Today in History for 2nd December 2022

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Historical Events

1907 - Association of Football Players' and Trainers' Union (English Professional Football Players' Association) is formed by Charlie Roberts and Billy Meredith in Manchester, England
1972 - "Via Galactica" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 7 performances
1985 - NFL quarterback legends Dan Marino and John Elway (Denver Broncos) face each other for the first time, a 30-26 win for Marino's Miami Dolphins (390 yards and 3 TDs)
1988 - STS-27 Atlantis launched (Secret military mission)
1988 - UN votes 151-2 (Israel and US) to move PLO debate to Geneva, Great Britain abstains
1990 - US 69th manned space mission STS 35 (Columbia 11) launches into orbit

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Famous Birthdays

1868 - Francis Jammes, French poet and writer (Jammisme), born in Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées, France (d. 1938)
1902 - Horace Hildreth, American politician (Gov-Maine, 1945-49) and U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (1953-57), born in Gardiner, Maine (d. 1988)
1910 - Bob Newson, South African cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 4 wickets; Transvaal; Rhodesia), born in Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1988)
1960 - Rick Savage, English bass player (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages), born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
1962 - Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, eldest son of King Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2015)
1968 - Lucy Liu, American actress (Ally McBeal), born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York

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Famous Deaths

537 - Saint Silverius, Italian Pope (536-37) till deposed in March 537, starves to death in exile
1552 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)
1748 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, dies at 86
1814 - Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and writer (Justine) and where the words sadism and sadist are derived from, dies at 74
1888 - Franz Xaver Witt, German church musician, composer, and priest, dies at 54
2005 - Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. 1980)

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