December 1

December 1 is the 335th day (336th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 30 days remaining.

Events:

• 1640 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain
• 1821 - Dominican Republic declares its independence from Spain
• 1822 - Dom Pedro crowned as Emperor of Brazil
• 1913 - Ford Motor Company introduces the assembly line
• 1917 - Father Edward J. Flanagan[?] founds Boys Town
• 1918 - Iceland becomes independent from Denmark
• 1918 - Transylvania unites with Romania
• 1919 - Lady Astor becomes first female member of the British Parliament
• 1941 - Civil Air Patrol formed
• 1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give her Montgomery, Alabama bus seat to a white man, and is arrested
• 1958 - Central African Republic becomes independent from France
• 1959 - Antarctic Treaty signed
• 1973 - Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia
• 1991 - Ukraine votes for independence
• 1991 - Panama Canal comes completely under Panama's jurisidiction

Births:

• 1743 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth[?], chemist (+ 1817)
• 1844 - Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom
• 1884 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff[?], painter, graphic artist (+ 1976)
• 1886 - Rex Stout, author (+ 1975)
• 1893 - Ernst Troller[?], dramatist (+ 1939)
• 1895 - Henry Williamson, author (+ 1977)
• 1911 - Walter Alston[?], baseball coach
• 1911 - Calvin Griffith[?], baseball executive
• 1913 - Mary Martin, actor, singer (+ 1990)
• 1923 - Stansfield Turner[?], American admiral, director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• 1935 - Woody Allen, film director, actor, comedian
• 1935 - Lou Rawls[?], singer
• 1939 - Lee Trevino[?], golfer
• 1940 - Richard Pryor, actor, comedian
• 1945 - Bette Midler, actress
• 1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan[?], singer
• 1948 - George Foster[?], baseball star
• 1950 - Keith Thibodeaux, drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy)
• 1961 - Jeremy Northam[?], actor
• 1976 - Matthew Shepard, murder victim (+ 1998)
• 1978 - Brad Delson, lead guitar musician of Linkin Park

Deaths:

• 1135 - Henry I of England
• 1934 - Sergei Kirov, Russian revolutionary
• 1964 - J. B. S. Haldane, British geneticist
• 1985 - Alvin Ailey[?], dancer, choreographer
• 1987 - James Baldwin, author
• 1973 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel

Holidays and Observances:

• World AIDS Day
• Ancient Latvia - Barbes Diena observed
• Romania - Union Day (the national holiday)

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See Also:

November 30 - December 2 - November 1 - January 1 -- listing of all days

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December