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December 1st


- Christian Feast day:
- Damrong Rajanubhab Day (Thailand)
- Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
- National Day (Myanmar)
- National Transit Tribute to Rosa Parks Day (American Public Transportation Association)
- Restoration of Independence or Restauração da Independência (Portugal)
- Union Day (Romania)
- World AIDS Day (International)

December 1st


- 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.
- 1991 - Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1990 - Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.
- 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.
- 1989 - Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state.
- 1988 - Benazir Bhutto is appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan.
- 1982 - At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
- 1981 - A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 people on-board.
- 1981 - The AIDS virus is officially recognized.
- 1976 - Angola joins the United Nations.
- 1975 - Lambda Theta Phi - The first latino fraternity is established in New Jersey.
- 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.
- 1973 - Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia.
- 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 recaptures part of Kashmir occupied forcibly by Pakistan.
- 1969 - Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
- 1965 - The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the borders.
- 1964 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
- 1964 - Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.
- 1963 - Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India.
- 1961 - The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea.
- 1960 - Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1952 - The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgenson, the first notable case of sexual reassignment surgery.
- 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.
- 1934 - In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolayev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad.
- 1925 - World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements.
- 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).
- 1918 - Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28).
- 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.
- 1913 - Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Buenos Aires Subway starts operating, it`s the first underground railway system in the southern hemisphere and in Latin America
- 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.
- 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.
- 1834 - Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
- 1826 - French philhellene Charles Nicolas Fabvier forces his way through the Turkish cordon and ascends the Acropolis of Athens, which had been under siege.
- 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.
- 1822 - Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
- 1821 - The first constitution of Costa Rica is issued.
- 1768 - The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
- 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).
- 1420 - Henry V of England enters Paris.
- 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.

December 1st


- 2001 - Aiko, Princess Toshi, Japanese royalty
- 1990 - Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1988 - Zoe Kravitz, American actress
- 1986 - DeSean Jackson, American football player
- 1985 - Philip DeFranco, American Youtube celebrity
- 1985 - Janelle Monae, American musician
- 1982 - Lloyd Doyley, English footballer
- 1982 - Christos Melissis, Greek footballer
- 1981 - Luke McPharlin, Australian rules footballer
- 1980 - Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
- 1979 - Ryan Malone, American hockey player
- 1979 - Angelique Bates, American actress
- 1978 - Mat Kearney, American singer and songwriter
- 1977 - Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)
- 1977 - Jared Fogle, American Subway spokesperson
- 1976 - Laura Ling, American journalist
- 1976 - Matthew Shepard, American openly-gay murder victim (d. 1998)
- 1975 - Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
- 1975 - Matt Fraction, American comic book writer
- 1974 - Costinha, Portuguese footballer
- 1974 - Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboardist (The Mars Volta)
- 1973 - Jon Theodore, American musician
- 1973 - Steve Gibb, American musician (Black Label Society)
- 1972 - Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian
- 1971 - Melanie Peres, Israeli singer , actress and model
- 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
- 1970 - Jouko Ahola, Finnish strongman
- 1970 - Jonathan Coulton, American musician
- 1970 - Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
- 1970 - Sarah Silverman, American actress and comedian
- 1968 - Justin Chadwick, British actor and director
- 1968 - Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer
- 1967 - Nestor Carbonell, American actor
- 1966 - Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player
- 1966 - Katherine LaNasa, American actress
- 1964 - Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
- 1963 - Marco Greco, Brazilian racing driver
- 1963 - Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1963 - Nathalie Lambert, Canadian short track speed skater
- 1962 - Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
- 1962 - Joe Quesada, American comic book writer
- 1961 - Jeremy Northam, English actor
- 1961 - Armin Meiwes, German cannibal
- 1960 - Carol Alt, American supermodel
- 1960 - Jane Turner, Australian actress/comedian
- 1959 - Billy Childish, English painter, writer and musician
- 1959 - Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1958 - Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and coach
- 1958 - Charlene Tilton, American actress
- 1957 - Chris Poland, American guitarist (Megadeth)
- 1956 - Julee Cruise, American singer and actress
- 1955 - Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
- 1955 - Pat Spillane, Gaelic footballer
- 1955 - Mark Thompson, American disc jockey and actor
- 1954 - Bob Goen, American television host
- 1954 - Annette Haven, American pornographic actress
- 1951 - Obba Babatundé, American actor
- 1951 - Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (d. 1987)
- 1951 - Treat Williams, American actor
- 1950 - Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer
- 1949 - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (d. 1993)
- 1949 - Jan Brett, American author illustrator
- 1949 - Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and elect President of Chile in 2010
- 1948 - George Foster, American baseball player
- 1948 - Tom Wright, English bishop and theologian
- 1947 - Bob Fulton, English-born Australian rugby league footballer
- 1947 - Alain Bashung, French singer
- 1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer
- 1945 - Bette Midler, American actress and singer
- 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
- 1942 - John Crowley, American author
- 1940 - Richard Pryor, American comic and actor (d. 2005)
- 1939 - Lee Trevino, American golfer
- 1938 - Sandy Nelson, American drummer
- 1937 - Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (d. 2005)
- 1937 - Chuck Low, American actor
- 1937 - Vaira V??e-Freiberga, 6th President of Latvia
- 1935 - Woody Allen, American film director, actor, and comedian
- 1934 - Billy Paul, American singer
- 1933 - Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoon artist (d. 1996)
- 1933 - Lou Rawls, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1932 - Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985)
- 1931 - Jimmy Lyons, American musician (d. 1986)
- 1931 - Jim Nesbitt, singer (d. 2007)
- 1930 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002)
- 1928 - Emily McLaughlin, American actress (d. 1991)
- 1926 - Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1926 - Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish noble
- 1925 - Martin Rodbell, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
- 1923 - Stansfield Turner, American admiral and CIA director
- 1923 - Morris, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke) (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1979)
- 1922 - Paul Picerni, American actor
- 1917 - Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager
- 1917 - Thomas Hayward, American tenor (d.1995)
- 1916 - Wan Li, Chinese government official
- 1913 - Mary Martin, American actor and singer (d. 1990)
- 1912 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (d. 1986)
- 1911 - Walter Alston, American baseball manager (d. 1984)
- 1911 - Calvin Griffith, Canadian-born baseball executive (d. 1999)
- 1910 - Alicia Markova, English ballerina (d. 2004)
- 1908 - Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (d. 1984)
- 1905 - Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. 1994)
- 1901 - Ilona Feher, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. 1988)
- 1898 - Stuart Sinclair Garson, Canadian Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977)
- 1896 - Georgy Zhukov, Russian general & Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
- 1886 - Rex Stout, American author (d. 1975)
- 1884 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976)
- 1873 - Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924)
- 1869 - Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923)
- 1847 - Julia Ann Moore, American poet (d. 1920)
- 1844 - Alexandra of Denmark, Danish Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925)
- 1792 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856)
- 1766 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
- 1761 - Marie Tussaud, French creator of wax sculptures (Madame Tussauds) (d. 1850)
- 1743 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817)
- 1716 - Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)
- 1690 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1764)
- 1580 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)
- 1525 - Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
- 1521 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)
- 1083 - Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)
- 1081 - Louis VI of France (d. 1137)