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)
- 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)
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)
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