Notable Historical Events on December 1st
December 1st Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
772 |
Pope Adrian I elected |
800 |
Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican. |
1167 |
Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League |
1420 |
Henry V of England enters Paris. |
1566 |
Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva |
1626 |
Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out |
1640 |
Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule |
1641 |
Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery |
1653 |
An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes |
1656 |
Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden |
1708 |
Great Alliance occupies Brussels |
1742 |
Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia |
1750 |
First school in America to offer manual training courses opens in Maryland |
1768 |
The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway. |
1783 |
Jacques Charles & Nicolas Roberts make first untethered ascension with gas hydrogen balloon in Paris |
1821 |
Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain |
1822 |
Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil |
1822 |
Franz Liszt's (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran |
1824 |
US House of Representatives begins to decide outcome of election deadlock between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (Adams wins) |
1831 |
Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather |
1835 |
Hans Christian Andersen publishes his 1st book of fairy tales |
1843 |
1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens |
1852 |
Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands |
1864 |
Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA |
1864 |
Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia |
1868 |
John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war |
1878 |
1st White House telephone installed |
1884 |
American Old West: Near Frisco, New Mexico, deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy. |
1887 |
Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet" |
1887 |
Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao |
1891 |
James Naismith creates the game of basketball |
1896 |
1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY) |
1900 |
Exiled South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders and on the same day is declined a visit from the German Kaiser |
1900 |
Portifiro Diaz is inaugurated for his 6th consecutive term as President of Mexico |
1903 |
"The Great Train Robbery", the 1st Western film, released |
1906 |
Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris) |
1906 |
Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of Köpenick) sentenced to 4 yrs |
1909 |
1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa |
1909 |
1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef |
1913 |
1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts) |
1913 |
Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38) |
1915 |
The US requests that Germany withdraw its military and naval attaches from the Embassy in Washington |
1916 |
There is virtual civil war in Greece as royalists fight Venizelist, and the Allies determine on a Venizelist victory |
1917 |
Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb |
1918 |
Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence under Danish crown |
1918 |
Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade |
1918 |
Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established |
1919 |
AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By" premieres in Manchester |
1919 |
Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament |
1921 |
1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight |
1921 |
US Post Office establishes philatelic agency |
1922 |
1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Capt Turner, RAF |
1922 |
Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski resigns |
1923 |
CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina 54-0 at Toronto |
1924 |
Calles becomes president of Mexico |
1924 |
George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good" premieres in NYC |
1925 |
Treaty of Locarno signed |
1928 |
CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina 30-0 at Hamilton |
1928 |
Railroad museum opens in Utrecht Neth |
1929 |
Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe |
1930 |
NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty |
1931 |
Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint |
1933 |
Rudolf Hess & Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government |
1934 |
Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov assassinated, used by Stalin as the excuse to begin the Great Purge of 1934-38. |
1935 |
Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp |
1936 |
2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E) |
1936 |
Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use |
1936 |
EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants |
1937 |
Japan recognizes Franco government |
1938 |
School bus & train collide in Salt Lake City Utah |
1939 |
SS-Fuhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews |
1941 |
British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python |
1941 |
Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war |
1941 |
Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years |
1941 |
US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes |
1942 |
Gasoline rationed in US |
1942 |
The Beveridge Report is published by the British government unveiling plans for a post-war welfare state |
1943 |
FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day) |
1944 |
Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres |
1944 |
Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands |
1944 |
Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres |
1945 |
CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg 35-0 at Toronto |
1946 |
Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187) |
1947 |
Don Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba |
1947 |
India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 |
1948 |
Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan as King of Palestine |
1948 |
Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player |
1949 |
WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1949 |
WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1951 |
17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB) |
1951 |
Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd" premieres in London |
1951 |
Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds |
1952 |
The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation. |
1953 |
Red Sox trade M McDermott & Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen |
1953 |
WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast |
1953 |
WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1953 |
Walter Alston named Dodger manager |
1954 |
Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement |
1954 |
Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal) |
1955 |
Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus and give her seat to a white passenger |
1956 |
"Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances |
1956 |
Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0) |
1956 |
Frank Robinson (NL) & Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year |
1956 |
Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta resigns |
1957 |
Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show |
1958 |
"Flower Drum Song" opens at St James Theater NYC for 602 performances |
1958 |
Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day) |
1958 |
Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students & 3 nuns (Chic) |
1959 |
12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica |
1959 |
25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB) |
1959 |
The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space |
1960 |
Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo |
1960 |
Paul McCartney and Pete Best arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany for accusation of attempted arson. |
1961 |
The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea. |
1962 |
Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27) |
1962 |
KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1963 |
NY Jets 1st shutout, beat KC 17-0 |
1963 |
Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union |
1964 |
Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros |
1964 |
Martin Lurther King speaks to J. Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign |
1965 |
Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began |
1965 |
South Africa government says children of white fathers are white |
1966 |
Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor |
1966 |
Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colo |
1967 |
Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle) |
1967 |
Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope |
1967 |
Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams |
1967 |
Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses |
1968 |
"Promises Promises" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1281 performances |
1968 |
Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in NYC |
1968 |
Gonzalo Barrios, Venezuelan presidential candidate |
1968 |
Peggy Wilson wins LPGA Hollywood Lakes Golf Open |
1968 |
Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting |
1969 |
US government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II |
1970 |
Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico |
1970 |
NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins |
1970 |
Independent People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself as People's Democratic Republic of Yemen |
1971 |
Cubs release Ernie Banks & sign him as a coach |
1971 |
Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona" opens at St James Theater NYC for 613 perfs |
1971 |
John & Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US |
1971 |
Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray. |
1972 |
Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK |
1972 |
2 people killed and 127 injured when 2 car bombs explode in the centre of Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
1973 |
Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea |
1973 |
Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year |
1973 |
Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic |
1973 |
Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ |
1974 |
Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia, 92 died |
1974 |
Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5) |
1974 |
LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8 |
1975 |
US President Gerald Ford visits China PR |
1975 |
Kuwait and Gulf and BP agree on terms of nationalization |
1976 |
Angola admitted to UN |
1976 |
Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president |
1976 |
Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks" |
1978 |
Pres Carter more than doubles national park system size |
1978 |
Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, v England at the Gabba |
1978 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1980 |
46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB) |
1980 |
Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships" |
1980 |
US Justice Dept sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination |
1981 |
Yugoslavian charter flight crashes into Mont San-Pietro in Corsica, 180 killed |
1982 |
Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart |
1982 |
Michael Jackson releases his album "Thriller" |
1982 |
Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as pres of Mexico |
1983 |
Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury |
1984 |
50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB) |
1984 |
France performs nuclear test |
1984 |
Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title |
1985 |
Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster |
1985 |
STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad |
1985 |
South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms |
1986 |
Muséed'orsay opens in Paris |
1986 |
Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains" |
1987 |
Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel |
1988 |
596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless |
1988 |
Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country (Pakistan) |
1988 |
Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow |
1988 |
NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics |
1988 |
NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St Louis Blues |
1989 |
"Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS |
1989 |
East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution |
1989 |
Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract |
1989 |
USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican |
1990 |
56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (QB) |
1990 |
British & French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel) |
1990 |
Hissène Habré of Chad flees to Cameroon |
1990 |
Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks |
1990 |
Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia hold their 1st joint session |
1990 |
NY Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96 |
1991 |
"Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 perfs |
1991 |
"Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 perfs |
1991 |
80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1) |
1991 |
AIDS awareness day |
1991 |
Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election |
1991 |
Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan |
1991 |
US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 lands |
1991 |
Ukrainian people vote for independence |
1992 |
2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana & crash, 13 die |
1992 |
Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 yrs for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco |
1993 |
Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18 |
1994 |
3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident |
1994 |
Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere announce they are seperating |
1994 |
Ernesto Zedillo innaugrated as president of Mexico |
1994 |
PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail |
1994 |
Rober Schumanns 2nd Symphony premieres in London |
1996 |
85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2) |
1996 |
Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India |
1997 |
GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo |
1997 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM |
1997 |
Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS |
1998 |
Exxon announces a $73.7 billion USD deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company. |
2001 |
Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA's purchase by American Airlines. |
2002 |
91st Davis Cup: Russia beats France in Paris (3-2) |
2008 |
The US economy has been in recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research announces today |
2012 |
8 people are killed and 36 injured after a bus overturns in Bolivia |
2012 |
Enrique Peña Nieto sworn in as President of Mexico |
2012 |
Ukranian Anna Ushenina wins the Women's World Chess Championship 2012 |
2015 |
US Marine found guilty of killing transgender woman in Philippines |
2016 |
Tornadoes and storms kill five in US South |
2016 |
Michael James Delligatti, Creator of the Big Mac, Dies at 98 |
2016 |
Doomed Jet Carrying Brazilian Team Reportedly Ran Out of Fuel |
2016 |
Mexico Disappointed at Carrier Agreement to Keep Jobs in US |
2017 |
Siren will wail in Hawaii test for possible nuclear attack |
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