December 1
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December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 30 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Events [change]
- 800 – Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
- 1640 – Portugal regains its independence from Spain.
- 1821 – The first constitution of Costa Rica is issued.
- 1822 – Emperor Pedro I of Brazil is crowned.
- 1835 – Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales
- 1913 – Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
- 1913 – Crete is annexed by Greece.
- 1918 – Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
- 1918 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
- 1923 – The dam of the Gleno Reservoir near Bergamo, Italy, bursts, killing around 600 people.
- 1955 – In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1958 – Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
- 1959 – Cold War: Antarctic Treaty signed, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that continent.
- 1961 – The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea.
- 1963 – Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India.
- 1964 – Malta, Malawi and Zambia join the UN.
- 1966 – Kurt Georg Kiesinger succeeds Ludwig Erhard as Chancellor of Germany.
- 1969 – Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
- 1971 – Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
- 1971 – Indian Army occupies part of Kashmir.
- 1973 – Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia.
- 1976 – Angola joins the UN.
- 1990 – Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 meters beneath the seabed.
- 1991 – Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
- 2000 – Vicente Fox becomes President of Mexico.
- 2006 – Felipe Calderon becomes President of Mexico.
- 2006 – A typhoon causes landslides on the Mayon volcano in the Philippines, burying around 1,000 people.
- 2009 – The EU's Lisbon Treaty takes effect.
Births [change]
- 1081 – Louis VI of France (d. 1137)
- 1083 – Anna Komnene, Byzantine princess and scholar (d. 1153)
- 1743 – Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817)
- 1761 – Marie Tussaud, French creator of waxworks (d. 1850)
- 1766 – Nikolay Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
- 1844 – Alexandra of Denmark, Queen Consort of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925)
- 1886 – Rex Stout, American writer (d. 1975)
- 1895 – Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
- 1896 – Georgy Zhukov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974)
- 1905 – Clarence Zener, American physicist (d. 1993)
- 1910 – Alicia Markova, British ballet dancer (d. 2004)
- 1911 – Franz Binder, Austrian footballer (d. 1989)
- 1913 – Mary Martin, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1922 – Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1979)
- 1923 – Morris, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2001)
- 1925 – Martin Rodbell, American scientist (d. 1998)
- 1929 – Alfred Moisiu, former President of Albania
- 1932 – Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985)
- 1934 – Billy Paul, American singer
- 1935 – Woody Allen, American director and actor
- 1937 – Vaira-Vike Freiberga, former President of Latvia
- 1939 – Lee Trevino, American golf player
- 1940 – Richard Pryor, American actor and comedian (d. 2005)
- 1944 – John Densmore, American musician
- 1945 – Bette Midler, American singer and actress
- 1946 – Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer
- 1947 – Alain Bashung, French singer (d. 2009)
- 1948 – Luciano Re Cecconi, Italian footballer (d. 1977)
- 1948 – Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager
- 1949 – Pablo Escobar, Colombian druglord (d. 1993)
- 1949 – Sebastian Pinera, President of Chile
- 1951 – Jaco Pastorius, American musician (d. 1987)
- 1958 – Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and manager
- 1960 – Carol Alt, American supermodel
- 1961 – Jeremy Northam, British actor
- 1964 – Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
- 1970 – Sarah Silverman, American comedienne
- 1971 – Emily Mortimer, English actress
- 1971 – Mika Pohjola, Finnish jazz pianist and composer
- 1974 – Costinha, Portuguese footballer
- 1976 – Laura Ling, American journalist
- 1985 – Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer
- 1988 – Jay Simpson, English footballer
- 1988 – Zoe Kravitz, American actress
- 2001 – Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan
Deaths [change]
- 1135 – Henry I, King of England (b. 1068)
- 1241 – Isabella of England, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)
- 1377 – King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)
- 1433 – Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)
- 1521 – Pope Leo X (b. 1475)
- 1825 – Tsar Alexander I of Russia (b. 1777)
- 1830 – Pope Pius VIII (b. 1761)
- 1866 – George Everest, Welsh surveyor (b. 1790)
- 1886 – Emil Hartwich, German lawyer (b. 1843)
- 1934 – Sergey Kirov, Soviet politician (b. 1886)
- 1947 – Aleister Crowley, English occultist and writer (b. 1875)
- 1947 – G.H. Hardy, English mathematician (b. 1877)
- 1972 – Antonio Segni, Italian Prime Minister (b. 1891)
- 1973 – David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
- 1987 – James Baldwin, American writer (b. 1924)
- 1991 – George J. Stigler, American economist (b. 1911)
- 1997 – Stephane Grappelli, French violinist (b. 1908)
- 1998 – Bertil Nordahl, Swedish footballer (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b. 1911)
- 2006 – Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
- 2008 – Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
- 2010 – Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer (b. 1914)
- 2011 – Christa Wolf, German writer (b. 1929)
Holidays and observances [change]
- World AIDS Day
- Portugal – Restoration of Independence Day
- Costa Rica – Military Abolition Day
- Romania – The National Day of Romania, Union of Transylvania with Romania
- Angola's Pioneers' Day
- Australia – First day of Summer
