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| Birthday December 02, 1859 Georges Seurat, French painter, pointillist |
| Birthday December 02, 1885 George Minot, US physician, worked on anemia (Nobel 1934) |
| Birthday December 02, 1885 N¡kos Kazantazak¡s, Greek writer (Zorba the Greek) |
| Birthday December 02, 1906 Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV & LP records |
| Birthday December 02, 1914 Ray Walston, Actor (South Pacific, Sting) |
| Birthday December 02, 1915 Adolph Green, songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman) |
| Birthday December 02, 1915 William Randolph Hearst, publisher |
| Birthday December 02, 1917 Ezra Stone, American Actor, producer |
| Birthday December 02, 1923 Maria Callas, NY opera singer |
| Birthday December 02, 1924 Alexander Haig, (R) sec of state |
| Birthday December 02, 1925 Julie Harris, in Michigan |
| Birthday December 02, 1931 Edwin Meese III, AG |
| Birthday December 02, 1940 Willie Brown, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders) |
| Birthday December 02, 1949 Cathy Lee Crosby, in LA |
| Birthday December 02, 1962 Tracy Austin, tennis pro |
| History December 02, 1777 Philadelphia nurse overhears British plans to attack Washington |
| History December 02, 1793 Coleridge joins the cavalry |
| History December 02, 1804 Napoleon becomes 1st French emperor placing crown on his own head |
| History December 02, 1804 Napoleon crowned emperor |
| History December 02, 1805 Napoleon defeats Russians & Austrians at Austerlitz |
| History December 02, 1816 1st savings bank in US opens as Phila Savings Fund Society |
| History December 02, 1822 In San Salvador a congress proposes incorporation into US |
| History December 02, 1823 Pres Monroe declares his doctrine |
| History December 02, 1823 Monroe introduces bold new foreign policy |
| History December 02, 1823 Monroe Doctrine declared |
| History December 02, 1845 Polk affirms Monroe Doctrine |
| History December 02, 1852 French monarchy restored; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor |
| History December 02, 1859 John Brown hung |
| History December 02, 1859 John Brown hanged |
| History December 02, 1864 General Gracie killed at Petersburg |
| History December 02, 1899 US & Germany agree to divide Samoa between them |
| History December 02, 1917 Russia reaches armistice with the Central Powers |
| History December 02, 1927 1st Model A Fords sold for $385 |
| History December 02, 1942 Fermi produces the first nuclear chain reaction |
| History December 02, 1942 1st controlled nuclear reaction at University of Chicago |
| History December 02, 1952 1st human birth televised to public Denver Co |
| History December 02, 1954 McCarthy condemned by Senate |
| History December 02, 1954 US Senate censures Joe McCarthy for his conduct |
| History December 02, 1957 1st full-scale atomic electric power plant - power generated Pa |
| History December 02, 1959 Dam collapses in France, killing 412 |
| History December 02, 1961 Castro declares himself a Marxist-Leninist |
| History December 02, 1961 1st OT Grey Cup game (Winnipeg 21 Hamilton 14) |
| History December 02, 1962 Senator Mansfield pronounces American aid to South Vietnam wasted |
| History December 02, 1963 South Vietnamese leaders order a temporary halt to the strategic hamlet program |
| History December 02, 1971 United Arab Emirates gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
| History December 02, 1971 Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars |
| History December 02, 1972 The Temptations earn their final #1 hit with Papa Was A Rolling Stone |
| History December 02, 1972 In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen |
| History December 02, 1974 Soyuz 16 launched |
| History December 02, 1975 Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day) |
| History December 02, 1975 Archie Griffin wins second consecutive Heisman Trophy |
| History December 02, 1981 Moscone Convention Center in SF opens |
| History December 02, 1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted |
| History December 02, 1991 Kennedy cousin rape trial begins |
| History December 02, 1997 Affleck and Damon’s Good Will Hunting debuts |
| History December 02, 2002 Toyota's first hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles arrive in California |