2 December is the 336th day of the year (337th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. On this day was born in the year: 885 – Li Cunxu, Chinese emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty (d. 926) 1578 – Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1640) 1694 – William Shirley, English politician, Governor of Massachusetts Bay (1741-1749, 1753-1756) and the Bahamas (1760-1768) (d. 1771) 1738 – Richard Montgomery, Irish-American general (d. 1775) 1754 – William Cooper, American judge and politician, founded Cooperstown, New York (d. 1809) 1760 – John Breckinridge, American politician, 5th United States Attorney General (d. 1806) 1760 – Joseph Graetz, German composer, organist, and educator (d. 1826) 1825 – Pedro II of Brazil (d. 1891) 1866 – Harry Burleigh, American singer and composer (d. 1949) 1884 – Erima Harvey Northcroft, New Zealand lawyer and judge (d. 1953) 1885 – George Richards Minot, American physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950) 1891 – Charles H. Wesley, American historian and author (d. 1987) 1893 – Leo Ornstein, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 2002) 1895 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (d. 1967) 1899 – John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (d. 1970) 1914 – Adolph Green, American composer (d. 2002) 1917 – Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992) 1923 – Maria Callas, Greek soprano (d. 1977) 1924 – Alexander Haig, American general and diplomat, 59th United States Secretary of State (d. 2010) 1931 – Wynton Kelly, Jamaican-American pianist (d. 1971) 1934 – Andre Rodgers, Bahamian baseball player (d. 2004) 1944 – Dionysis Savvopoulos, Greek singer-songwriter 1946 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer, founded Versace (d. 1997) 1947 – Isaac Bitton, Moroccan-French drummer (Les Variations)r 1948 – Patricia Hewitt, Australian-British politician, Secretary of State for Health (2005-2007) 1948 – Toninho Horta, Brazilian guitarist 1952 – James Lancelot, English organist, Master of Choristers, Durham Cathedral 1952 – Rob Mounsey, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (Joe Cool) 1957 – Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian politician, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers 1960 – Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (d. 1984) 1960 – Rick Savage, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Def Leppard and Atomic Mass) 1963 – Ann Patchett, American author 1968 – Nate Mendel, American bass player (Foo Fighters, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft, and Juno) 1970 – Treach, American rapper and actor (Naughty by Nature) 1970 – Yang Hyun-suk, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer (Seo Taiji and Boys) 1971 – Jüri Reinvere, Estonian composer 1976 – Masafumi Gotoh, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation) 1978 – Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer 1978 – Christopher Wolstenholme, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Muse) 1979 – Sabina Babayeva, Azerbaijani singer 1979 – Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer-songwriter and actress 1981 – Britney Spears, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1982 – Mike Scala, American rapper, producer, and politician 1983 – Jana Kramer, American actress and singer 1986 – Tal Wilkenfeld, Australian bass player and composer 1987 – Teairra Marí, American singer-songwriter and actress 1987 – Mari-Leen, Estonian singer 1989 – Cassie Steele, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress 1989 – Etta Bond, British singer-songwriter and rapper 1990 – Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Ghanaian footballer 1990 – Hikaru Yaotome, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Hey! Say! JUMP)
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 22:44:41 +0000
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