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What happened in history on this day: December 2?
On December 2 in ...
- 1951 - CBS premieres the See It Now 30-minute documentary TV show.
Births on December 2
- 1875 - Birth of Frank Reicher in Munich, Germany; actor (King Kong, Son of Kong).
- 1893 - Birth of William Gaxton in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Destry, Convoy).
- 1894 - Birth of Warren William [Krech] in Aitkin, Minnesota, USA; actor (Caesar - Cleopatra, Morgan - Go West Young Man).
- 1904 - Birth of Donald Woods in Brandon, Manitoba; actor (Tammy).
- 1908 - Birth of Robert F Simon in Mansfield, Ohio, USA; actor (Custer, MASH, Man Who Shot Liberty Valance).
- 1908 - Birth of Rufe Davis in Oklahoma, USA; actor (Cocoanut Grove, Trail Blazers, Gangs of Sonora).
- 1910 - Birth of Robert Paige in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; actor (Colgate Comedy Hour).
- 1914 - Birth of Bill Erwin in Honey Grove, Texas, USA; actor (Glenn - Struck by Lightning).
- 1914 - Birth of Herman Walston AKA Ray Walston in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actor (Luther Billis - South Pacific, My Favorite Martian TV show, Mr. Applegate - Damn Yankees, Judge Henry Bone - Picket Fences TV show, Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie).
- 1916 - Birth of John Bentley in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England; actor (The Chair, Hammer the Toff).
- 1917 - Birth of Ezra Stone; US actor/producer (Henry Aldrich).
- 1922 - Birth of Leo V Gordon in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Circus Boy, Enos, Winds of War).
- 1924 - Birth of Jonathan Frid; actor (Barnabas Collins - Dark Shadows).
- 1925 - Birth of Julie Harris in Grosse Point, Michigan, USA; actress (Bell Jar, East of Eden).
- 1938 - Birth of Michael Levin in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Ryan's Hope).
- 1952 - Birth of Keith Szarabajka in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; actor (Nightlife).
- 1954 - Birth of Dan Butler; actor (Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe - Frasier).
- 1954 - Birth of Huub Stapel; Dutch actor (Amsterdamned, Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank).
- 1954 - Birth of Stone Phillips; news host (NBC Dateline).
- 1955 - Birth of Dennis Christopher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Breaking Away, California Dreaming).
- 1956 - Birth of Steven Bauer in Havana, Cuba; actor (Scarface, Thief of Hearts).
- 1968 - Birth of Rena Sofer; actress (Eve - Melrose Place, Rocky - Loving, Lois Cerullo - General Hospital).
Deaths on December 2
- 1957 - Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at age 73.
- 1963 - Sabu Sabu, actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at age 39.
- 1976 - Death of William Tannen at age 65; actor (The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Daniel Boone, Rawhide, Bat Masterson, Annie Oakley, Lone Ranger, The Roy Rogers Show).
- 1982 - Death of Marty Feldman at age 49 after a massive heart attack in Mexico; actor/comedian (Dean Martin Goldiggers' Show, Marty Feldman Comedy Machine).
- 1983 - Fifi D'Orsay "French Bombshell", Canadian actress (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at age 79 (born 1904).
- 1985 - Alex Courtney, actor (Sword of Justice), dies.
- 1986 - Death of Desi Arnaz of lung cancer at age 69; American actor (Ricky Ricardo - I Love Lucy).
- 1990 - Death of Robert Cummings at age 82 of kidney failure; actor (Twelve Angry Men (1954, Emmy award), The Bob Cummings Show, My Hero, My Living Doll, Love That Bob).
- 1995 - Roxie Roker, actress (Helen Willis - The Jeffersons) / mother of Lenny Kravitz, dies of breast cancer at age 66.
- 2009 - Death of Maggie Jones at age 75 in England; actress (Coronation Street TV show).
- 2014 - Death of Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1931).
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