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.

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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.

The tunnel opened for use on December 3, 1844, but was not completely finished until late Spring 1845.

He married secondly at the Dolmabahçe Palace in 1861 to HH Edâdil Kadın Efendi ( 1845 – Dolmabahçe Palace, 12 December 1875 ), and had one child.

When the Democrats took control of the Senate in December 1845, they chose Atchison as President pro tempore, placing him third in succession for the Presidency, and also giving him the duty of presiding over the Senate when the Vice President was absent.

Texas promptly accepted the offer and officially became a state on December 29, 1845.

This dispute would later become a trigger for the Mexican – American War from 1846 to 1848 between Mexico and the United States after the annexation of Texas by the United States on December 29, 1845.

* December 18 – William McKendree Carleton, American poet ( b. 1845 )

* December 12 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Prime Minister of Canada ( b. 1845 )

He married Marie Julie Clary ( 26 December 1771, Marseille, France – 7 April 1845, Florence, Italy ) on 1 August 1794 in Cuges-les-Pins, France.

On 4 December 1845 an announcement appeared in The Times that the government had decided to recall Parliament during January 1846 to repeal the Corn Laws.

On December 27, 1845, in his newspaper the New York Morning News, O ' Sullivan addressed the ongoing boundary dispute with Britain.

Lewis County was created on December 19, 1845, by the provisional government of Oregon Territory.

He arrived at Sutter's Fort in California on December 10, 1845.

* 1845 December 20-Henry Francis Fisher and Burchard Miller sell their rights in the land grant to Adelsverein.

* 1845, December 29-Texas Annexation by the United States

The Oregon Provisional Legislature created Polk County from Yamhill District on December 22, 1845, granting to it the entire southwestern portion of present day Oregon to the California border.

Benjamin Thorne, who came here from Dutchess County, New York in 1839, became the third postmaster on December 3, 1845.

Portions of the township were taken to form Little Egg Harbor Township ( February 13, 1740, now part of Ocean County ), Washington Township ( November 19, 1802 ), Pemberton borough ( December 15, 1826 ), Coaxen Township ( March 10, 1845, now known as Southampton Township ), Pemberton Township ( March 10, 1846 ), Westampton Township ( March 6, 1850 ) and Lumberton Township ( March 14, 1860 ).

December 19, 1845 saw a tragedy in Grafton, one of the many taking place in Rensselaer County during the Anti-Rent War, following the death of Stephen Van Rensselaer III.

The Oregon Territorial Legislature voted to rename it Linn City on December 22, 1845 as a memorial to Senator Lewis F. Linn after whom Linn County is also named.

In December 1845 Denis Caulfield Heron was the subject of a hearing at Trinity College.

This story first appeared in The Gift: A Christmas and New Year's Present for 1845, published in December, 1844 in Philadelphia.

February 11, 1845, Fisher had been involved in coercing newly arrived immigrants to sign documents stating their intent to depart from the Verein and align with Fisher's friend Dr. Friedrich Schubbert aka Friedrich Strubberg .. Cappes was not in town when Meusebach was breakfast host to Fisher on December 31, 1846.

Palmerston's reputation as an interventionist and his unpopularity with the Queen and other Whig grandees was such that when Lord John Russell attempted in December 1845 to form a ministry, the combination failed because Lord Grey refused to join a government in which Palmerston should resume the direction of foreign affairs.

Previously he had been president of the diet from April 2, 1845 to December 31, 1845.