Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of December 02:
1578 Agostino Agazzari composer
1678 Nicolaas S Cruquius Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)
1728 Ferdinando Galiani Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat
1760 Joseph Graetz composer
1777 Henry Doeff colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary)
1802 Melancthon Smith Wade Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1813 Jacob Rosenhaim composer
1821 Rufus Barringer Brigadier-General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1825 Pedro II van Alcantara Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)
1837 Charles Garrison Harker Brigadier-General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1846 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau French Minister of Foreign affairs/premier
1856 Robert Kajanus composer
1859 Georges Seurat France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte)
1860 C T Studd cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)
1863 Gustav Wohlgemuth composer
1866 Henry Thacker Burleigh Erie PA, black composer (Springarn Medal)
1868 Francis Jammes French poet/writer (Jammisme)
1869 Jonas Cohn German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)
1870 Francis Louis Casadesus French violinist/composer/conductor
1875 Frank Reicher Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)
1884 Ruth Draper US, lecture artist [or 1989]
1885 George Minot US, physician, worked on anemia (Nobel 1934)
1885 Níkos Kazantazakís Greece, writer (Zorba, Last Temptation of Christ)
1892 Leo Ornstein composer
1893 William Gaxton San Francisco CA, actor (Destry, Convoy)
1893 Julius Bissier German painter
1893 Louis Freeman band leader
1894 Warren William [Krech] Aitkin MN, actor (Cæsar-Cleopatra, Morgan-Go West Young Man)
1895 Klaas Voskuil journalist
1896 Georgi K Zjukov marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad
1897 Rewi Alley New Zealand, writer (Americans in China)
1899 John Barbirolli English conductor (New York Philharmonic Orchestra)
1901 Staf Gustaf Frans Nees Flemish organist/composer (Simon Peter)
1902 Horace A Hildreth (Governor-ME, 1945-49)
1902 Miroslav Ponc composer
1904 Donald Woods Brandon Manitoba, actor (Tammy)
1905 Osvaldo Pugliese musician/composer
1906 Peter Carl Goldmark developed color TV & LP records
1906 Eric Dalton cricketer (2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39)
1908 Robert F Simon Mansfield OH, actor (Custer, MASH, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)
1908 Rufe Davis Oklahoma, actor (Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora)
1910 Robert Paige Indianapolis IN, actor (Colgate Comedy Hour)
1914 Bill Erwin Honey Grove TX, actor (Glenn-Struck by Lightning)
1914 Eddie Sauter Brooklyn NY, musician (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue)
1914 Ray Walston Laurel MS, actor (South Pacific, My Favorite Martian, Damn Yankees)
1915 Adolph Green songwriter (married to Phyllis Newman)
1915 Randolph Hearst newspaper publisher
1915 Nico Richter composer
1916 John Bentley Sparkhill Birmingham England, actor (The Chair, Hammer the Toff)
1917 Ezra Stone US, actor/producer (Henry Aldrich)
1918 Milton Delugg Los Angeles CA, orchestra leader (Tonight Show)
1919 Michael Geoffrey Corcos medical researcher
1920 Robert Moevs composer
1922 Leo V Gordon New York NY, actor (Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War)
1923 Maria M Callas New York NY, soprano (Carmen, Mademoiselle Award-1953)
1923 Meshulam Riklis chief executive-McCrory Corporation, (Mr. Pia Zadora)
1924 Alexander Haig Jr Bala-Cynwyd PA, (R) US Secretary of State (1981-82)/general
1924 Jonathan Frid actor (Barnabas Collins-Dark Shadows)
1925 Julie Harris Grosse Pt MI, actress (Bell Jar, East of Eden)
1929 Harvey Phillips Aurora MO, tubist (NYC Ballet Orchestra)
1929 Lowell North Springfield MA, yachtsman (Olympics-gold-1968)
1929 Jaap Boersma Dutch Minister for Social Affairs (ARP)
1931 Edwin Meese III prude, US Attorney General (1985-88)
1935 Jurg Wyttenbach composer
1936 Peter Michael Braun composer
1937 Brian Lumley England, author (Compleat Crow, Psychomech, Beneath the Moors)
1938 Michael Levin Minneapolis MN, actor (Ryan's Hope)
1940 Willie Brown NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders)
1940 Gerry Cheevers NHL goalie (Bruin, longest undefeated streak-32 games)
1941 Paul C W Chu China, physicist, superconductivity researcher
1941 Tom McGuiness rocker (McGuiness-Flint)
1942 Bob E Smith Sacramento CA, PGA golfer (1993 Yanase Cup)
1942 Ted Bluechel San Pedro CA, rock vocalist/drummer (Association)
1943 David Munden rocker
1944 Cathy Lee Crosby Los Angeles CA, actress (Coach, That's Incredible)
1944 Botho Strauss writer
1944 Roger Omond journalist
1945 Alan "Froggy" Thomson cricketer (Australian quickie 1970-71)
1946 Gianni Versace fashion designer (Versace)
1947 Dhiraj Parsana cricket pace bowler (India vs West Indies 1978-79)
1947 Michael Green English TV/video producer
1950 Merrill Ashley St Paul MN, ballerina (NYC Ballet)
1952 Keith Szarabajka Oak Park IL, actor (Nightlife)
1952 Michael McDonald St Louis MO, rock keyboardist/vocals (Doobie Brothers)
1953 Meg Griffin DJ (WNEW-FM, WPLJ-FM, WKRK-FM)/VJ (V-1)
1953 Myung-Whan Chung Seoul Korea, pianist (Chung Sisters)
1953 Jay Dean Haas St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1978 Andy Williams-San Diego)
1954 Dan Butler actor (Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe-Frasier)
1954 Danielle Alexander Fort Worth TX, country music pianist
1954 Huub Stapel Dutch actor (Amsterdamned, Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank)
1954 Stone Phillips news host (NBC Dateline)
1955 Dennis Christopher Philadelphia PA, actor (Breaking Away, California Dreaming)
1956 Steven Bauer Havana Cuba, actor (Scarface, Thief of Hearts)
1958 Vladimir Parfenovich USSR, 500 meter kayak (Olympics-gold-1980)
1959 Greg Barton kayak (Olympics-2 gold-88)
1959 Patty Jordan Buffalo NY, LPGA golfer (1988 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean)
1960 Rick Savage bass player (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
1962 Tracy Austin tennis pro (US Open 1979, 81)
1964 Brian Habib NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1964 Chip Hale Santa Clara CA, infielder (Minnesota Twins)
1964 Yolanda Henry Houston TX, high jumper
1965 Karrie Mitchell Arvada CO, Miss Colorado-America (1991-top 10)
1966 Anita Jokiel Poland, gymnast (Olympics-1980)
1966 Clive Eksteen cricketer (South African slow left-armer 1993)
1966 Kelly Buchberger Langenburg, NHL left wing (Edmonton Oilers)
1966 Rob Sullivan Chicago IL, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Tri-City Pro-Am)
1966 Zeke Jones Yipsilanti MI, 114½ lbs freestyle wrestler (Olympics-96)
1967 Sharry Konopski Longview WA, playmate (August, 1987)
1967 Naeem Akhtar Rawalpindi cricket medium-pacer (10-28 vs Peshawar 1995)
1968 Reneé Tenison Caldwell ID, playmate of the year (November 1989)
1968 Darryl Kile Garden Grove CA, pitcher (Houston Astros)
1968 Elna Reinach Pretoria South Africa, tennis star
1968 Jiri Dopita Sumperk Czechoslovakia, hockey forward (Team Czechoslovakia Olympics-gold-1998)
1968 Mark Harding Bath England, keeper of Internet biographies
1968 Rena Sofer actress (Eve-Melrose Place, Rocky-Loving, Lois Cerullo-General Hospital)
1969 Lewis Bush NFL outside linebacker (San Diego Chargers)
1969 O J McDuffie NFL wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1969 Paul Francis Stankowski Oxnard CA, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas-5th)
1970 Rene Pucher Presov Czechoslovakia, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
1971 Jessie Hicks WNBA forward/center (Utah Starzz)
1971 Rachel McQuillan Merewether New South Wales Australia, tennis star (1989 Futures ITA)
1971 Roy van de Hill soccer player (Roda JC)
1972 Alan Henderson NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
1972 Chris Burns CFL tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 James Willis linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1972 Sunjith Somasunder cricketer (Karnataka & India ODI opening bat 1996)
1972 Zack Crockett NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1973 Kevin Feighery NFL/WLAF punter (New York Giants, Panthers, Galaxy)
1973 Monica Seles Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star (US Open-1992, French Open-1990)
1975 Brett Lindros London, NHL right wing (New York Islanders)
1975 Mark Kotsay Whittier CA, baseball outfielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1976 Jennifer Robinson Barrie Ontario, (1996 Canadian Champion)
1981 Britney Jean Spears Kentwood, LA, singer (Baby One More Time, You Drive Me Crazy, Oops I Did It Again)
1988 Edward EMG baron Downpatrick grandson of English prince Edward
Deaths which occurred on December 02:
0537 Sylvester Italian Pope (536-37), dies
1463 Albrecht VI archduke of Habsburg, dies
1515 Gonzalo de Córdoba Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies
1592 Alexander Farnese land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46
1719 Pasquier Quesnel French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
1723 Philip French duke of Orléans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies
1763 Carl August Thielo composer, dies at 56
1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54
1814 Marquis de Sade writer, dies at 74
1828 Simon Paap Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39
1831 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein composer, dies at 56
1845 Johannes Simon Mayr composer, dies at 82
1859 John Brown US abolitionist, hanged in Charles Town WV at 59
1864 Archibald Gracie Jr Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 31
1880 Josephine Lang composer, dies at 65
1888 Franz Xaver Witt composer, dies at 54
1888 Mehmed N Kemal Bey Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47
1903 Victor Roger composer, dies at 50
1915 Jan Malat composer, dies at 72
1916 Francesco Paolo Tosti composer, dies at 69
1918 Margit Kaffka writer, dies at 38
1919 Henry Clay Frick built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69
1923 Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer, dies at 72
1925 Julio Garreta composer, dies at 50
1931 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy French count/composer, dies at 80
1933 Josef Gruber composer, dies at 78
1935 Albert Kessel first to die in California gas chamber
1943 Nordahl Grieg writer, dies
1944 Filippo T Marinetti Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
1944 JW Ummels Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies
1950 Dino Lipatti composer, dies at 33
1953 Ernest Hayes cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies
1953 Francis Picabia French painter/illustrator, dies at 75
1957 Harrison Ford silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73
1963 Sabu Sabu actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39
1964 Roger Bissière French painter, dies at 76
1965 The Rajkumar of Vizianagram cricketer (Indian Test captain 1936), dies
1966 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers Dutch mathematician, dies at 85
1967 Cardinal Francis Spellman archbishop of New York, dies at 78
1969 Kliment J Voroshilov President of USSR (1953-60), dies
1970 Dora Paulen German/Dutch cabaretière, dies at about 72
1972 Friedrich Christian Christiansen German Luftwaffe general, dies
1972 José Limón Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
1974 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte composer, dies at 72
1976 William Tannen actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp, Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
1976 Danny Murtaugh baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59
1979 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy composer, dies at 72
1981 Hershy Kay composer, dies at 62
1981 Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot Governor of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79
1981 Wallace K[irkman] Harrison US architect (UN), dies at 86
1982 Marty Feldman comedic actor (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49 of a heart attack in México
1982 David Blue rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
1983 Atholl Mckinnon cricketer (South African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1983 Fifi D'Orsay "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79
1985 Alex Courtney actor (Sword of Justice), dies
1985 Philip Larkin [hermit of Hull] English poet, dies at 63
1986 Desi Arnaz actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies of lung cancer at 69
1986 Lee Dorsey R&B singer, dies at 59
1990 Aaron Copland composer (Fanfare for the Common Man), dies at 90
1990 Robert Cummings actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82
1992 Gary Mascaro choreographer, dies at 43
1992 Loek Elfferich Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die
1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44
1994 Donald John Urquhart librarian, dies at 85
1994 James Norman Dalrymple Anderson lawyer, dies at 86
1995 [William] Robertson Davies novelist essayist/dramatist, dies
1995 Francis Joseph Quinn academic, dies at 90
1995 Roxie Roker actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons)/mother of Lenny Kravitz, dies of breast cancer at 66
1995 Stanley Devon photographer, dies at 88
1996 Penelope Jessel politcal activist, dies at 76
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1965 AUSTIN CARL BENJAMIN WOODBURN OR
1965 LOGAN JACOB DRUMMOND SEATTLE WA
1965 ROBERTS GERALD RAY SAN MARCOS TX REM RET 93-94 IDENTIFIED 10/30/96
1966 BOTT RUSSELL P. WORCHESTER MA
1966 BERGER JAMES R. MANSFIELD OH 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1966 BURNS DONALD R. MINERAL WELLS TX 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV DECEASED
1966 CORDIER KENNETH W. CANTON OH 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 DUCAT BRUCE C. BETHESDA MD 03/18/77 SRV RETURNED REMAINS TO PCOM
1966 DYER IRBY III MIDLAND TX
1966 GREGORY ROBERT R. CAPE GIRADEAU MO POSS DIED IN CAPT REMAINS RETURNED 03/02/88 ID 06/09/88
1966 LANE MICHAEL C. CORAL GABLES FL 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 MC RAE DAVID EDWARD DECATUR GA CMDR THINKS SUBJ DID NOT GET OUT
1966 MOORBERG MONTE LARUE GRAND ISLAND NE PROB KIA PIC PUBLISHED REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1966 NYSTROM BRUCE A. MARION OH POSS DEAD
1966 REHMANN DAVID G. LANCASTER CA "02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV SAN DIEGO, CA" ALIVE AND WELL 96/98
1966 STARK WILLIE E. OMAHA NE
1966 STUTZ LEROY W. EFFINGHAM KS 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 SULANDER DANIEL A. MINNEAPOLIS MN
1966 WORRELL PAUL L. PHILADELPHIA PA POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 08/14/85
1967 CROSBY RICHARD A. SPOKANE WA
1967 LEEPER WALLACE W. WELLINGTON CO
1967 MOREIDA MANUEL J. HARLINGEN TX
1967 STRANGE FLOYD W. CHICO CA
1969 DUNLAP WILLIAM C. TUCSON AZ REMAINS IDENTIFIED 2/26/90
1969 SANDERLIN WILLIAM D. FORT WORTH TX REMAINS IDENTIFIED 2/26/90
1969 SHANLEY MICHAEL H. JR. LA MESA CA REMAINS RETURNED 3/90 09/93 MOTHER DID NOT ACCEPT I.D IN 1990
1969 VANDEN EYKEL MARTIN D. II WHEATON IL GRP BURIAL/ARMY SYS NO POSITIV ID ON MARTIN 2/02/90 WF/MOTH/1 SON ACCEPT-1 SON REJECTS
1972 SHINE ANTHONY C. PLEASANTVILLE NY REMAINS RETURNED 09/96