In his Message of December 2, 1862, he put his purpose and his policy in these words -- which I would call the Lincoln Law of Liberty-and-Union: `` In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free ''.

For these crimes he was sentenced to be hanged in public on Friday, December 2, 1859.

On December 2, 1859, John Brown was hanged at Charles Town, Virginia.

It was the night of December 2, 1943, and it was growing dark in Bari.

After the DRA collapsed on 2 December 1920, it was absorbed into the Soviet Union and became part of the Transcaucasian SFSR.

* Clay, Jenny Strauss, " Immortal and ageless forever ", The Classical Journal 77. 2 ( December 1981: pp. 112 – 117 ).

AZ were undefeated in all 32 of their home matches in European competitions, a sequence which ran from 1977 until 20 December 2007, when they finally lost to Everton of England by a score of 3 – 2.

Albert Pike ( December 29, 1809 – April 2, 1891 ) was an attorney, Confederate officer, writer, and Freemason.

It was first published in Copenhagen on 4 December 1879, in an edition of 8, 000 copies that sold out within a month ; a second edition of 3, 000 copies followed on 4 January 1880 and a third edition of 2, 500 was issued on 8 March.

# John ( b. Torgau, 2 December 1498 – d.

In December 2010 Belle & Sebastian curated the sequel to the Bowlie Weekender in the form of Bowlie 2 presented by All Tomorrow's Parties.

Ellas Otha Bates ( December 30, 1928 – June 2, 2008 ), known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter ( usually as Ellas McDaniel ), and rock and roll pioneer.

Chaplin starred in the West End production at the Duke of York's Theatre from 17 October to 2 December 1905.

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Chadian-Libyan relations were ameliorated when Libyan-supported Idriss Déby unseated Habré on December 2.

They were also criticised for shutting down all servers except the Japanese servers for the games Resident Evil: Outbreak and its sequel Resident Evil Outbreak File 2, which the servers for Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 in Japan finally closed on June 30, 2011, over three and a half years after shutting down the North American and European servers on December 31, 2007.

On 2 December 1823, US President James Monroe specifically addressed Cuba and other European colonies in his proclamation of the Monroe Doctrine.

An analogous decision was published in the Journal officiel in France ( December 2, 1997 ).

Earlier in 1961, a Television Audience Measurement ( TAM ) showed that 75 % of available viewers ( 15 million ) tuned into Corrie and by 1964 the programme had over 20 million regular viewers, with ratings peaking on 2 December 1964, at 21. 36 million viewers.

May 2010 also saw the funeral of Coronation Street favourite Blanche Hunt, who was written out after the death of her portrayer Maggie Jones on 2 December 2009.

On December 2, 1942, physicist Enrico Fermi conducted the world's first controlled nuclear reaction at the University of Chicago as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin ( 2 November 1699 – 6 December 1779 ) was an 18th-century French painter.

At the 15th Party Congress ( 2 – 19 December 1927 ) the Left Opposition was crushed ; none of its members were elected to the Central Committee.

Charles was baptised on 2 December 1600 by the Bishop of Ross, in a ceremony held in Holyrood Abbey, and was created Duke of Albany, Marquess of Ormond, Earl of Ross and Lord Ardmannoch.

:( 2 ) Use work slides or some other form of carrier so that when a workman completes his operation, he drops the part always in the same place — which place must always be the most convenient place to his hand — and if possible have gravity carry the part to the next workman for his operation.

The 2 exceptions are the " non-standard " or " non-canonical " pyrrolysine — found only in some methanogenic organisms but not humans — and selenocysteine ; both of these are encoded via variant codons signaled by mRNA instead.

He decreased the silver purity of the denarius from 89 % to 83. 5 % — the actual silver weight dropping from 2. 88 grams to 2. 68 grams.

On March 2, the circular formally filing the organization and capitalization ( at $ 1, 400, 000, 000 — 4 % of U. S. national wealth at the time ) of the United States Steel Corporation actually completed the contract.

* Graphics modes: 160 × 256 ( 4 or 16 colours ), 320 × 256 ( 2 or 4 colours ), 640 × 256 ( 2 colours ), 320 × 200 ( 2 colours — spaced display with two blank horizontal lines following every 8 pixel lines ), 640 × 200 ( 2 colours — spaced display )

On hearing that God had blessed Obed-edom because of the presence of the Ark in his house, David had the Ark brought to Zion by the Levites, while he himself, " girded with a linen ephod ," " danced before the Lord with all his might " and in the sight of all the public gathered in Jerusalem — a performance that caused him to be scornfully rebuked by his first wife, Saul's daughter Michal ( 2 Sam.

2: 13, 7: 6, 13-14, 12: 18 ; and Acts 19. 22 — all refer to the same journey of a single individual, Titus-Timothy.

While the two herbicides that make up Agent Orange, 2, 4-D and 2, 4, 5-T, remain toxic over a short period — a scale of days or weeks — they quickly degrade.

* Van Buren, Raeburn, Abbie an ' Slats — 2 volumes ( 1983 ) Ken Pierce Books

Druyan was responsible for the selection of the music on the Voyager Golden Record for the pioneering exploratory missions of the Solar System — Voyager 1 and Voyager 2.

The equatorial radius of the star was estimated to be 2. 03 solar radii, and the polar radius 1. 63 solar radii — a 25 % increase of the stellar radius from pole to equator.

* SVO — Save opportunity: When a pitcher 1 ) enters the game with a lead of three or fewer runs and pitches at least one inning, 2 ) enters the game with the potential tying run on base, at bat, or on deck, or 3 ) pitches three or more innings with a lead and is credited with a save by the official scorer

Theodor Seuss Geisel (; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991 ) was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.

Gil Scott-Heron, a jazz poet / musician who wrote and released such seminal songs as " The Revolution Will Not Be Televised ", " H2OGate Blues Part 2: We Beg Your Pardon America ," and " Johannesberg ," has been cited as an influence on many rappers.

He was also the great nephew of both George Sandys ( 2 March 1577 – March 1644 ), an English traveller, colonist and poet ; and of Sir Edwin Sandys ( 9 December 1561 – October 1629 ), an English statesman and one of the founders of the London Company.

* December 2 – José María Arguedas, Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist ( b. 1911 ).

* April 2 – Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet ( d. 1862 )

* October 2 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet

* September 2 – John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist

* August 2 – Raymond Carver, American short-story writer & poet ( b. 1938 )

* November 2 – Louise Imogen Guiney, American poet and essayist ( b. 1861 )

* July 2 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet ( b. 1900 )

* December 2 – Namık Kemal, Turkish patriotic poet, social reformer ( b. 1840 )

* September 2 – Henry Austin Dobson, English poet ( born 1840 )

* May 2 – Alfred de Musset, French poet ( b. 1810 )

* May 2 – George Ranetti ( Romanian poet and publicist, d. 1928 )

* January 2 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor, graphic artist, and poet ( d. 1938 )

* June 2 – Orrick Johns, American poet and playwright ( d. 1946 )

* November 2 – George Mogridge ( Old Humphrey ), British writer and poet ( b. 1787 )

* May 2 – Gottfried Benn, German poet ( d. 1956 )

* February 2 – Leszek Engelking, Polish poet, writer and translator

* August 2 – Wallace Stevens, American poet ( b. 1879 )

* January 2 – Philip Morin Freneau, American poet ( d. 1832 )

* March 2 – Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet ( d. 1844 )

* October 2 – Wallace Stevens, American poet ( d. 1955 )

* September 2 – Carel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet ( b. 1548 )

* October 2 – Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet ( b. 1703 )