D-pop on the television show Handsworth High Openly gay, he starred in Terrence McNally... Stone Stockton Phillips (born December 2, 1954) was the co-anchor of Dateline NBC, a newsmagazine TV show, from the shows start until June 2007, when NBC did not renew his contract. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Dagfinn HøybrÃ¥ten Dagfinn HøybrÃ¥ten (born December 2, 1957), is a Norwegian politician, representing the Christian Democratic Party (KrF). ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Uladzimir Parfianovich Uladzimir Parfianovich (Belarusian: Уладзімір Парфяновіч; Russian: Владимир Парфенович, Vladimir Parfenovich; born December 2, 1958 in... Eric L. Harry (b. ... George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an acclaimed American writer of short stories. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alternate meanings: See Razzle (disambiguation) Razzle, alias Nicholas Dingley (December 2, 1960–December 9, 1984) was the drummer of Hanoi Rocks from 1982 until his death. ... Hanoi Rocks is a Finnish rock band formed in 1979, their most successful period came in the early 1980s. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rick Sav Savage (born Richard Savage, 2 December 1960, in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, where he attended Tapton School) is the bassist and one of the founders of the English rock band, Def Leppard. ... Def Leppard are an English hard rock band from Sheffield who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prince Kardam (born December 2, 1962), is eldest son of the deposed tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Doña Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, however born after his loss of the throne. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. ... Ron Sutter (born 2 December 1963 in Viking, Alberta, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey center. ... NHL redirects here. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Kensuke Shinzaki (æ–°å´Ž 健介 Shinzaki Kensuke, born December 2, 1966 in Tokushima, Tokushima) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his stage names Jinsei Shinzaki (æ–°å´Ž 人生 Shinzaki Jinsei) and Hakushi. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lucy Alexis Liu (Chinese: 劉玉玲 Liú Yùlíng, born December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress. ... Nathan Gregor Nate Mendel (born December 2, 1968 in Richland, Washington) is an American rock bassist. ... This article is about the band. ... Rena Sofer (born December 2, 1968 in Arcadia, California) is an American actress. ... Chris Wedge (born December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York) is the director of Ice Age and Robots. ... Darryl Andrew Kile (December 2, 1968 – June 22, 2002) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three National League teams, the last being the St. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Wilson Jermaine Heredia is an American actor of Dominican descent, best known for winning the 1996 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his portrayal of Angel Dumott Schunard in the musical Rent. ... Francesco Toldo (born December 2, 1971 in Padua) is an Italian football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Inter. ... Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as simply Internazionale, Inter or Inter Milan,[1] is an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy and was originally founded in 1908. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sergei Zholtok (and signature) Sergei Zholtok (Latvian: Sergejs Žoltoks, Russian: Сергей Жолток) (Born December 2, 1972 in Riga, Latvia (then USSR); died November 3, 2004) was a Latvian (ethnic Russian) professional ice hockey player. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Graham Kavanagh (born December 2, 1973 in Dublin) is an Irish international football player for Sunderland, having also played for Home Farm F.C., Middlesbrough, Stoke City, Cardiff City and Wigan Athletic. ... Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973) is a former world No. ... Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany, now Germany) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Eddy Jorge Garabito is a second basemen for the Baltimore Orioles. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Aalborg Boldspilklub, known as AaB for short, is a Danish football club based in Aalborg, Denmarks fourth largest city. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist, who also holds Portuguese citizenship. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Muse (disambiguation). ... David Rivas, full name David Rivas Rodríguez, (born 2 December 1978 in Dos Hermanas, Sevilla, Andalusia), is a Spanish football player who currently plays for La Liga side Real Betis. ... Real Betis Balompié is a Spanish football club in Seville founded in 1907. ... Jason Collins (born December 2, 1978) is a professional basketball player for the NBA. He graduated from Harvard-Westlake School and later attended Stanford University. ... The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... Jarron Collins (born December 2, 1978) is a professional basketball player for the NBA. Collins is a notable graduate of Harvard-Westlake School and Stanford University and currently plays for the Utah Jazz. ... The Utah Jazz is a professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Yvonne Catterfeld (born December 2, 1979 in Erfurt, Thuringia) is a German singer, actress and TV host. ... Michael McIndoe (born 2 December 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer who is currently playing as a midfielder for Wolverhampton Wanderers. ... Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. is a Wolverhampton-based football club playing at Molineux. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Isabella Soprano (born on December 2, 1981) is an American pornographic actress and fetish model. ... Danijel Pranjić (born December 2, 1981 in NaÅ¡ice, Croatia) is a Croatian football player who currently plays for Dutch Eredivisie side SC Heerenveen. ... sc Heerenveen (Frisian: sc It Hearrenfean) is a Dutch football club currently playing in the Eredivisie, the Dutch Premier Division. ... Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Matt Ware (born December 2, 1982) is currently an National Football League defensive back for the Arizona Cardinals. ... Michael Scala (born December 2, 1982), also known as Pizon, is an Italian-American rapper and record producer from New York City. ... Hristos Karipidis (born 2 December 1982 in Seres) is a Greek professional footballer currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Hearts. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Bibiana Candelas (born December 2, 1983) is a volleyball player who plays the position of middle blocker for University of Southern Californias Women of Troy, and serves as Captain of Mexicos Womens Volleyball National Team. ... Chris Burke (2 December 1983) is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Rangers F.C. in the Scottish Premier League. ... For other uses, see Rangers F.C. (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year. ... Péter Máté (born 2 December 1984 in Püspökladány, Hungary) is a professional footballer currently playing for Reading in the Premier League, having signed on 29 August 2006 from the Hungarian champions, Debreceni VSC on a one year loan[1]. Máté is an U21 international... Reading Football Club are an association football club, based in the English town of Reading, in Berkshire. ... This article is about the year. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Claudiu Keserü (born December 2, 1986 in Oradea, Romania) is a Romanian football striker currently playing for FC Nantes Atlantique in the French Ligue 1. ... FC Nantes Atlantique is a French football team, playing in the city of Nantes. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Teairra Marí Teairra Marí (born December 2, 1987 in Detroit, Michigan), now 17, began her young career at age 12, recording in her cousins basement. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Cassandra Rae Cassie Steele (born December 2, 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Filipino and British-Canadian television actress and singer/songwriter best known for portraying Manny Santos on Degrassi: The Next Generation and appearing in Relic Hunter. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

Deaths

• 1348 - Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)
• 1381 - John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
• 1463 - Archduke Albert VI of Austria (b. 1418)
• 1469 - Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416)
• 1515 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and statesman (b. 1453)
• 1547 - Hernán Cortés, Spanish explorer and conqueror (b. 1485)
• 1552 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)
• 1615 - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general
• 1665 - Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)
• 1694 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622)
• 1719 - Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (b. 1634)
• 1726 - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665)
• 1747 - Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)
• 1748 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)
• 1774 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer and organist (b. 1720)
• 1814 - Marquis de Sade, French writer (b. 1740)
• 1844 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
• 1849 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
• 1859 - John Brown, American abolitionist (hanged) (b. 1800)
• 1860 - Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)
• 1892 - Jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836)
• 1918 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist (b. 1868)
• 1924 - Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)
• 1931 - Vincent d'Indy, French composer (b. 1851)
• 1936 - John Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866)
• 1943 - Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian author and journalist (b. 1902)
• 1944 - Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist (b. 1874)
• 1944 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian writer (b. 1876)
• 1950 - Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (b. 1917)
• 1957 - Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (b. 1902)
• 1963 - Thomas J. Hicks, British-born runner (b. 1875)
• 1963 - Sabu Dastagir, Indian-born American actor (b. 1924)
• 1968 - Adamson-Eric (Eric Adamson), Estonian painter (b. 1902)
• 1969 - Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, Russian politician (b. 1881)
• 1974 - Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1897)
• 1976 - Danny Murtaugh, baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 1980 - Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905)
• 1980 - Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914)
• 1982 - Marty Feldman, British comedian, writer and actor (b. 1933)
• 1983 - Fifi d'Orsay, Canadian actress (b. 1904)
• 1985 - Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (b. 1914)
• 1985 - Philip Larkin, English writer and jazz critic (b. 1922)
• 1986 - Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor, musician, band leader, and composer (b. 1917)
• 1987 - Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1987 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
• 1988 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
• 1990 - Aaron Copland, American composer (b. 1900)
• 1990 - Robert Cummings, American film and television actor (b. 1908)
• 1993 - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug dealer (b. 1949)
• 1995 - Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist (b. 1913)
• 1997 - Shirley Crabtree, British professional wrestler (b. 1930)
• 1997 - Michael Hedges, American guitarist known for originality (b. 1953)
• 2002 - Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
• 2002 - Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916)
• 2003 - Alan Davidson, British author (b. 1924)
• 2004 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921)
• 2004 - Alicia Markova, British ballerina (b. 1910)
• 2005 - Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)
• 2005 - Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. 1980)
• 2005 - Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1948)
• 2006 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)

April 7 - Charles University is founded in Prague. ... Emperor Hanazono (花園天皇 Hanazono Tennō) (August 14, 1297 - December 2, 1348) was the 95th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Events 8 January - Monaco gains independence. ... Year 1381 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... The blessed John of Ruysbroeck. ... Events January 5 - Poet Francois Villon is banned from Paris Births January 17 - Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (died 1525) February 24 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (died 1494) October 20 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (died 1512) Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici, Italian patron of the arts (died 1503... Albert VI (born December 12, 1418 in Vienna, died December 2, 1463 in Vienna) was a Habsburg Archduke and son of Ernest the Iron. ... Events May 19 - Capture of Paris by John, Duke of Burgundy September - Beginning of English Siege of Rouen Mircea the Old, ruler of Wallachia dies and is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul. ... Events July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. ... Piero de Medici (the Gouty), Italian Piero il Gottoso (1416 – December 2, 1469), was the de facto ruler of Florence from 1464 to 1469, during the Italian Renaissance. ... May 30 - The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic. ... 1515 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba. ... April 2 - Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Ä°stanbul). ... Year 1547 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... Hernán(do) Cortés Pizarro, 1st Marqués del Valle de Oaxaca (1485–December 2, 1547) was the conquistador who became famous for leading the military expedition that initiated the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. ... Year 1485 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar). ... Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. ... Saint Francis Xavier (Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa; Spanish: San Francisco Javier; Portuguese: São Francisco Xavier; Chinese: 聖方濟各沙勿略) (7 April 1506 - 2 December 1552) was a Spanish pioneering Roman Catholic Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order). ... 1506 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Events June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France. ... Crillon Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon (c. ... Year 1665 (MDCLXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet (1588 - December 2, 1665), better known simply as Madame de Rambouillet, was a society hostess and a major figure in the literary history of France. ... 1588 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Events February 6 - The colony Quilombo dos Palmares is destroyed. ... Pierre Paul Puget (October 31, 1622 - December 2, 1694), French painter, sculptor, architect and engineer, was born at Marseilles. ... Events January 1 - In the Gregorian calendar, January 1 is declared as the first day of the year, instead of March 25. ... // Events January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel Prussia conducts Europes first systematic census Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused... Pasquier Quesnel (July 14, 1634 - December 2, 1719) was a French Jansenist theologian. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement... Events George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject. ... Samuel Penhallow (July 2, 1665-December 2, 1726), American colonist and historian, was born at St Mabon, Cornwall, England. ... Year 1665 (MDCLXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1747 (MDCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Vincent Bourne (1695 - December 2, 1747), English classical scholar, familiarly known as Vinny Bourne, was born at Westminster. ... Jan. ... Year 1748 (MDCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset (13 August 1662 - December 2, 1748), succeeded his brother Francis, the 5th Duke, when the latter was shot in 1678 at the age of twenty, by a Genoese gentleman, named Horatio Botti, whose wife Somerset was said to have insulted at Lerici. ... Events February 1 - The Chinese pirate Koxinga seizes the island of Taiwan after a nine-month siege. ... Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... Johann Friedrich Agricola (January 4, 1720 – December 2, 1774) was a German composer, organist, singer, teacher and writer on music. ... // Events January 6 - The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings February 11 - Sweden and Prussia sign the (2nd Treaty of Stockholm) declaring peace. ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Portrait of the Marquis de Sade by Van Loo (~1761) Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, better known as the Marquis de Sade (pronounced saad; June 2, 1740 - December 2, 1814), was a French aristocrat best known as a writer of philosophy-laden pornography, as well as a some strictly... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... Jan. ... Noble Family Sanguszko Coat of Arms PogoÅ„ Litewska Coat of Arms Parents Hieronim Janusz Sanguszko Cecylia Urszula Potocka Consorts Klementyna Czartoryska Children with Klementyna Czartoryska Dorota Sanguszko Roman Sanguszko WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Hieronim Sanguszko Date of Birth October 26, 1768 Place of Birth Radzyn Podlaski Date of Death December 2... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1849 (MDCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (Adelaide Louise Theresa Caroline Amelia) ( 13 August 1792 - 2 December 1849 ) as Queen Adelaide was the Queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... John Brown, ca. ... // ON MAY 5 1853 MR.FADER HAD SEX WITH A MAN NAME MR WIEN THEN THEY HAD SON NAMEDMRS COTURE AND MR MANOOGIAN WENT INTO MRS HASKELLS OFFICE NAKED AND DANCED AROUND AND MASTERBATED ON HER CHEST AND SHE LICKED IT OFF THEN THEY HAD ORAL SEEX WITH NAPLOEAN OF... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Alfred Bunn (born April 8, 1796 in London; died December 20, 1860 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) was an English theatrical manager. ... Year 1796 (MDCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jay Gould (1836-1892) Jason Gould (May 27, 1836 – December 2, 1892) was an American financier. ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Statue dedicated to Edmond Rostand in Cambo-les-Bains Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (April 1, 1868 - December 2, 1918) was a French poet and dramatist. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... Kazimieras BÅ«ga (born November 6 1879 at PažiegÄ—, near Dusetos - died December 2 1924 in Königsberg, buried in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian linguist and philologist. ... Year 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Photograph of Vincent dIndy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent dIndy (March 27, 1851 – December 2, 1931) was a French composer and teacher. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Ringling (May 31, 1866 - December 2, 1936) was the most well-known and the most successful of the five Ringling brothers, who merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Brothers Circus to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the circus into what it... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg (1902-1943) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, dramatist, and journalist. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Josef Lhévinne (December 13, 1874 – December 2, 1944) was a Russian pianist and piano teacher. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... The Futurists in Paris, February 1912. ... Year 1876 Pick up Sticks(MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dinu Lipatti (March 19, 1917, Bucharest – December 2, 1950, Geneva) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was tragically cut short by his death from Hodgkins disease at age 33. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Manfred Joshua Sakel, Polish neurophysiologist and psychiatrist, was born on June 6, 1900, in Nadvorna, in the former Austria-Hungary Empire (now Ukraine). ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas J. Hicks (January 7, 1875 – December 2, 1963) was an American track and field athlete, winner of the Olympic marathon in 1904. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Sabu Dastagir (January 27, 1924 – December 2, 1963) was a film actor of Indian/South Asian origin—although he later took American citizenship. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adamson-Eric (August 18, 1902, Tartu, Estonia - December 2, 1968, Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian artist who worked mainly within the medium of painting in applied art. ... Year 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (Климе́нт Ефре́мович Вороши́лов) (January 23, 1881 - December 2, 1969) was a Soviet military commander and... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Max Weber (August 2, 1897 - December 2, 1974) was a Swiss politician. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Daniel Edward Murtaugh ( October 8, 1917 - December 2, 1976) was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball best known for his leadership of the Pittsburgh Pirates from the 1950s to the 1970s. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Chaudhry Muhammad Ali Chaudhry Muhammad Ali (July 15, 1905 _ December 2, 1980) was a Pakistani statesman who served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1955 to 1956. ... For other uses, see 1905 (disambiguation). ... Romain Gary (May 8, 1914 – December 2, 1980) was a French novelist, film director, World War II pilot, and diplomat. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Martin Alan Marty Feldman (8 July 1934[1] – 2 December 1982) was an English writer, comedian and BAFTA award winning actor, notable for his bulging eyes, which were the result of a thyroid condition known as Graves Disease. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Fifi DOrsay (April 16, 1904 - December 2, 1983) was an actress. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Aniello John Dellacroce a. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL, (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Desi Arnaz (born Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III) (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986) was a Cuban musician, actor, comedian and television producer. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Luis Federico Leloir (September 6, 1906 – December 2, 1987) was an Argentine doctor and biochemist who received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to 2006. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Russian:Яков Борисович Зельдович) (March 8, 1914 – December 2, 1987) was a prolific Soviet physicist. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Giovanni Tata Giacobetti (Rome, 24 June 1922 - Rome, 2 December 1988) was one of the singers of Quartetto Cetra, a very famous Italian vocal quartet. ... Quartetto Cetra, or simply I Cetra, was an Italian vocal quartet established during 1940s. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Aaron Copland Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900 – December 2, 1990) was an American composer of concert and film music, as well as an accomplished pianist. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria aka El Patrón (December 1, 1949 – December 2, 1993) gained world infamy as a Colombian drug dealer. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (born August 28, 1913, at Thamesville, Ontario, and died December 2, 1995 at Orangeville, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Shirley Crabtree, better known as Big Daddy (November 14, 1930 – December 2, 1997) was an English professional wrestler. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Hedges 1953-1997 Michael Hedges (December 31, 1953 – December 2, 1997) was an American acoustic guitarist born in Enid, Oklahoma. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... This article is about the Austrian philosopher. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arno Peters (May 22, 1916 - December 2, 2002) was the developer of the Peters Projection map. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alan Eaton Davidson (March 30, 1924 - December 2, 2003) was a British diplomat and historian best known for his books on food and gastronomy. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mona Jane Van Duyn (May 9, 1921 - December 2, 2004) was an American poet. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alicia Markova photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1940 Dame Alicia Markova (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English prima ballerina. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Blue Moon by Nat Mayer Shapiro, acrylic on canvas Nat Mayer Shapiro (b. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Van Tuong Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyá»…n Tường Vân  , baptised Caleb[1]) (17 August 1980 – 2 December 2005) was an Australian from Melbourne, Victoria convicted of drug trafficking in Singapore. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kenneth Lee Boyd (January 19, 1948 – December 2, 2005) was a murderer who was executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mariska Veres Mariska Veres ( (help· info)) (1 October 1947 - 2 December 2006) was a Dutch singer who was best known as the lead singer of the pop group Shocking Blue. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Holidays and observances

• R.C. Saints - St Bibiana, Saint Chromatius
• Laos - National Day
• United Arab Emirates - National Day (independence from Britain, 1971)
• International Day for the Abolition of Slavery - United Nations

The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more saints, and referring to the day as that saints day. ... The earliest mention in an authentic historical authority of St. ... Saint Chromatius (d. ... It has been suggested that National holiday be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that National holiday be merged into this article or section. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Abolition is the act of formally destroying something through legal means, either by making it illegal, or simply no longer allowing it to exist in any form. ... Slave redirects here. ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada