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Today December 1st 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
800 – Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris.
1640 – End of the Iberian Union: Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, thus ending a 60 year period 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). The Spanish Habsburgs do not recognize Portugal s new dynasty, the House of Braganza, until 1668.
1768 – The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
1821 – The first constitution of Costa Rica is issued.
1822 – Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
1824 – U.S. presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate had received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1826 – French philhellene Charles Nicolas Fabvier forces his way through the Turkish cordon and ascends the Acropolis of Athens, which had been under siege.
1864 – 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.
1913 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
1913 – Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the first Balkan war, is annexed by Greece.
1918 – Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28). The National Council of Romanians in Banat votes for union with the Kingdom of Romania. The National Council of Romanians in Transylvania votes for union with the Kingdom of Romania (see Union of Transylvania with Romania).
1918 – Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
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).
1925 – World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements.
1934 – In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolayev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad.
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.
1952 – The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgenson, the first notable case of a sexual reassignment operation.
1955 – American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, 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 – The Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
1958 – The Our Lady of the Angels School Fire in Chicago, Illinois kills 92 children and three nuns.
1959 – Cold War: Signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
1960 – Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany after accusations of attempted arson.
1961 – The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea.
1963 – Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India.
1964 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson 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.
1969 – Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
1971 – Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
1971 – The Indian Army occupies part of Kashmir.
1973 – Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia.
1974 – TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport killing all 92 people on-board.
1974 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1981 – A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 people on-board.
1981 – The AIDS virus is officially recognized.
1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
1988 – Benazir Bhutto is appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan.
1989 – Right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed forces Movement (RAM) attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d etat.
1989 – Cold War: East Germany 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.
1991 – Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
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.
Births
1081 – 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)
1761 – Marie Tussaud, French creator of wax sculptures (Madame Tussauds) (d. 1850)
1766 – Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
1792 – Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856)
1844 – Alexandra of Denmark, Danish Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925)
1847 – Julia Ann Moore, American poet (d. 1920)
1869 – Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923)
1873 – Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924)
1884 – Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976)
1886 – Rex Stout, American author (d. 1975)
1895 – Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
1896 – Georgy Zhukov, Russian general & Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974)
1898 – Stuart Sinclair Garson, Canadian Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977)
1901 – Ilona Feher, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. 1988)
1905 – Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. 1994)
1908 – Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (d. 1984)
1910 – Alicia Markova, English ballerina (d. 2004)
1911 – Walter Alston, American baseball manager (d. 1984)
1911 – Calvin Griffith, Canadian-born baseball executive (d. 1999)
1912 – Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (d. 1986)
1913 – Mary Martin, American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1917 – Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager
1922 – Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1979)
1922 – Paul Picerni, American actor
1923 – Stansfield Turner, American admiral and CIA director
1923 – Morris, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke) (d. 2001)
1925 – Martin Rodbell, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1926 – Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007)
1928 – Emily McLaughlin, American actress (d. 1991)
1930 – Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002)
1931 – Jimmy Lyons, American musician (d. 1986)
1931 – Jim Nesbitt, singer (d. 2007)
1932 – Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985)
1933 – Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoon artist (d. 1996)
1933 – Lou Rawls, American singer (d. 2006)
1934 – Billy Paul, American singer
1935 – Woody Allen, American film director, actor, and comedian
1937 – Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (d. 2005)
1937 – Chuck Low, American actor
1937 – Vaira Vike-Freiberga, 6th President of Latvia
1938 – Sandy Nelson, American drummer
1939 – Lee Trevino, American golfer
1940 – Richard Pryor, American actor, comedian (d. 2005)
1942 – John Crowley, American author
1944 – Pierre Arditi, French film and stage actor
1944 – Eric Bloom, American musician (Blue Öyster Cult)
1944 – John Densmore, American drummer (The Doors)
1944 – Tahar Ben Jelloun, French writer of Moroccan origin
1944 – Daniel Pennac, French writer born in Morocco
1944 – Michael W. Hagee, 33rd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
1945 – Bette Midler, American actress and singer
1946 – Gilbert O Sullivan, Irish singer
1947 – Alain Bashung, French singer
1947 – Bob Fulton, English-born Australian rugby league footballer
1948 – George Foster, American baseball player
1948 – Tom Wright, English bishop and theologian
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)
1951 – Obba Babatundé, American actor
1951 – Treat Williams, American actor
1954 – Bob Goen, American television host
1954 – Annette Haven, American pornographic actress
1955 – Mark Thompson, American disc jockey and actor
1955 – Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
1956 – Julee Cruise, American singer and actress
1958 – Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and coach
1958 – Charlene Tilton, American actress
1959 – Billy Childish, English painter, writer and musician
1959 – Rick Leventhal, American television news correspondent
1959 – Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league footballer
1960 – Carol Alt, American supermodel
1960 – Jane Turner, Australian actress/comedian
1961 – Jeremy Northam, English actor
1961 – Armin Meiwes, German cannibal
1962 – Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
1962 – Joe Quesada, American comic book writer
1963 – Marco Greco, Brazilian racing driver
1963 – Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer
1963 – Nathalie Lambert, Canadian short track speed skater
1964 – Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
1966 – Katherine LaNasa, American actress
1966 – Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player
1967 – Nestor Carbonell, American actor
1968 – Justin Chadwick, British actor and director
1970 – Jouko Ahola, Finnish strongman
1970 – Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
1970 – Sarah Silverman, American actress and comedian
1971 – Emily Mortimer, English actress
1971 – Stephanie Finochio, American professional wrestler
1971 – Mika Pohjola, Finnish jazz pianist and composer
1971 – Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee, Mongolian professional wrestler
1971 – Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter
1971 – John Schlimm, American author
1972 – Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian
1973 – Jon Theodore, American musician
1974 – Costinha, Portuguese footballer
1974 – David Ludwig, American composer
1975 – Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
1975 – Matt Fraction, American comic book writer
1976 – Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998)
1977 – Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)
1977 – Jared Fogle, American Subway spokesperson
1978 – Mat Kearney, American singer and songwriter
1979 – Ryan Malone, American hockey player
1979 – Angelique Bates, American actress
1980 – Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
1985 – Philip DeFranco Youtube Celebrity
1986 – DeSean Jackson, American football player
1994 – Thomas Batuello,American actor and musician
2001 – Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan
Deaths
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)
1581 – Alexander Briant, English sain
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 (b. 1667)
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)
1865 – Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (b. 1796)
1866 – George Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest (b. 1790)
1884 – William Swainson (lawyer), second, and last, Attorney-General (New Zealand) of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1916 – Charles de Foucauld, French religious leader (b. 1858)
1923 – Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (b. 1836)
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)
1947 – G. H. Hardy, English mathematician (b. 1877)
1950 – E. J. Moeran, English composer (b. 1894)
1954 – Fred Rose, American songwriter and music publishing executive (b. 1897)
1964 – J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b. 1892)
1968 – Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer (baryton) and composer born in Transylvania (b. 1887)
1968 – Dario Moreno, Turkish-Jewish singer (b. 1921)
1969 – Magic Sam, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
1973 – David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
1975 – Nellie Fox, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1975 – Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (b. 1906)
1984 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
1986 – Lee Dorsey, American R&B singer (b. 1924)
1987 – James Baldwin, American writer (b. 1924)
1987 – Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager (b. 1918)
1989 – Alvin Ailey, American dancer, choreographer (b. 1931)
1991 – George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (b. 1911)
1996 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
1997 – Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (b. 1908)
1997 – Michel Bélanger, French Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
1997 – Endicott Peabody, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)
1998 – Freddie Young, British cinematographer (b. 1902)
2001 – Ellis R Dungan, American born Indian film director (b. 1909)
2001 – George Harrison, Lead guitarist of The Beatles (b. 1943)
2002 – Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2003 – Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
2003 – Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
2004 – Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b. 1911)
2005 – Gust Avrakotos, American intelligence case officer (b. 1938)
2006 – Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
2006 – Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist (McGill University) (b. 1937)
2007 – Anton Rodgers, British actor (b. 1933)
2008 – Mikel Laboa, Basque singer and songwriter (b. 1934)
2008 – Joseph B. Wirthlin, religious leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, businessman (b. 1917)
2008 – Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
Holidays and observances
World AIDS Day
Costa Rica – Military Abolition Day
Romania – National Day of Romania (Union Day)
Ancient Latvia – Barbes Diena observed
Feast day of St Eligius
Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia
Portugal – Restoration of independence (History of Portugal (1578–1777))
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