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    This Is HISTORY | Birthdays

    Dec 02 1678

    Nicolaas S Cruquius Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer)

    Dec 02 1694

    William Shirley Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771)

    Dec 02 1703

    Ferdinand Konscak Croatian explorer (d. 1759)

    Dec 02 1710

    Carlo Bertinazzi Italian actor and writer (commedia dellarte) born in Turin Italy (d. 1783)

    Dec 02 1728

    Ferdinando Galiani Italian economistphilosopherdiplomat

    Dec 02 1738

    Richard Montgomery Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)

    Dec 02 1760

    John Breckinridge American politician (d. 1806)

    Dec 02 1777

    Henry Doeff colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary)

    Dec 02 1802

    Melancthon Smith Wade American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1868)

    Dec 02 1811

    Jean-Charles Chapais French Canadian politician Father of the Canadian Confederation (d. 1885)

    Dec 02 1817

    Heinrich von Sybel German historian (d. 1895)

    Dec 02 1821

    Rufus Barringer American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Cabarrus County North Carolina (d. 1895)

    Dec 02 1825

    Pedro II van Alcantara Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)

    Dec 02 1837

    Charles Garrison Harker American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Swedesboro New Jersey (d. 1864)

    Dec 02 1846

    Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau French Min of Foreign affairspremier

    Dec 02 1847

    Deacon White American baseball player and a star during the first two decades of the sports professional era born in Caton New York (d. 1939)

    Dec 02 1860

    C T Studd cricketer (brother of G B five Tests for England)

    Dec 02 1863

    Charles Ringling American circus owner (d. 1926)

    Dec 02 1866

    Henry Thacker Burleigh Erie Pa African American composer (Springarn Medal)

    Dec 02 1869

    Jonas Cohn GermanEnglish philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)

    Dec 02 1870

    Francis Louis Casadesus French violinistcomposerconductor

    Dec 02 1875

    Frank Reicher German-American actor (King Kong Son of Kong) born in Munich Germany (d. 1965)

    Dec 02 1884

    Ruth Draper American lecture artist [or 1989]

    Dec 02 1885

    George Minot American physician worked on anemia (Nobel 1934)

    Dec 02 1890

    William Gaxton American actor (Destry Convoy) born in San Francisco California (d. 1963)

    Dec 02 1891

    Charles H. Wesley author writer and Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. (d. 1987)

    Dec 02 1893

    Leo Ornstein Russian-American composer (Bio in Sonata Form) born in Kremenchuk Russia (d. 2002) (birth date uncertain)

    Dec 02 1894

    Warren William [Krech] American actor (The Wolf Man Cleopatra) born in Aitkin Minnesota (d. 1948)

    Dec 02 1897

    Rewi Alley New Zealand writer (Americans in China)

    Dec 02 1897

    Hovhannes Bagramyan Marshall of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)

    Dec 02 1899

    John Barbirolli English conductor (NY Philharmonic Orchestra)

    Dec 02 1899

    Ray Morehart American baseball player (d. 1989)

    Dec 02 1901

    Raimundo Orsi Argentine-born footballer (d. 1986)

    HISTORICAL EVENTS | ON THIS DAY

    Dec 02 1620 English language newspaper Namloos begins publishing in Amsterdam

    Dec 02 1682 English Earl of Shaftesbury flees to Amsterdam

    Dec 02 1755 The second Eddystone Lighthouse on Eddystone Rocks off English southern coast is destroyed by fire

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