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What happend on 1. December in History
In our data base we found 323 events happened on 1. December:
• 800: Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican. [category: Events]
• 1081: Louis VI of France (d. 1137) [category: Births]
• 1083: Anna Komnene, Greek physician (d. 1153) [category: Births]
• 1135: Henry I of England (b. 1068) [category: Deaths]
• 1241: Isabella of England (b. 1214) [category: Deaths]
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• 1420: Henry V of England enters Paris. [category: Events]
• 1433: Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377) [category: Deaths]
• 1455: Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor (b. 1378) [category: Deaths]
• 1521: Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573) [category: Births]
• 1521: Pope Leo X (b. 1475) [category: Deaths]
• 1525: Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600) [category: Births]
• 1530: Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (b. 1480) [category: Deaths]
• 1580: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637) [category: Births]
• 1580: Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509) [category: Deaths]
• 1581: Alexander Briant, English martyr (b. 1556) [category: Deaths]
• 1581: Edmund Campion, English priest and martyr (b. 1540) [category: Deaths]
• 1581: Ralph Sherwin, English martyr and saint (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
• 1602: Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese warlord (b. 1582) [category: Deaths]
• 1633: Isabella Clara Eugenia, Spanish wife of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1640: Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician (b. 1590) [category: Deaths]
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• 1640: End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the House of Habsburg (also called the Philippine Dynasty). [category: Events]
• 1660: Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist (b. 1592) [category: Deaths]
• 1690: Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician (d. 1764) [category: Births]
• 1707: Jeremiah Clarke, English composer (b. 1674) [category: Deaths]
• 1709: Franz Xaver Richter, Austrian-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1789) [category: Births]
• 1709: Abraham a Sancta Clara, Austrian monk (b. 1644) [category: Deaths]
• 1716: Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791) [category: Births]
• 1723: Susanna Centlivre, English actress and playwright (b. 1667) [category: Deaths]
• 1729: Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665) [category: Deaths]
• 1743: Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817) [category: Births]
• 1750: Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671) [category: Deaths]
• 1755: Maurice Greene, English composer (b. 1696) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: Marie Tussaud, French sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1767: Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
• 1768: The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway. [category: Events]
• 1792: Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1822: Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1824: US presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the US House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the 12. Amendment to the US Constit. [category: Events]
• 1825: Alexander I of Russia (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1826: French philhellene Charles Nicolas Fabvier forces his way through the Turkish cordon and ascends the Acropolis of Athens, which had been under siege. [category: Events]
• 1830: Pope Pius VIII (b. 1761) [category: Deaths]
• 1834: Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. [category: Events]
• 1844: Alexandra of Denmark (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1847: Julia Ann Moore, American poet (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1862: In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation. [category: Events]
• 1865: Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (b. 1796) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1866: George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor, namesake of Mt. Everest (b. 1790) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic, assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1873: Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1884: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1884: William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: First serving of the soft drink Dr Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas (United States). [category: Events]
• 1886: Rex Stout, American author (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1895: Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1896: Georgy Zhukov, Russian general (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1898: Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1901: Ilona Fehér, Hungarian violinist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1905: Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1910: Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1911: Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1911: Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1912: Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1913: Mary Martin, American actress and singer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1913: Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece. [category: Events]
• 1913: The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the southern hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation. [category: Events]
• 1913: The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line. [category: Events]
• 1914: Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Wan Li, Chinese politician [category: Births]
• 1916: Charles de Foucauld, French priest (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1917: Thomas Hayward, American tenor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1917: John January, American soccer player (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1918: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed. [category: Events]
• 1918: Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union. [category: Events]
• 1919: Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (she had been elected to that position on November 28). [category: Events]
• 1922: Miroslav Kluc, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Paul Picerni, American actor (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1922: Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1923: Morris, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1923: Stansfield Turner, American admiral, 12th Director of Central Intelligence [category: Births]
• 1923: William F. House, American physician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Martin Rodbell, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1926: Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1926: Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Emily McLaughlin, American actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1928: José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: David Doyle, American actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1930: Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1930: Matt Monro, English singer (d.1985) [category: Births]
• 1931: Jim Nesbitt, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1933: Fujiko Fujio, Japanese writer and illustrator (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1933: Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1934: Billy Paul, American singer [category: Births]
• 1934: Sergey Kirov, Russian politician (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolayev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad. [category: Events]
• 1935: Woody Allen, American screenwriter, director, and actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Chuck Low, American actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1937: Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian politician, 6th President of Latvia [category: Births]
• 1938: Sandy Nelson, American drummer [category: Births]
• 1939: Lee Trevino, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1940: Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1940: Tasso Wild, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1941: Pacific War: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave the final approval to initiate war against the United States. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol. [category: Events]
• 1942: John Crowley, American author [category: Births]
• 1942: Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian diplomat, Foreign Minister of Egypt [category: Births]
• 1943: Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist [category: Births]
• 1943: Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult) [category: Births]
• 1944: John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter (The Doors and The Butts Band) [category: Births]
• 1944: Michael Hagee, American general, 33rd Commandant of the Marine Corps [category: Births]
• 1944: Pierre Arditi, French actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Tahar Ben Jelloun, French poet [category: Births]
• 1944: Werner Scholz, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1945: Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish-English singer-songwriter and pianist [category: Births]
• 1946: Kemal Kurspahić, Bosnian journalist [category: Births]
• 1947: Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1947: Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1947: Aleister Crowley, English magician and author (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: G. H. Hardy, English mathematician (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: George Foster, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: John Roskelley, American mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1948: N. T. Wright, English bishop and scholar [category: Births]
• 1948: Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian politician, Governor of Kaduna State (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1948: Taman Shud Case: The body of an unidentified man is found in Adelaide, Australia, involving an undetectable poison and a secret code in a very rare book; the case remains unsolved and is "one of Australia's most profound mysteries." [category: Events]
• 1949: Jan Brett, American author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1949: Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1949: Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile [category: Births]
• 1950: Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer (David and the Giants) [category: Births]
• 1950: E. J. Moeran, English composer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1951: Albert Ho, Hong Kong politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Weather Report, Trio of Doom, and Blood, Sweat & Tears) (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1951: Obba Babatundé, American actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Treat Williams, American actor [category: Births]
• 1952: The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgenson, the first notable case of sexual reassignment surgery. [category: Events]
• 1954: Annette Haven, American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Bob Goen, American television host [category: Births]
• 1954: Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Mark Thompson, American radio host and actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Pat Spillane, Gaelic footballer [category: Births]
• 1955: Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1955: American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up 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. [category: Events]
• 1956: Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Chris Poland, American guitarist (Megadeth, Circle Jerks, Damn the Machine, and OHM) [category: Births]
• 1957: Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1958: Candace Bushnell, American author [category: Births]
• 1958: Charlene Tilton, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Gary Peters, American politician [category: Births]
• 1958: Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Lisa Fischer, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1958: The Central African Republic attains self rule within the French Union. [category: Events]
• 1958: The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago, Illinois, kills 92 children and three nuns. [category: Events]
• 1959: Billy Childish, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter (The Medway Poets, Thee Mighty Caesars, and Thee Headcoats) [category: Births]
• 1959: Wally Lewis, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1959: Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent. [category: Events]
• 1960: Carol Alt, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Jane Turner, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson. [category: Events]
• 1961: Armin Meiwes, German cannibal and murderer [category: Births]
• 1961: Jeremy Northam, English actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1963: Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1963: Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1963: Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1963: Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India. [category: Events]
• 1964: Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1964: Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1965: The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the borders. [category: Events]
• 1966: Ali Mosaffa, Iranian actor and director [category: Births]
• 1966: Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1966: Katherine LaNasa, American actress [category: Births]
• 1966: Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
• 1966: The first Gävle goat, an annual Swedish Yule Goat tradition, is first erected in Gävle. [category: Events]
• 1967: Nestor Carbonell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Reggie Sanders, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer [category: Births]
• 1968: Justin Chadwick, English actor and director [category: Births]
• 1968: Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Magic Sam, American guitarist and singer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: The first legislation to limit aircraft noise levels at airports is introduced in U.S. Federal Air Regulation, Part 36. [category: Events]
• 1969: Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II. [category: Events]
• 1970: Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Jouko Ahola, Finnish strongman and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Kirk Rueter, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee, Mongolian wrestler [category: Births]
• 1971: Emily Mortimer, English actress [category: Births]
• 1971: John Schlimm, American author [category: Births]
• 1971: Melanie Peres, German-Israeli model, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1971: Mika Pohjola, Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1971: Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio host [category: Births]
• 1971: Stephanie Finochio, American wrestler and stuntwoman [category: Births]
• 1971: Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray. [category: Events]
• 1971: The Indian Army recaptures part of Kashmir occupied forcibly by Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 1973: Jon Theodore, American drummer (One Day as a Lion, The Mars Volta, and Golden) [category: Births]
• 1973: Steve Gibb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Black Label Society and Crowbar) [category: Births]
• 1973: David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Papua New Guinea gains self-government from Australia. [category: Events]
• 1974: Costinha, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboardist (The Mars Volta, De Facto, and Free Moral Agents) [category: Births]
• 1974: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport. [category: Events]
• 1974: TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1975: Matt Fraction, American author [category: Births]
• 1975: Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer [category: Births]
• 1975: Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Nellie Fox, American baseball player (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Laura Ling, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1976: Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1976: Tomasz Adamek, Polish boxer [category: Births]
• 1976: Angola joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1977: Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer (Linkin Park) [category: Births]
• 1977: Jared Fogle, American spokesman [category: Births]
• 1977: Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist [category: Births]
• 1978: Mat Kearney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1979: Angelique Bates, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1980: Roger Peterson, Aruban-Dutch singer-songwriter (Intwine) [category: Births]
• 1981: Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1981: A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 people on board. [category: Events]
• 1981: The AIDS virus is officially recognized. [category: Events]
• 1982: Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Christos Melissis, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Lloyd Doyley, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner was deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of airplane crashes. [category: Events]
• 1985: Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1985: John Coughlin, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1985: Philip DeFranco, American video blogger [category: Births]
• 1986: DeSean Jackson, American football player [category: Births]
• 1986: Frank McCarthy, American army officer and film producer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Brett Williams, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter [category: Births]
• 1987: James Baldwin, American author, poet, and critic (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Zoë Kravitz, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: Benazir Bhutto is appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan. [category: Events]
• 1989: Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: 1989 Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état. [category: Events]
• 1989: Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state. [category: Events]
• 1990: Chanel Iman, American model [category: Births]
• 1990: Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1990: Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed. [category: Events]
• 1991: George Stigler, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1992: Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, and Sun Red Sun) (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Hopper Levett, English cricketer (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Endicott Peabody, American politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Michel Bélanger, Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people. [category: Events]
• 1998: Freddie Young, English cinematographer (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan [category: Births]
• 2001: Ellis R Dungan, American-Indian director (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2002: Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Clark Kerr, American academic (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Freeman V. Horner, American army officer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Gust Avrakotos, American CIA officer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Anton Rodgers, English actor and director (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Mikel Laboa, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan tenor and actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: The Treaty of Lisbon, which amends the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, which together comprise the constitutional basis of European Union, comes into effect. [category: Events]
• 2010: Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Hillard Elkins, American theatre and film producer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Christa Wolf, German author (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Arthur Chaskalson, South African judge (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bhim Bahadur Tamang, Nepali politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Edgar Price, American politician (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Gerard Parker, American tribal leader (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: James R. Whelan, American journalist (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jovan Belcher, American football player (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mitchell Cole, English footballer (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Phil Taylor, English footballer (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter, and producer (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Rick Majerus, American basketball coach (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Steve Fox, English footballer (b. 1958) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Yoshinori Watanabe, Japanese mobster (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• _: Castritian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Damrong Rajanubhab Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Farmer's Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday in December. (Ghana) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Good Neighborliness Day can fall, while December 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in December. (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Edmund Campion [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eligius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Great Union Day, celebrates the Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918; since 1990, National Day (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (Burma) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Day (United Arab Emirates) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks Day (American Public Transportation Association) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nicholas Ferrar (Episcopal Church (United States)) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Republic Day (Central African Republic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Restoration of Independence (Portugal) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rosa Parks Day (United States} [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Self-governance Day or Fullveldisdagurinn (Iceland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Teacher's Day (Panama) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World AIDS Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]