Today in History - History - December 1st

1967Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses

1982Michael Jackson releases his album "Thriller"

1955Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus and give her seat to a white passenger

800Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.

1824US House of Representatives begins to decide outcome of election deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (Adams wins)

1937Japan recognizes Franco government

1947Don Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba

1990NY Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96

1822Franz Liszt's (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran

1975US President Gerald Ford visits China PR

1949Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron

1945Bette Midler, Honolulu, Hawaii, actress and singer (Beaches, Wind Beneath my Wings)

1935Woody Allen, [Allen Konigsberg], Bkln, actor (Zelig, Annie Hall)

1913Mary Martin, Weatherford Tx, actress (Peter Pan) Larry Hagman's mom

1973NFL running back Gale Sayers (30) weds second wife Ardythe Bullard

1990Film director John Carpenter (36) weds producer Sandy King

1990Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Indian diplomat and politician, dies at 90

1973David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87