December 1
Appearance
December 1is the 335th day of the year (336th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 30 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 800–Charlemagnejudges the accusations againstPope Leo IIIin theVatican.
- 1420-Henry V of EnglandentersParis.
- 1640–Portugalregains its independence fromSpain.
- 1821– The first constitution ofCosta Ricais issued.
- 1822– EmperorPedro I of Brazilis crowned.
- 1824- TheUnited States House of Representativesis given the task to decide the winner of theUSPresidential Election after no candidate got an overall majority of Electoral College votes.
- 1828- ArgentinegeneralJuan Lavallecarries out acoupagainst GovernorManuel Dorrego,beginning the Decembristrevolution.
- 1835–Hans Christian Andersenpublishes his first book offairy tales.
- 1864- GreatFireofBrisbane.
- 1865-Shaw University,the first historically blackuniversityin theSouthern United States,is founded inNorth Carolina.
- 1885- The fizzy drinkDr Pepperis first served at a drug store in Waco,Texas.
1901 – 1950
[change|change source]- 1913–Ford Motor Companyintroduces the first movingassembly line.
- 1913–Creteis annexed byGreece.
- 1913- TheBuenos AiresMetroopens to the public.
- 1918–Icelandbecomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of theDanishkingdom.
- 1918– The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as theKingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
- 1918-Transylvaniaunites with theKingdomofRomania.
- 1919-Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astorofficially takes her seat in theHouse of Commonsas theUK's first female Member ofParliament.
- 1923– Thedamof the Gleno Reservoir nearBergamo,Italy,bursts, killing around 600 people.
- 1934- In theSoviet Union,PolitburomemberSergey Kirovis shot dead byLeonid NikolaevatCommunistHeadquarters inLeningrad.
- 1941-World War II:EmperorHirohitoofJapangives the final approval to beginwaragainst theUnited States.
- 1941-World War II:New York CityMayorFiorello La Guardiasigns the Administration Order No. 9, creating theCivil Air Patrol.
- 1948- Taman Shud Case: Thebodyof an unidentified man is found inAdelaide,South Australia,involving an undetectablepoisonand a secretcodein a rare book. The case remains unsolved.
1951 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1953-Hugh Hefnerpublishes the first edition ofPlayboymagazine.
- 1955– InMontgomery, Alabama,seamstressRosa Parksrefuses to give her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city'sracial segregationlaws, an incident which leads to theMontgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1958–Central African Republicbecomes independent fromFrance.
- 1958- TheOur Lady of the AngelsschoolfireinChicagokills 92childrenand 3nuns.
- 1959–Cold War:Antarctic Treatysigned, which sets asideAntarcticaas a scientific preserve and bans military activity on thatcontinent.
- 1960-Paul McCartneyandPete Bestare arrested inHamburgafter being accused of attemptedarson.
- 1961– The independentRepublic of West Papuais proclaimed in modern-dayWestern New Guinea.
- 1963–Nagalandbecomes the 16th state ofIndia.
- 1964–Malta,MalawiandZambiajoin theUN.
- 1965-India's Border Security Force is founded.
- 1966–Kurt Georg KiesingersucceedsLudwig ErhardasChancellor of West Germany.
- 1969–Vietnam War:The firstdraft lotteryin theUnited Statesis held sinceWorld War II.
- 1971–Khmer Rougerebels intensify assaults onCambodiangovernment positions, forcing their retreat fromKompong Thmarand nearbyBa Ray.
- 1971– TheIndianArmyoccupies part ofKashmir.
- 1973–Papua New Guineagains self-government fromAustralia.
- 1974- TWA Flight 514, aBoeing 727,crashes northwest ofDulles International AirportnearWashington, DC,killing all 92 people on board.
- 1974- Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, aBoeing 727,crashes northwest of JFK International Airport outsideNew York City,killing all 3 crew members. There were no passengers on board at the time.
- 1976–Angolajoins theUN.
- 1981- Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes inCorsica,killing all 180 people on board.
- 1986- TheMusee d'Orsayart museuminParisopens.
- 1988-Benazir BhuttobecomesPrime Minister of Pakistan.
- 1989- A right-wing rebel group attempts to remove then-Presidentof thePhilippinesCorazon Aquinofrom power in a failed coup attempt.
- 1990–Channel Tunnelsections started from theUnited KingdomandFrancemeet 40 meters beneath the seabed.
- 1991–Cold War:Ukrainianvoters overwhelmingly approve areferendum for independencefrom theSoviet Union.
- 2000–Vicente FoxbecomesPresidentofMexico.
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2006–Felipe CalderonbecomesPresidentofMexico.
- 2006– Atyphooncauses landslides on theMayon Volcanoin thePhilippines,burying about 1,000 people.
- 2009– TheEuropean Union'sLisbon Treatytakes effect.
- 2012-Enrique Peña NietobecomesPresidentofMexico.
- 2013- Atrainderails in theBronx,New York City,on the banks of theHudson River,killing four people and injuring around 60.
- 2014- The SomaliterroristgroupAl-Shabaabrounds up and kills 36 Non-Muslims in northeasternKenya.
- 2016-Vajiralongkornofficially becomesKingofThailand.
- 2017-JapaneseEmperorAkihito'sabdicationdate is set forApril 30,2019.
- 2017- The groups are drawn for the2018 FIFA World CupinRussia.
- 2018-Andrés Manuel López ObradorbecomesPresident of Mexico.
- 2019-Ursula von der Leyentakes office as the first femalePresidentof theEuropean Commission.
Births
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 1081–Louis VI of France(d.1137)
- 1083–Anna Komnene,Byzantineprincess and scholar (d.1153)
- 1438-Peter II, Duke of Bourbon(d.1503)
- 1443-Magdalena of France,French princess (d.1495)
- 1521-Takeda Shingen,Japanesedaimyo(d.1573)
- 1580-Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc,Frenchastronomer(d.1637)
- 1690-Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke,Englishlawyerand politician (d.1764)
- 1709-Franz Xaver Richter,Austrian-Moraviansinger,violinist,composerandconductor(d.1789)
- 1716-Etienne Maurice Falconet,Frenchsculptor(d.1791)
- 1743–Martin Heinrich Klaproth,Germanchemist(d.1817)
- 1761–Marie Tussaud,French creator of waxworks (d.1850)
- 1766–Nikolay Karamzin,Russian writer (d.1826)
- 1785-Victor de Broglie,Frenchpoliticiananddiplomat(d.1850)
- 1792-Nikolai Lobachevsky,Russianmathematician(d.1856)
- 1823-Karl Schenk,Swiss politician (d.1895)
- 1840-Marie Bracquemond,French painter (d.1916)
- 1844–Alexandra of Denmark,queen consortof KingEdward VII of the United Kingdom(d.1925)
- 1847-Julia Ann Moore,Americanpoet(d.1920)
- 1855-John Evans,Australian politician, 21stPremierofTasmania(d.1943)
- 1864-Carsten Borchgrevink,Norwegian polar explorer (d.1934)
- 1867-Ignacy Moscicki,Polishscientistandpolitician(d.1946)
- 1869-Eligiusz Niewiadomski,Polish painter and critic (d.1923)
- 1873-Valery Bryusov,Russianpoet(d.1924)
- 1873-Viktor Chernov,Russian politician (d.1952)
- 1884-Karl Schmidt-Rottluff,German painter (d.1976)
- 1886–Rex Stout,Americanwriter(d.1975)
- 1895–Henry Williamson,English writer (d.1977)
- 1896–Georgy Zhukov,Marshal of theSoviet Union(d.1974)
- 1898-Stuart Garson,Canadian politician, 12thPremierofManitoba(d.1977)
1901 – 1950
[change|change source]- 1901-Ilona Feher,Hungarianviolinist(d.1988)
- 1901-Jane Gray,Scottish-Australiansupercentenarian(d.2014)
- 1905–Clarence Zener,Americanphysicist(d.1993)
- 1910–Alicia Markova,Britishballetdancer (d.2004)
- 1911–Franz Binder,Austrianfootballer(d.1989)
- 1911-Walter Alston,Americanbaseballplayer and manager (d.1984)
- 1911-Calvin Griffith,Canadian-American businessman (d.1999)
- 1912-Minoru Yamasaki,Americanarchitect(d.1986)
- 1913–Mary Martin,American actress (d.1990)
- 1916-Wan Li,Chinese politician (d.2015)
- 1922–Vsevolod Bobrov,Soviet ice hockey player (d.1979)
- 1923–Morris,Belgian cartoonist (d.2001)
- 1923-Stansfield Turner,Americanadmiral(d.2018)
- 1925–Martin Rodbell,American scientist (d.1998)
- 1926-Keith Michell,Australian actor (d.2015)
- 1928-Emily McLaughlin,American actress (d.1991)
- 1928-Malachi Throne,American actor (d.2013)
- 1929–Alfred Moisiu,formerPresident of Albania
- 1929-Karl Otto Pöhl,German economist (d.2014)
- 1929-David Doyle,American actor (d.1997)
- 1930-Marie Bashir,37thGovernorofNew South Wales
- 1930–Matt Monro,English singer (d.1985)
- 1931-Jimmy Lyons,Americansaxophonist(d.1986)
- 1931-George Maxwell Richards,PresidentofTrinidad and Tobago(d.2018)
- 1933-Fujiko Fujio,Japanese writer and illustrator (d.1996)
- 1933-Lou Rawls,Americansinger-songwriter,producerandactor(d.2006)
- 1933-Violette Verdy,French ballerina (d.2016)
- 1933-James Wolfensohn,9thPresidentof theWorld Bank
- 1934–Billy Paul,Americansinger(d.2016)
- 1935–Woody Allen,Americandirectorandactor
- 1936-María Romilda Servini,Argentinelawyer and judge
- 1936-Igor Rodionov,Russiangeneralandpolitician(d.2014)
- 1937–Vaira Vike-Freiberga,formerPresidentofLatvia
- 1938-Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui,Pakistani politician,GovernorofSindh(d.2017)
- 1939–Lee Trevino,Americangolfplayer
- 1940–Richard Pryor,American actor and comedian (d.2005)
- 1942-Mohamed Kamel Amr,Egyptiandiplomat
- 1943-Finn E. Kydland,Norwegian economist
- 1943-Kenny Moore,American runner and journalist
- 1944-Pierre Arditi,French actor
- 1944-A. B. M. Mohiuddin Chowdhury,Bangladeshi politician (d.2017)
- 1944-Michael Hagee,Americangeneral
- 1944-Tahar Ben Jelloun,Moroccan-Frenchpoet
- 1944-Daniel Pennac,French writer
- 1944–John Densmore,Americanmusician
- 1945–Bette Midler,American singer and actress
- 1946–Gilbert O'Sullivan,Irish singer
- 1947–Alain Bashung,Frenchsinger(d.2009)
- 1948–Luciano Re Cecconi,Italianfootballer(d.1977)
- 1948–Neil Warnock,English footballer and manager
- 1948-Themba Dlamini,Prime MinisterofSwaziland
- 1948-Sarfraz Nawaz,Pakistanicricketer
- 1949–Pablo Escobar,Colombiandruglord(d.1993)
- 1949–Sebastian Pinera,President of Chile;2010 - 2014, and since 2018
- 1950-Ueli Maurer,Swiss politician
- 1950-Seiichi Sakiya,Japanesefootballer
- 1950-Keith Thibodeaux,Americanactoranddrummer
1951 – 1975
[change|change source]- 1951–Jaco Pastorius,American musician (d.1987)
- 1951-Treat Williams,American actor
- 1952-Stephen Poliakoff,Britishplaywrightandtelevisiondramatist
- 1952- Ellen McLain, American opera singer and voice actress
- 1952-Pegi Young,American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist (d.2019)
- 1954-Viv Albertine,Australian-British singer and songwriter
- 1954-Medha Patkar,Indianactivist
- 1954-François Van der Elst,Belgianfootballer(d.2017)
- 1956-Julee Cruise,Americansinger-songwriterandactress
- 1956-Billy Stark,Scottishfootballer
- 1957-Chris Poland,Americanguitarist
- 1957-Deep Roy,Kenyan actor
- 1958–Javier Aguirre,Mexicanfootballerand manager
- 1958-Candace Bushnell,American author, journalist and television producer
- 1958-Lisa Fischer,Americansinger-songwriter
- 1958-Charlene Tilton,American actress
- 1959-Billy Childish,English singer and musician
- 1960–Carol Alt,American supermodel
- 1961–Jeremy Northam,British actor
- 1961-Armin Meiwes,Germancannibalandmurderer
- 1962-Pamela McGee,Americanbasketballplayer and coach
- 1963-Arjuna Ranatunga,Sri Lankancricketerandpolitician
- 1964–Salvatore Schillaci,Italianfootballer
- 1965-Peter Greste,Australianjournalist
- 1966-Andrew Adamson,New Zealandmovie director
- 1966-Katherine LaNasa,American actress
- 1966-Larry Walker,Canadianbaseballplayer
- 1967-Nestor Carbonell,American actor, director and screenwriter
- 1968-Justin Chadwick,Englishactoranddirector
- 1968-Anders Holmertz,Swedish swimmer
- 1968-Stephan Beckenbauer,Germanfootballer(d.2015)
- 1970–Sarah Silverman,American comedienne
- 1971–Emily Mortimer,English actress
- 1971–Mika Pohjola,Finnishjazzpianist and composer
- 1971-Melanie Peres,German-Israelimodel,actressandsinger
- 1974–Costinha,Portuguesefootballer
- 1974-Simon Donnelly,Scottishfootballerand manager
- 1974-Isaiah "Ikey" Owens,Americankeyboardistandproducer(d.2014)
From 1976
[change|change source]- 1976–Laura Ling,American journalist
- 1976-Matthew Shepard,Americanmurdervictim (d.1998)
- 1977-Brad Delson,Americanguitaristandproducer
- 1977-Akiva Schaffer,Americanactor,rapper,director,producerandscreenwriter
- 1979-Shinji Murai,Japanesefootballer
- 1981-Park Hyo-shin,South Koreansinger-songwriter
- 1982-Alfredo Pacheco,El Salvadoreanfootballer(d.2015)
- 1985–Emiliano Viviano,Italianfootballer
- 1985-John Coughlin,American figure skater
- 1985-Chanel Preston,American pornographic actress
- 1986-DeSean Jackson,American footballplayer
- 1988–Jay Simpson,Englishfootballer
- 1988–Zoe Kravitz,American actress
- 1989-Barry Bannan,Scottishfootballer
- 1990-Chanel Iman,American model
- 1991-Sun Yang,Chinese swimmer
- 1991-Dion Waiters,Americanbasketballplayer
- 1992-Masahudu Alhassan,Ghanaianfootballer
- 1992-Marco van Ginkel,Dutchfootballer
- 1995-Eva Boto,Sloveniansinger
- 2001–Aiko, Princess ToshiofJapan
- 2001-Savannah McReynolds,American actress
- 2001-Alice Robinson,New Zealand alpine ski racer
Deaths
[change|change source]Up to 1900
[change|change source]- 660-Saint Eligius(b. c.588)
- 1135–Henry I,KingofEngland(b.1068)
- 1241–Isabella of England,Holy Roman Emperor (b.1214)
- 1377– KingMagnus II of Sweden(b.1316)
- 1433–Emperor Go-KomatsuofJapan(b.1377)
- 1455-Lorenzo Ghiberti,Italiansculptor(b.1378)
- 1521–Pope Leo X(b.1475)
- 1530-Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy(b.1480)
- 1580-Giovanni Morone,Italiancardinal(b.1509)
- 1581-Alexander Briant,Englishpriest,martyr andsaint(b.1556)
- 1581-Edmund Campion,English priest, martyr and saint (b.1540)
- 1581-Ralph Sherwin,English priest, martyr and saint (b.1550)
- 1602-Kobayakawa Hideaki,Japanese warlord (b.1582)
- 1633-Isabella Clara Eugenia,Spanish consort ofAlbert VII, Archduke of Austria(b.1566)
- 1640-Miguel de Vasconcelos,Portuguese politician (b.1590)
- 1660-Pierre d'Hozier,Frenchgenealogist(b.1592)
- 1750-Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr,Germanmathematician,astronomerandcartographer(b.1671)
- 1755-Maurice Greene,Englishcomposer(b.1696)
- 1825– TsarAlexander I of Russia(b.1777)
- 1830–Pope Pius VIII(b.1761)
- 1864-William L. Dayton,American politician (b.1807)
- 1866–George Everest,Welsh surveyor (b.1790)
- 1884-William Swainson,English-New Zealandlawyerandpolitician(b.1809)
- 1886–Emil Hartwich,German lawyer (b.1843)
1901 – 2000
[change|change source]- 1913-Juhan Liiv,Estonianpoetandwriter(b.1864)
- 1914-Alfred Thayer Mahan,Americancaptainandhistorian(b.1840)
- 1916-Charles de Foucauld,French priest (b.1858)
- 1917-John January,Americansoccerplayer (b.1882)
- 1934–Sergey Kirov,Soviet politician (b.1886)
- 1941-Alva B. Adams,American politician (b.1875)
- 1943-Damrong Rajanubhab,Thaihistorian(b.1862)
- 1947–Aleister Crowley,Englishoccultistandwriter(b.1875)
- 1947–G.H. Hardy,Englishmathematician(b.1877)
- 1954-Fred Rose,Americanpianist,songwriterand publisher (b.1898)
- 1964-J. B. S. Haldane,English-Indian geneticist (b.1892)
- 1964-Charilaos Vasilakos,Greek runner (b.1877)
- 1968-Nicolae Bretan,Romanianoperasinger,composerandconductor(b.1887)
- 1969-Magic Sam,Americanguitaristandsinger(b.1937)
- 1972–Antonio Segni,Prime Minister of Italy(b.1891)
- 1973–David Ben-Gurion,Prime Minister of Israel(b.1886)
- 1975-Anna Roosevelt Halsted,American writer (b.1906)
- 1981-Russ Manning,Americancomicbookartist(b.1929)
- 1987–James Baldwin,Americanwriter(b.1924)
- 1987-Punch Imlach,Canadianice hockeyplayer, coach and manager (b.1918)
- 1990-Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit,Indianpoliticiananddiplomat(b.1900)
- 1991–George J. Stigler,American economist (b.1911)
- 1993-Ray Gillen,Americansinger-songwriter(b.1959)
- 1995-Maxwell R. Thurman,American general (b.1931)
- 1997–Stephane Grappelli,Frenchviolinist(b.1908)
- 1997-Endicott Peabody,62ndGovernor of Massachusetts(b.1920)
- 1998–Bertil Nordahl,Swedishfootballer(b.1917)
From 2001
[change|change source]- 2001-Roger Leach,British actor (b.1948)
- 2004–Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands(b.1911)
- 2005-Jack Colvin,American actor (b.1934)
- 2006–Claude Jade,French actress (b.1948)
- 2007-Ken McGregor,Australiantennisplayer (b.1929)
- 2008–Mikel Laboa,Basquesingerandsongwriter(b.1934)
- 2010–Adriaan Blaauw,Dutchastronomer(b.1914)
- 2011–Christa Wolf,German writer (b.1929)
- 2012-Mitchell Cole,Englishfootballer(b.1985)
- 2012-Phil Taylor,Englishfootballer(b.1917)
- 2012-Jovan Belcher,American footballplayer (b.1987)
- 2013-Heinrich Boere,GermanNaziwar criminal(b.1922)
- 2013-Lino Grech,Maltese actor (b.1930)
- 2013-Edward Heffron,AmericanWorld War IIveteran (b.1923)
- 2014-Sita Murt,Spanishfashiondesignerandbusinesswoman(b.1946)
- 2014-Mario Abramovich,Argentineviolinistandcomposer(b.1926)
- 2014-Roberto Sagastume Pinto,Guatemalanpolitician (b.1944)
- 2015-Joseph Engelberger,Americanengineer(b.1925)
- 2015-Robert E. Glennen,American academic (b.1933)
- 2015-Jim Loscutoff,Americanbasketballplayer (b.1930)
- 2017-Adarsh Sein Anand,formerChief Justice of India(b.1936)
- 2017-Philipp Graf Lerchenfeld,German politician (b.1952)
- 2017-Fredy Schmidtke,German cyclist (b.1961)
- 2017-Arif Dirlik,Turkish-born Americanhistorian(b.1940)
- 2017-Les Whitten,American investigative reporter (b.1928)
- 2018-Ken Berry,American actor (b.1933)
- 2018-Ennio Fantastichini,Italian actor (b.1955)
- 2018-Anwar Hossain,Bangladeshi photographer and cinematographer (b.1948)
- 2018-Scott Stearney,American Vice Admiral (b.1960)
- 2018-Stefanie Tücking,German television presenter (b.1962)
- 2018-Shoucheng Zhang,Chinese-American physicist (b.1963)
- 2019-Henri Biancheri,French footballer (b.1932)
- 2019-Shelley Morrison,American actress (b.1936)
- 2019-Lil Bub,American-bred celebrity cat (b.2011)
- 2019-Paul Sirba,American Roman Catholic prelate (b.1960)
- 2019-Pat Sullivan,American football player (b.1950)
Holidays and observances
[change|change source]- World AIDS Day
- Portugal– Restoration of Independence Day
- Costa Rica–MilitaryAbolition Day
- Romania– The National Day of Romania, Union ofTransylvaniawith Romania
- Angola's Pioneers' Day
- Australia– First day of Summer
- Iceland- Self-governance Day
- Teachers' Day (Panama)
- Chad- Freedom and Democracy Day
- Mexico- Traditionally the date thePresidentis sworn into office every six years, last in2012
- Saint Eligius in WesternChristianity