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December 1

December 1 is the 335th day (336th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 30 days remaining.

Events:

1640 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain
1821 - Dominican Republic declares its independence from Spain
1822 - Dom Pedro crowned as Emperor of Brazil
1913 - Ford Motor Company introduces the assembly line
1917 - Father Edward J. Flanagan[?] founds Boys Town
1918 - Iceland becomes independent from Denmark
1918 - Transylvania unites with Romania
1919 - Lady Astor becomes first female member of the British Parliament
1941 - Civil Air Patrol formed
1955 - Rosa Parks refuses to give her Montgomery, Alabama bus seat to a white man, and is arrested
1958 - Central African Republic becomes independent from France
1959 - Antarctic Treaty signed
1973 - Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia
1991 - Ukraine votes for independence
1991 - Panama Canal comes completely under Panama's jurisidiction

Births:

1743 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth[?], chemist (+ 1817)
1844 - Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom
1884 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff[?], painter, graphic artist (+ 1976)
1886 - Rex Stout, author (+ 1975)
1893 - Ernst Troller[?], dramatist (+ 1939)
1895 - Henry Williamson, author (+ 1977)
1911 - Walter Alston[?], baseball coach
1911 - Calvin Griffith[?], baseball executive
1913 - Mary Martin, actor, singer (+ 1990)
1923 - Stansfield Turner[?], American admiral, director of the Central Intelligence Agency
1935 - Woody Allen, film director, actor, comedian
1935 - Lou Rawls[?], singer
1939 - Lee Trevino[?], golfer
1940 - Richard Pryor, actor, comedian
1945 - Bette Midler, actress
1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan[?], singer
1948 - George Foster[?], baseball star
1950 - Keith Thibodeaux, drummer and actor ("Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy)
1961 - Jeremy Northam[?], actor
1976 - Matthew Shepard, murder victim (+ 1998)
1978 - Brad Delson, lead guitar musician of Linkin Park

Deaths:

1135 - Henry I of England
1934 - Sergei Kirov, Russian revolutionary
1964 - J. B. S. Haldane, British geneticist
1985 - Alvin Ailey[?], dancer, choreographer
1987 - James Baldwin, author
1973 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel

Holidays and Observances:

World AIDS Day
Ancient Latvia - Barbes Diena observed
Romania - Union Day (the national holiday)

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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