December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 30 days remaining.
- 1640 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV Of Portugal becomes king.
- 1822 - Peter I is crowned as Emperor of Brazil .
- votes in the election, the United States House Of Representatives is given the task to decide the winner (as stipulated by the Twelfth Amendment To The United States Constitution ).
- 1835 - Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales
- 1884 - American Old West - Near Frisco, New Mexico (now Reserve ), deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan Cowboy s who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy .
- 1885 - Although the exact date is unknown, the US Patent Office acknowledges December 1st, 1885 as the first day Dr Pepper was served.
- 1913 - Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving Assembly Line .
- 1918 - Iceland becomes a self-governing kingdom, yet remains united with Denmark .
- 1918 - Transylvania unites with Romania , following the March 27 incorporation of Bessarabia and Bucovina .
- 1918 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom Of Yugoslavia ) is proclaimed.
- 1919 - Lady Astor becomes first female member of the British Parliament to take her seat (she had been elected to that position on November 28 ).
- is signed in London , establishing post-war territorial settlements.
- 1934 - In the Soviet Union , Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad by Leonid Nikolayev .
- , Fiorello LaGuardia , and the director of the Office Of Civilian Defense , sign an order creating the Civil Air Patrol .
- 1944 - Edward Stettinius Jr. becomes the last United States Secretary Of State of the Roosevelt administration.
- 1952 - The '' New York Daily News '' reports the first successful Sexual Reassignment operation.
- , seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give 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 .
- 1958 - Central African Republic becomes independent from France .
- 1958 - Our Lady Of The Angels School Fire in Chicago, Illinois kills 92 children and three nuns.
- signed , which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that Continent .
- 1961 - The independent Republic Of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea .
- 1963 - Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India .
- and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam .
- 1965 - The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the borders.
- in the United States is held since World War II .
- rebels intensify assaults on Cambodia n government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray .
- 1973 - Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia .
- 1974 - A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport , killing all 92 people on-board.
- 1975 - The long-running Soap Opera '' The Edge Of Night '' switches networks to ABC after 19 years on CBS .
- 1981 - A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing 178.
- 1987 - NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom .
- 1989 - Right-wing military rebel ''Reform the Armed forces Movement'' (RAM) attempt to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino by a bloody Coup attempt.
- 1989 - 's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state.
- 1990 - Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 meters beneath the seabed.
- voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union .
- 1998 - Exxon announces a US$73.7 billion deal to buy Mobil , thus creating Exxon-Mobil , the largest company on the planet.
- 2000 - Vicente Fox is sworn-in as President Of Mexico , ending the 75 year control of the PRI .
- 2001 - Trans World Airlines flies its last flight, after being bought by American Airlines .
- 2004 - Tom Brokaw anchors his last broadcast of '' NBC Nightly News ''.
- 2005 - South Africa 's Constitutional Court extends marriage equality to homosexual couples.
- 1081 - King Louis VI Of France (d. 1137 )
- 1083 - Anna Comnena , Byzantine historian (d. 1153 )
- 1521 - Takeda Shingen , Japanese warlord (d. 1573 )
- 1525 - Tadeáš Hájek , Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600 )
- 1580 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri De Peiresc , French astronomer (d. 1637 )
- 1690 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl Of Hardwicke , Lord Chancellor Of England (d. 1764 )
- 1716 - Etienne-Maurice Falconet , French sculptor (d. 1791 )
- 1743 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth , German chemist (d. 1817 )
- 1766 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin , Russian writer (d. 1826 )
- 1792 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky , Russian mathematician (d. 1856 )
- 1844 - Alexandra Of Denmark , queen of Edward VII Of The United Kingdom (d. 1925 )
- 1873 - Valery Bryusov , Russian poet (d. 1924 )
- 1886 - Rex Stout , American author (d. 1975 )
- 1895 - Henry Williamson , English author (d. 1977 )
- 1896 - Georgy Zhukov , Soviet general (d. 1974 )
- 1905 - Alexander Wilson , Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. 1994 )
- 1910 - Alicia Markova , English ballerina (d. 2004 )
- 1911 - Walter Alston , baseball manager (d. 1984 )
- 1911 - Calvin Griffith , baseball executive (d. 1999 )
- 1912 - Minoru Yamasaki , American architect (d. 1986 )
- 1913 - Mary Martin , American actor and singer (d. 1990 )
- 1922 - Paul Picerni , American actor
- 1922 - Vsevolod Bobrov , Soviet athlete, 1958 Winter Olympic Gold medallist for ice hockey (d. 1979 )
- 1923 - Stansfield Turner , American admiral and Central Intelligence Agency director
- 1930 - Joachim Hoffmann , German historian (d. 2002 )
- 1932 - Matt Monro , English singer (d. 1985 )
- 1933 - Fujiko F. Fujio , Japanese cartoon artist (d. 1996 )
- 1935 - Woody Allen , American film director, actor, and comedian
- 1935 - Lou Rawls , American singer (d. 2006 )
- 1937 - Chuck Low , American actor
- 1938 - Sandy Nelson , American drummer
- 1939 - Lee Trevino , American golfer
- 1940 - Richard Pryor , American actor, comedian (d. 2005 )
- 1942 - John Crowley , American author
- 1944 - John Densmore , American drummer ( The Doors )
- 1945 - Bette Midler , American actress
- 1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan , Irish singer
- 1948 - George Foster , baseball player
- 1949 - Pablo Escobar , Colombian Drug Lord (d. 1993 )
- 1949 - Sebastián Piñera , Chilean businessman and presidential candidate
- 1950 - Keith Thibodeaux , American actor and drummer
- 1951 - Jaco Pastorius , American bassist (d. 1987 )
- 1959 - Wally Lewis , Australian rugby player
- 1961 - Jeremy Northam , English actor
- 1963 - Arjuna Ranatunga , Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1971 - Emily Mortimer , English actress
- 1974 - Costinha , Portuguese footballer
- 1974 - David Ludwig , American composer
- 1976 - Matthew Shepard , American murder victim (d. 1998 )
- 1977 - Brad Delson , American guitarist ( Linkin Park )
- 1980 - Mohammad Kaif , Indian cricketer
- 1135 - Henry I Of England
- 1241 - Isabella Of England , wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214 )
- 1377 - King Magnus II Of Sweden (b. 1316 )
- 1433 - Emperor Go-Komatsu Of Japan (b. 1377 )
- 1455 - Lorenzo Ghiberti , Italian artist and metal smith (b. 1378 )
- 1521 - Pope Leo X (b. 1475 )
- 1530 - Margaret Of Austria , Regent of the Netherlands (b. 1480 )
- 1580 - Giovanni Morone , Italian cardinal (b. 1509 )
- 1581 - Edmund Campion , English Jesuit (martyred) (b. 1540 )
- 1581 - Ralph Sherwin , English Catholic saint (b. 1550 )
- 1602 - Kobayakawa Hideaki , Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582 )
- 1633 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia Of Spain (b. 1566 )
- 1660 - Pierre D'Hozier , French historian (b. 1592 )
- 1707 - Jeremiah Clarke , English composer (b. 1674 )
- 1709 - Abraham A Sancta Clara , Austrian preacher (b. 1644 )
- 1723 - Susanna Centlivre , English dramatist and actress
- 1729 - Giacomo F. Maraldi , French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665 )
- 1750 - Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr , German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671 )
- 1755 - Maurice Greene , English composer (b. 1696 )
- 1767 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl Of Buchan , British Freemason (b. 1710 )
- 1825 - Tsar Alexander I Of Russia (b. 1777 )
- 1830 - Pope Pius VIII (b. 1761 )
- 1928 - José Eustasio Rivera , Colombian writer (b. 1888 )
- 1934 - Sergei Kirov , Russian revolutionary (b. 1886 )
- 1943 - Damrong Rajanubhab , Thai prince and historian (b. 1862 )
- 1947 - Aleister Crowley , English occultist (b. 1875 )
- 1950 - E. J. Moeran , English composer (b. 1894 )
- 1964 - J. B. S. Haldane , Scottish geneticist (b. 1892 )
- 1973 - David Ben-Gurion , first Prime Minister Of Israel (b. 1886 )
- 1975 - Nellie Fox , baseball player (b. 1927 )
- 1975 - Anna E. Roosevelt , American radio personality (b. 1906 )
- 1985 - Alvin Ailey , American dancer, choreographer (b. 1931 )
- 1987 - James Baldwin , American writer (b. 1924 )
- 1991 - George Joseph Stigler , American economist, Bank Of Sweden Prize winner (b. 1911 )
- 1997 - Audree Wilson , mother of three founding members of The Beach Boys (b. 1917 )
- 1997 - Stéphane Grappelli , French jazz violinist (b. 1908 )
- 2003 - Clark Kerr , first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911 )
- 2004 - Prince Bernhard Of The Netherlands (b. 1911 )
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