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Events from History on December 01

1167 : Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
1566 : Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva
1626 : Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out
1640 : Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1641 : Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
1653 : An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from
1653 : St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
1656 : Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
1708 : Great Alliance occupies Brussels
1742 : Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
1750 : 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md
1783 : Charles & M N Roberts ascend 2,000' in hydrogen balloon
1783 : J van North launches unmanned balloon
1804 : Emperor Napoleon marries Jos‚phine of Martinique
1821 : Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
1822 : Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil
1822 : Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran
1824 : House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams,
1824 : Jackson, WH Crawford & H Clay Adams eventually declared president
1831 : Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
1835 : Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales
1843 : 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens
1852 : Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands
1864 : Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA
1864 : Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia
1868 : John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war
1878 : 1st White House telephone installed
1887 : Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet"
1887 : Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao
1896 : 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)
1900 : South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders
1903 : "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released
1906 : Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris)
1906 : Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of K”penick) sentenced to 4 yrs
1909 : 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
1909 : 1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef
1913 : 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts)
1913 : Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38)
1917 : Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
1918 : Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence
1918 : Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
1918 : Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade
1918 : Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established
1919 : AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester
1919 : Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament
1921 : 1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight
1921 : US Post Office establishes philatelic agency
1922 : 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Capt Turner, RAF
1922 : Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns
1924 : Calles becomes president of M‚xico
1924 : George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in NYC
1925 : Treaty of Locarno signed
1928 : Railroad museum opens in Utrecht Neth
1929 : BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe
1929 : Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
1930 : Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent
1931 : Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
1933 : Rudolf Hess & Earnest R”hm become a minister in Hitler govt
1935 : Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp
1936 : 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E)
1936 : Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
1936 : EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants
1937 : Japan recognizes Franco govt
1938 : School bus & train collide in Salt Lake City Utah
1939 : SS-Fhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews
1941 : British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python
1941 : Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war
1941 : US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes
1942 : Gasoline rationed in US
1943 : FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)
1944 : B‚la Bart•k's Concerto for orchestra, premieres
1944 : Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands
1944 : Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres
1946 : Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187)
1948 : Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine
1948 : Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player
1949 : WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 : WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1951 : 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB)
1951 : Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London
1951 : Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds
1953 : Red Sox trade M McDermott & Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen
1953 : WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 : WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 : Walter Alston named Dodger manager
1954 : Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal)
1954 : Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement
1954 : Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka,
1955 : Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus
1956 : "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances
1956 : Frank Robinson (NL) & Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year
1956 : Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta, resigns
1958 : "Flower Drum Song" opens at St James Theater NYC for 602 performances
1958 : Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day)
1958 : Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students & 3 nuns (Chic)
1959 : 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica
1959 : 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space
1959 : 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB)
1959 : The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space
1960 : Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo
1962 : KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1963 : NY Jets 1st shutout, beat KC 17-0
1963 : Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union
1964 : Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros
1964 : ML King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign
1965 : Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began
1965 : South Africa govt says children of white fathers are white
1966 : Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor
1966 : Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colo
1967 : Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)
1967 : Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope
1967 : Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams
1968 : "Promises Promises" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1281 performances
1968 : Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in NYC
1968 : Gonzalo Barrios elected pres of Venezuela
1968 : Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting
1969 : US govt holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II
1970 : Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People
1970 : Democratic Republic of Yemen
1970 : Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico
1971 : "2 Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St James Theater NYC for 613 perfs
1971 : Cubs release Ernie Banks & sign him as a coach
1971 : Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona," premieres in NYC
1971 : John & Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
1971 : People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic
1971 : Republic of Yemen
1972 : Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK
1973 : Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea
1973 : Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year
1973 : Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ
1974 : Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia, 92 died
1974 : Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5)
1974 : LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8
1975 : US president Gerald Ford visits China PR
1976 : Angola admitted to UN
1976 : Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president
1976 : Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"
1978 : Pres Carter more than doubles national park system size
1978 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 : 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB)
1980 : Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"
1980 : US Justice Dept sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination
1981 : 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain
1981 : Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed
1982 : Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
1982 : Michael Jackson releases "Thriller"
1982 : Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as pres of M‚xico
1983 : Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury
1984 : 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
1984 : France performs nuclear test
1984 : Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
1985 : Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster
1985 : STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 : South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms
1986 : Mus‚e d'orsay opens in Paris
1986 : Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
1987 : Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel
1988 : 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless
1988 : Benazir Bhutto named 1st female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan)
1988 : Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow
1988 : NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St Louis Blues
1989 : "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS
1989 : East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution
1989 : Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract
1989 : USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican
1990 : 56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (QB)
1990 : British & French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel)
1990 : Hissene Habr‚ of Chad flees to Cameroon
1990 : Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks
1990 : Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia hold their 1st joint session
1990 : NY Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96
1991 : "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 perfs
1991 : "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 perfs
1991 : AIDS awareness day
1991 : Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election
1991 : Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan
1991 : US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 lands
1991 : Ukrainian people vote for independence
1992 : 2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana & crash, 13 die
1992 : Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 yrs for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco
1993 : Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18
1994 : 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident
1994 : Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere announce they are seperating
1994 : Ernesto Zedillo innaugrated as president of Mexico
1994 : PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail
1994 : Rober Schumanns 2nd Symphony premieres in London
1997 : GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo
1997 : Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM
1997 : Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS

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