December 2

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0⃣2⃣-December 2020, WEDNESDAY
337th day of the year, 29 days until the New Year.
? HOLIDAYS?
● Armed Forces Day (Cuba)
● International Day for the Elimination of Slavery (United Nations)
● Laos National Day
● National Day (United Arab Emirates)
● Christian holidays:
• Avitus of Rouen
• Bibiana
• Channing Moore Williams (Anglicanism)
• Chromatius
• Habakkuk (Eastern Orthodoxy)
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• December 2 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgy)
? BORN?
● 503 - Liang Emperor Jianwen, Emperor of the Liang Dynasty of China (died 551).
● 1501 - Queen Munjeong, Queen of Korea (died 1565).
● 1578 - Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (died 1641)
● 1599 - Thomas Bruce, first count of Elgin, Scottish aristocrat (died 1663).
● 1629 - William Egon of Fürstenberg, Catholic Cardinal (died 1704).
● 1694 - William Shirley, Anglo-American lawyer and politician, governor of the Gulf of Massachusetts (died 1771).
● 1703 - Ferdinand Konsczak, Croatian missionary and researcher (died 1759).
● 1738 - Richard Montgomery, Irish American general (died 1775).
● 1754 - William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown in New York (died 1809).
● 1759 - James Edward Smith, English botanist and mycologist, founded the Linnea Society (died 1828).
● 1760 - John Brekinridge, American soldier, lawyer and politician, 5th U.S. Attorney General (died 1806).
● 1760 - Joseph Graets, German organist, composer and teacher (died 1826).
● 1798 - António Luis de Seabra, Seabra's 1st vicon, Portuguese judge and politician (died 1895).
● 1810 - Henry Yessler, American businessman and politician, 7th mayor of Seattle (died 1892).
● 1811 - Jean-Charles Shapais, Canadian farmer and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Agriculture (died 1885).
● 1817 - Heinrich von Sybel, German historian, academic and politician (died 1895).
● 1825 - Pedro II of Brazil (died 1891).
● 1827 - William Burges, British architect and designer (died 1881) [3]
● 1846 - Pierre Valdek-Russo, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (died 1904).
● 1847 - Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (died 1939).
● 1859 - Georges Seurat, French painter (died 1891)
● 1860 - Charles Studd, English cricketer and missionary (died 1931).
● 1863 - Charles Edward Ringling, an American businessman, founded the Ringling Brothers Circus (died 1926).
● 1866 - Harry Burley, American songwriter (died 1949).
● 1876 - Yusuf Akchura, Tatar-Turkish activist and the idea of ​​Turanism (died 1935).
● 1884 - Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand soldier, lawyer and judge (died 1953).
● 1884 - Yahya Kemal Beyatli, Turkish poet and writer (died 1958).
● 1885 - George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Laureate (died 1950).
● 1891 - Otto Dix, German painter and painter (died 1969).
● 1891 - Charles Wesley, American historian and author (died 1987).
● 1894 - Warren William, American actor (died 1948).
● 1895 - Harriet Cohen, English pianist (died 1967)
● 1897 - Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general (died 1982).
● 1897 - Rewi Alley, New Zealand writer and political activist (died 1987).
● 1898 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian lieutenant and pilot of the first Indian fighter jet (died 1918).
● 1899 - John Barbirolli, English chalist and conductor (died 1970).
● 1899 - John Cobb, English racing driver and pilot (died 1952).
● 1899 - Ray Morehart, American baseball player (died 1989)
● 1900 - Elisa Godinez Gomes de Batista, first lady of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 (died 1993).
● 1900 - Hertha Hammerbacher, German landscape architect and professor (died 1985).
● 1901 - Raymundo Orsi, Argentine-Italian footballer (died 1986)
● 1906 - Peter Karl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (died 1977).
● 1909 - Arvo Askola, Finnish runner (died 1975).
● 1909 - Valentiy Kliszeyko, Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach (died 1987).
● 1909 - Joseph P. Lash, American activist and author (died 1987).
● 1910 - Russell Line, American photographer, historian and author (died 1991).
● 1910 - Taisto Mike, Finnish runner (died 1979)
● 1912 - George Emmett, English cricketer and coach (died 1976).
● 1913 - Mark Platt, American actor, singer and dancer (died 2014).
● 1914 - Bill Erwin, American actor (died 2010).
● 1914 - Adolf Green, American playwright and composer (died 2002).
● 1915 - Takahito, Prince Mikasa of Japan (died 2016).
● 1916 - Howard Finster, American minister and painter (died 2001).
● 1917 - Sylvia Sims, American singer (died 1992).
● 1921 - Carlo Furno, Italian cardinal (died 2015).
● 1922 - Jacob Cambanelis, Greek author, poet and screenwriter (died 2011).
● 1923 - Maria Callas, American-Greek soprano and actress (died 1977)
● 1924 - Jonathan Fried, Canadian actor (died 2012).
● 1924 - Alexander Hague, American general and politician, 59th U.S. Secretary of State (died 2010).
● 1924 - Else Marie Pade, Danish composer (died 2016).
● 1924 - Vilgot Syoman, Swedish actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 2006).
● 1925 - Julie Harris, American actress (died 2013).
● 1928 - Guy Burdin, French photographer (died 1991).
● 1929 - Dan Jenkins, American journalist and author (died 2019).
● 1929 - Leon Litvak, American historian and author
● 1930 - Gary Becker, American economist and academician, Nobel Laureate (died 2014).
● 1930 - David Piper, British racing driver
● 1931 - Nigel Calder, British journalist, author and screenwriter (died 2014).
● 1931 - Gareth Wigan, executive director of the British Film Studio (Star Wars, Fire Cars) (died 2010).
● 1931 - Masaaki Hatsumi, Japanese martial arts master and educator, founded Bujinka
● 1931 - Uynton Kelly, American pianist and composer (died 1971).
● 1931 - Edwin Miz, American colonel, lawyer and politician, 75th U.S. Attorney General
● 1933 - Peter Robin Harding, English marshal and pilot
● 1933 - Mike Larrabi, American sprinter and teacher (died 2003).
● 1934 - Tarcisio Bertone, Italian cardinal
● 1934 - Andre Rogers, Bahamas baseball player (died 2004).
● 1935 - David Hackett Fischer, American historian, author, and academic
● 1937 - Manohar Joshi, Indian lawyer and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Maharashtra
● 1939 - Yael Dayan, Israeli journalist, author and politician
● 1939 - Francis Fox, Canadian lawyer and politician, 48th Secretary of State for Canada
● 1939 - Harry Reed, American lawyer and politician, 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada.
● 1940 - Willie Brown, American footballer, coach and manager (died 2019).
● 1941 - Mike England, Welsh player and manager
● 1941 - Tom McGinness, English guitarist, songwriter, author and producer
● 1942 - Anna G. Jonasdottir, Icelandic political scientist and academic
● 1943 - Wayne Allard, American veterinarian and politician
● 1944 - Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, the first president of Kosovo (died 1).
● 1944 - Dionysus Savvopoulos, Greek songwriter
● 1944 - Botho Strauß, German author and playwright
● 1945 - Penelope Spheeris, American director, producer and screenwriter
● 1945 - Alan Thomson, Australian cricketer
● 1946 - John Banks, New Zealand businessman and politician, 38th mayor of Auckland
● 1946 - Pedro Borbon, Dominican-American baseball player (died 2012).
● 1946 - David Macaulay, Anglo-American author and painter
● 1946 - Gianni Versace, an Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (died 1997).
● 1947 - Isaac Bitton, Moroccan-French drummer and songwriter
● 1947 - Tommy Jenkins, English footballer and manager
● 1947 - Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist and author
● 1948 - Elizabeth Berg, American nurse and author
● 1948 - T. Koragessan Boyle, American writer and short story writer
● 1948 - Patricia Hewitt, Australian-British teacher and politician, British Secretary of State for Health
● 1948 - Tonigno Horta, Brazilian guitarist and composer
● 1948 - Antonin Panenka, Czech footballer
● 1950 - John Wesley Rice, American country music singer and songwriter and guitarist
● 1950 - Amin Saykal, Afghan-Australian political scientist and academic
● 1950 - Benjamin Stora, Algerian-French historian and author
● 1950 - Paul Watson, a Canadian activist, founded the Sea Shepherds Conservation Society
● 1952 - Carol Shea-Porter, American social worker, academic and politician
● 1954 - Dan Butler, American actor, director and screenwriter
● 1956 - Stephen Bauer, Cuban American actor and producer
● 1957 - Dagfin Hoybreten, Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health
● 1958 - Andrew George, British politician
● 1958 - Vladimir Parfenovich, Belarusian canoe pilot and politician
● 1958 - George Saunders, American short story writer and essayist
● 1959 - Kelefa Diallo, General of Guinea (died 2013).
● 1960 - Peter Blayley, Australian songwriter and guitarist
● 1960 - Razzle, English rock drummer (died 1984).
● 1960 - Rick Savage, English songwriter and bass player
● 1960 - Silk Smith, Indian film actress
● 1962 - John Dyeg, Nigerian businessman and politician
● 1963 - Brendan Coyle, English actor
● 1963 - Ann Patchett, American writer.
● 1963 - Rich Satter, Canadian hockey player and scout
● 1963 - Ron Satter, Canadian hockey player and coach
● 1965 - Shane Flanagan, Australian rugby league player and coach
● 1966 - Philippe Etchebest, French chef and TV presenter
● 1966 - Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese wrestler and promoter, one of the founders of Sendai Girls ’Pro Wrestling.
● 1967 - Mary Krieh, British scientist and politician, shadow Secretary of State for Transport
● 1968 - David Batti, English footballer
● 1968 - Darryl Keele, American baseball player (died 2002)
● 1968 - Lucy Lew, American actress and producer
● 1968 - Nate Mendel, American songwriter and bassist
● 1968 - Rena Sofer, American actress
● 1969 - Yang Hyun-suk, South Korean songwriter and producer
● 1969 - Pavel Loskutov, Estonian runner
● 1969 - Ulrika Bergquist, Swedish journalist
● 1969 - Tanya Plibersek, Australian journalist and politician, 45th Australian Minister of Health
● 1969 - Chris Kivomya, English footballer
● 1970 - Maxim Tarasov, Russian jumping
● 1970 - Treach, American rapper and actor
● 1971 - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor and singer
● 1971 - Rachel McQuillan, Australian tennis player
● 1971 - Yuri Reinvere, Estonian German composer and poet
● 1971 - Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer
● 1971 - Mine Yoshizaki, Japanese artist
● 1972 - Sergejs Chotoks, Latvian hockey player (died 2004).
● 1973 - Graham Kavanagh, Irish footballer and manager
● 1973 - Monica Seles, Serbian-American tennis player
● 1973 - Jan Ullrich, German cyclist
● 1975 - Mark Kotsay, American baseball player
● 1976 - Eddie Garabito, Dominican baseball player
● 1976 - Masafumi Gotoh, Japanese songwriter, guitarist and producer
● 1977 - Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer
● 1978 - Jarron Collins, American basketball player and coach
● 1978 - Jason Collins, American basketball player
● 1978 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian songwriter, producer and actress
● 1978 - Luigi Malafronte, Italian footballer
● 1978 - Peter Moylan, Australian baseball player
● 1978 - Maelle Ricker, Canadian snowboarder
● 1978 - David Rivas, Spanish footballer
● 1978 - Andrew Ryan, Australian rugby league player and master of sports
● 1978 - Christopher Volstenholme, English songwriter and bassist
● 1979 - Yvonne Katterfeld, German songwriter and actress
● 1979 - Michael McIndoe, Scottish footballer
● 1979 - Abdul Razzaq, Pakistani cricketer
● 1980 - Adam Creek, Canadian rower
● 1980 - Darrin Randall, South African cricketer (died 2013).
● 1981 - Maria Ferekidi, Greek canoe pilot
● 1981 - Eric Jungmann, American actor
● 1981 - Danijel Pranjic, Croatian footballer
● 1981 - Britney Spears, American songwriter, dancer and actress
● 1982 - Christos Caripidis, Greek footballer
● 1983 - Chris Burke, Scottish footballer
● 1983 - Daniela Ruah, Portuguese-American actress
● 1983 - Bibiana Candelas, Mexican volleyball player
● 1983 - Jaime Duran, Mexican footballer
● 1983 - Jana Kramer, American actress and singer
● 1983 - Aaron Rogers, American footballer
● 1984 - Peter Maté, Hungarian footballer
● 1985 - Amaury Leveaux, French swimmer
● 1985 - Dorell Wright, American basketball player
● 1986 - Edson Decimo Alves Araujo, Brazilian footballer (died 2014).
● 1986 - Veronica Kapshay, Ukrainian tennis player
● 1986 - Claudiu Carey, Romanian footballer
● 1986 - Adam le Fondre, English footballer
● 1986 - Song Ha Yun, South Korean actress
● 1986 - Tal Wilkenfeld, Australian lead singer and composer
● 1988 - Fuse ODG, English writer
● 1988 - Stephen McGinn, Scottish footballer
● 1989 - Etta Bond, English songwriter
● 1989 - Cassie Steele, Canadian songwriter and actress
● 1989 - Matteo Darmian, Italian footballer
● 1990 - Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Ghanaian footballer
● 1990 - Cemil Matt, Jamaican footballer
● 1990 - Gaston Ramirez, Uruguayan footballer
● 1990 - Fausto Rossi, Italian footballer
● 1990 - Hikaru Yaotome, Japanese idol, singer, model and actor
● 1991 - Chloe Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
● 1991 - Charlie Putt, American songwriter and pianist
● 1992 - Gary Sanchez, Dominican baseball player
● 1993 - Haruka Ishida, Japanese singer and actress
● 1993 - Costas Stafilidis, Greek footballer
● 1994 - Fumika Shimizu, Japanese actress and model
● 1994 - Cowley Woodrow, English footballer
● 1994 - Tomokaze Yeta, Japanese sumo wrestler
● 1995 - Uladzislau Hancharou, Belarusian trampoline
● 1995 - Joe Stimson, Australian rugby league player
●, 1995 - Inori Minase, Japanese actress, voice actress and singer
● 1998 - Juice Wrld, American rapper (died 2019).
◾THE DEAD◾
● 537 - Papa Silverius
● 930 - Ma Yin, Chinese general, King of the Chu (ten kingdoms) (born 853).
● 949 - Vetterau Odo, German aristocrat
● 1022 - Elvira Menédez, Queen of Alfonso V of Castile (born 996).
● 1255 - Muhammad III from Alamut, Imam of Nizari Ismaili
● 1340 - Geoffrey le Scrope, Chief Justice of King Edward III of England 1348 - Emperor Hanazono of Japan (born 1297).
● 1381 - John Ruusbroek, Flemish priest and mystic (born 1293).
● 1455 - Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal (born 1432).
● 1463 - Albert VI, Duke of Austria (born 1418).
● 1469 - Piero di Cosimo de 'Medici, Italian banker and politician (born 1416).
● 1510 - Muhammad Shaibani, Khan of Bukhara (1451).
● 1515 - Gonzalo Fernandes de Cordoba, Spanish general (born 1453).
● 1547 - Hernan Cortes, Spanish general and researcher (born 1485).
● 1594 - Gerardus Mercator, Flemish mathematician, cartographer and philosopher (born 1512).
● 1615 - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (born 1541).
● 1665 - Catherine de Vivonne, Marquise de Rambuye, French author (born 1588).
● 1694 - Pierre Puget, French painter, sculptor and architect (born 1622).
● 1719 - Paskye Kuesnel, French theologian and author (born 1634).
● 1723 - Philip II, Duke of Orleans (born 1674).
● 1726 - Samuel Penhallow, Anglo-American historian and author (born 1665).
● 1747 - Vincent Born, English poet and scholar (born 1695).
● 1748 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (born 1662).
● 1774 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (born 1720).
● 1814 - Marquis de Sade, French philosopher, author and politician (born 1740).
● 1844 - Erasmus Sangusko of Eustace, Polish general and politician (born 1768).
● 1849 - Saxe-Meiningen Adelaide (born 1792)
● 1859 - John Brown, American abolitionist (born 1800).
● 1881 - Jenny von Westfalen, German author (born 1814).
● 1885 - Allen Wright, leader of the Choctaw Nation (1866-1870); He suggested the name ‘Oklahoma’, derived from the words okra and umma from Choctaw, meaning ‘Red People’s Territory’. (1826)
● 1888 - Namiq Kemal, Turkish journalist, poet and playwright (born 1840).
● 1892 - Jay Gould, American businessman and financier (born 1836).
● 1899 - Gregorio del Pilar, Filipino general and politician, 1st Governor of Bulacan (born 1875).
● 1918 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (born 1868).
● 1924 - Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian linguist and philologist (born 1879).
● 1927 - Paul Heinrich von Grot, a German scientist (born 1843) who systematically classifies minerals and founded the journal Zeitschrift für Krystallographie und Mineralogie.
● 1931 - Vincent d'Indy, French composer and teacher (born 1851).
● 1936 - John Ringling, American businessman, one of the founders of Ringling Brothers Circus (born 1866).
● 1943 - Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (born 1902).
● 1944 - Joseph Lyvenne, Russian pianist and teacher (born 1874).
● 1944 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (born 1876).
● 1944 - Eiji Savamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (born 1917).
● 1950 - Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (born 1917).
● 1953 - Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (born 1884).
● 1953 - Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1883).
● 1957 - Harrison Ford, American actor (born 1884).
● 1957 - Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (born 1902).
● 1966 - LEJ Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (born 1881).
● 1966 - Giles Cooper, Irish author, playwright and screenwriter (born 1918).
● 1969 - Jose Maria Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author and poet (born 1911).
● 1969 - Kliment Voroshilov, Ukrainian-Russian marshal and politician, 3rd head of state of the Soviet Union (1881). 1974 - Max Weber, Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1897)
● 1976 - Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player and manager (born 1917).
● 1980 - Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Indo-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1905).
● 1980 - Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director and screenwriter (born 1914).
● 1981 - Wallace Harrison, American architect, one of the founders of Harrison & Abramovitz (born 1895).
● 1982 - Marty Feldman, English actor and comedian
? HISTORICAL EVENTS?
● 1244 - Pope Innocent IV visits Lyon for the first time.
● 1409 - The University of Leipzig is founded.
● 1697 - St. Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London.
● 1763 - Dedication of Touro Church in Newport, Rhode Island, the first church in the United States.
● 1766 - The Swedish Parliament approves the Swedish Freedom of the Press Act and implements it as the basic law, thus becoming the first in the world with freedom of speech.
● 1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte declares himself emperor of France at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
● 1805 - Third Coalition War: Battle of Austerlitz: French troops led by Napoleon Bonaparte defeat a joint Russian-Austrian army.
● 1823 - The Monroe Doctrine: In a message of unity, U.S. President James Monroe declared America's neutrality in future European conflicts and warned European forces not to interfere in the American continent.
● 1845 - Clarity of Destiny: In a statement on the state of the Union, U.S. President James K. Polk suggests that the United States expand aggressively to the West.
● 1848 - Franz Joseph I becomes Emperor of Austria.
● 1851 - French President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte overthrows the Second Republic.
● 1852 - Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte becomes emperor of France as Napoleon III.
● 1859 - John Brown, a militant disarmament leader, is hanged for his October 16 raid on Harpers Ferry in West Virginia.
● 1865 - Alabama amends the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, then North Carolina, then Georgia, and U.S. slaves are legally released within two weeks.
● 1867 - British writer Charles Dickens conducts his first public reading in the United States at Tremont Church in Boston.
● 1899 - Philippine-American War: The Battle of Tirad Pass, dubbed the "Philippine Thermopiles," takes place.
● 1908 - Puyi becomes Chinese emperor at the age of two.
● 1917 - World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign a truce in Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks begin leading to the Brest-Litovsk Treaty.
● 1927 - 19 years after the production of the Ford Model T, the Ford Motor Company introduced the Ford Model A as its new car.
● 1930 - The Great Depression: In a statement from the Union State, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $ 150 million ($ 2019 in 2) public works program to help create jobs and stimulate the economy.
● 1939 - LaGuardia Airport in New York City is opened.
● 1942 - World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a group led by Enrico Fermi launched the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
● 1943 - World War II: Luftwaffe carries out an explosion in the Italian port of Bari, carrying many cargo and transport ships, including American SS John Harvey, who was carrying a stockpile of mustard gas during World War I.
● 1947 - 1947 riots in Jerusalem: Riots broke out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations plan to divide Palestine.
● 1949 - The Convention against Trafficking in Persons and the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
● 1950 - Korean War: The Battle of the Chongqing River ends, with the decisive victory of China, the UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.
● 1954 - Cold War: The U.S. Senate voted 65 to 22 to criticize Joseph McCarthy "for actions that would embarrass and discredit the Senate."
● 1954 - A Sino-US mutual defense agreement is signed between the United States and Taiwan in Washington.
● 1956 - Granma reaches the coast of Cuba's Oriente region. Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and 26 other members of the July 80 movement descended to start the Cuban revolution.
● 1957 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 on the Kashmir conflict is adopted.
● 1961 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares in a nationally broadcast speech that he is a Marxist-Leninist and that Cuba wants to embrace communism.
● 1962 - Vietnam War: After a visit to Vietnam at the request of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield became the first U.S. official to comment negatively on the course of the war.
● 1970 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
● 1971 - Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai and Umm al-Quain form the United Arab Emirates.
● 1975 - Laos Civil War: Pathet Lao captures the Laotian capital Vientiane, forces King Sisavang Wattana to abdicate, and declares the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
● 1976 - Fidel Castro replaces Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado as President of Cuba.
● 1980 - El Salvador Civil War: Four American missionaries are killed by a gang of rapists.
● 1982 - Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart at the University of Utah.
● 1988 - Benazir Bhutto is sworn in as Pakistan's prime minister and becomes the first woman to head an Islamic-dominated state government.
● 1989 - Hat Yay’s Peace Agreement is signed and ratified by the Malay Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending more than 20 years of communist uprising in Malaysia.
● 1991 - Canada and Poland become the first countries to recognize Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union.
● 1993 - Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar is shot dead in Medellin.
● 1993 - Space Shuttle Program: STS-61: NASA launches the Space Shuttle Endeavor with the mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
● 1999 - The UK handed over political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive after the Good Friday deal.
● 2001 - Enron files for bankruptcy in Chapter 11.
● 2015 - San Bernardino Attack: Syed Rizwan Farouk and Tashfeen Malik kill 14 people and injure 22 at the Inner Regional Center in San Bernardino, California.
● 2016 - Thirty-six people die in a fire at a converted warehouse in Oakland, California, which serves as a team of artists.
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