HISTORY QUIZ OF THE DAY (Dec-02)

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Dec 2, 1990 :: COALITION :: On this day, a coalition led by Chancellor Helmut Kohl won the first free elections since 1932.

Dec 2, 1988 :: BENAZIR BHUTTO :: On this day, she was sworn in as Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first woman to head the government of an state.

Dec 2, 1976 :: FIDEL CASTRO :: On this day, he became the President of replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.

Dec 2, 1973 :: MONICA SELES :: Born this day, she is a Yugoslavian-born .

Dec 2, 1971 :: On this day, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain formed the .

Dec 2, 1954 :: SINO-AMERICAN TREATY :: The Sino-American Treaty, between the United States and the Republic of China, was signed on this day in Washington, DC.

Dec 2, 1947 :: JERUSALEM RIOTS :: Riots broke out in Jerusalem on this day in response to the approval of the 1947 UN .

Dec 2, 1944 :: IBRAHIM RUGOVA :: Born this day, he was the first of Kosovo.

Dec 2, 1933 :: K. VEERAMANI :: Born this day, he was an Indian activist.

Dec 2, 1898 :: INDRA LAL ROY :: Born this day, he was an Indian .

Dec 2, 1885 :: GEORGE Richards MINOT :: Born this day, he was an physician and a recipient of the Nobel Prize.

Dec 2, 1852 :: NAPOLEON III :: On this day, he became the of the French.

Dec 2, 1848 :: FRANZ JOSEF I :: On this day, he became the Emperor of Austria.

Dec 2, 1825 :: PEDRO II :: Born this day, he was an Emperor of .

Dec 2, 1804 :: NAPOLEON Bonaparte :: On this day, he crowned himself Emperor of the French, the first French Emperor in a years.

Dec 2, 1547 :: HERNAN CORTES :: Died this day, he was a explorer and conqueror.