December, 1st in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 01, 2001:
Trans World Airlines flies its last flight, after being bought by American Airlines

Friday 01, 2000:
Vicente Fox is sworn-in as President of Mexico, ending the 75 year control of the PRI.

Tuesday 01, 1998:
Exxon announces a US$73.7 billion deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the largest company on the planet.

Sunday 01, 1991:
Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.

Saturday 01, 1990:
Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 meters beneath the seabed.

Friday 01, 1989:
Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state.

Tuesday 01, 1987:
NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom.

Tuesday 01, 1981:
A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing 178.

Monday 01, 1975:
The long-running soap opera The Edge of Night switches networks to ABC after 19 years on CBS.

Sunday 01, 1974:
A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on-board.

Saturday 01, 1973:
Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia.

Wednesday 01, 1971:
Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.

Monday 01, 1969:
Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

Wednesday 01, 1965:
The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the borders

Tuesday 01, 1964:
Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.

Sunday 01, 1963:
Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India

Friday 01, 1961:
The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea.

Tuesday 01, 1959:
Cold War: Antarctic Treaty signed , which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that continent.

Monday 01, 1958:
Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago, Illinois kills 92 children and three nuns.

Thursday 01, 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.

Monday 01, 1952:
The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation.

Friday 01, 1944:
Edward Stettinius Jr. becomes becomes the last United States Secretary of State of the Roosevelt administration.

Monday 01, 1941:
World War II: Mayor of New York City, Fiorello LaGuardia, and the director of the Office of Civilian Defense, sign an order creating the Civil Air Patrol.

Saturday 01, 1934:
In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad by Leonid Nikolayev.

Tuesday 01, 1925:
The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establshing post-war territorial settlements.

Monday 01, 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).

Sunday 01, 1918:
1918 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.

Monday 01, 1913:
Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

Tuesday 01, 1885:
Although the exact date is unknown, the US Patent Office acknowledges December 1st, 1885 as the first day Dr Pepper was served.

Monday 01, 1884:
Near Frisco, New Mexico (now Reserve), deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy.

Tuesday 01, 1835:
Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales

Wednesday 01, 1824:
U.S. presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college 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).

Sunday 01, 1822:
Peter I is crowned as Emperor of Brazil.

Saturday 01, 1640:
Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king.

Sunday 01, 1135:
Henry I of England dies of food poisoning from a surfeit of lampreys at St. Denis le Fermont in Normandy

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/01-december/on-this-day.html


People born on December 01

1977:
Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park) (b: December 1, 1977) (Biography of Brad Delson)

1974:
Costinha, Portuguese footballer (b: December 1, 1974) (Biography of Costinha)

1963:
Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer (b: December 1, 1963) (Biography of Arjuna Ranatunga)

1961:
Jeremy Northam, English actor (b: December 1, 1961) (Biography of Jeremy Northam)

1959:
Wally Lewis, Australian rugby player (b: December 1, 1959) (Biography of Wally Lewis)

1951:
Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (b: December 1, 1951 ; d: September 21, 1987) (Biography of Jaco Pastorius)

1950:
Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer (b: December 1, 1950) (Biography of Keith Thibodeaux)

1949:
Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and presidential candidate (b: December 1, 1949) (Biography of Sebastián Piñera)

1948:
George Foster, baseball player (b: December 1, 1948) (Biography of George Foster (baseball player))

1946:
Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer (b: December 1, 1946) (Biography of Gilbert O'Sullivan)

1945:
Bette Midler, American actress (b: December 1, 1945) (Biography of Bette Midler)

1944:
John Densmore, American drummer (The Doors) (b: December 1, 1944) (Biography of John Densmore)

1942:
John Crowley, American author (b: December 1, 1942) (Biography of John Crowley)

1940:
Richard Pryor, American actor, comedian (b: December 1, 1940) (Biography of Richard Pryor)

1939:
Lee Trevino, American golfer (b: December 1, 1939) (Biography of Lee Trevino)

1935:
Woody Allen, American film director, actor, and comedian (b: December 1, 1935) (Biography of Woody Allen)
Lou Rawls, American singer (b: December 1, 1935) (Biography of Lou Rawls)

1932:
Matt Monro, English singer (b: December 1, 1932 ; d: February 7, 1985) (Biography of Matt Monro)

1930:
Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (b: December 1, 1930 ; d: February 8, 2002) (Biography of Joachim Hoffmann)

1923:
Stansfield Turner, American admiral and director of the Central Intelligence Agency (b: December 1, 1923) (Biography of Stansfield Turner)

1922:
Paul Picerni, American actor (b: December 1, 1922) (Biography of Paul Picerni)

1913:
Mary Martin, American actor, singer (b: December 1, 1913 ; d: November 3, 1990) (Biography of Mary Martin)

1912:
Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (b: December 1, 1912 ; d: February 6, 1986) (Biography of Minoru Yamasaki)

1911:
Walter Alston, American baseball manager (b: December 1, 1911) (Biography of Walter Alston)
Calvin Griffith, baseball executive (b: December 1, 1911) (Biography of Calvin Griffith)

1910:
Alicia Markova, English ballerina (b: December 1, 1910 ; d: December 2, 2004) (Biography of Alicia Markova)

1895:
Henry Williamson, English author (b: December 1, 1895) (Biography of Henry Williamson)

1886:
Rex Stout, American author (b: December 1, 1886 ; d: October 27, 1975) (Biography of Rex Stout)

1844:
Alexandra of Denmark, queen of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b: December 1, 1844 ; d: November 20, 1925) (Biography of Alexandra of Denmark)

1792:
Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (b: December 1, 1792 ; d: February 24, 1856) (Biography of Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky)

1743:
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (b: December 1, 1743 ; d: January 1, 1817) (Biography of Martin Heinrich Klaproth)

1716:
Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (b: December 1, 1716) (Biography of Etienne-Maurice Falconet)

1690:
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (b: December 1, 1690 ; d: March 6, 1764) (Biography of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke)

1580:
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (b: December 1, 1580 ; d: June 24, 1637) (Biography of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc)

1525:
Tadeá? Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (b: December 1, 1525 ; d: September 1, 1600) (Biography of Tadeá? Hájek)

1521:
Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (b: December 1, 1521 ; d: May 13, 1573) (Biography of Takeda Shingen)

1083:
Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (b: December 1, 1083) (Biography of Anna Comnena)

1081:
King Louis VI of France (b: December 1, 1081 ; d: August 1, 1137) (Biography of Louis VI of France)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/01-december/births.html

[Pepperjack]

I didn't even know that TWA had been bought out by American Airlines! Almost 6 years ago?! I guess my head's been up my ass the last few years.

Yours truly, Pepperjack.

[Spiritus Temporis]

They left us on December 01

2004:
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b: June 29, 1911 ; d: December 1, 2004) (Biography of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands)

2003:
Clark Kerr (d: December 1, 2003) (Biography of Clark Kerr)

1997:
Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (b: January 26, 1908 ; d: December 1, 1997) (Biography of Stéphane Grappelli)

1987:
James Baldwin, American author (b: August 2, 1924 ; d: December 1, 1987) (Biography of James Baldwin (writer))

1985:
Alvin Ailey, American choreographer (b: January 5, 1931 ; d: December 1, 1985) (Biography of Alvin Ailey)

1975:
Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (b: May 3, 1906 ; d: December 1, 1975) (Biography of Anna E. Roosevelt)
Nellie Fox, baseball player (b: December 25, 1927 ; d: December 1, 1975) (Biography of Nellie Fox)

1973:
David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (b: October 16, 1886 ; d: December 1, 1973) (Biography of David Ben-Gurion)

1964:
J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b: November 5, 1892 ; d: December 1, 1964) (Biography of J. B. S. Haldane)

1950:
E. J. Moeran (d: December 1, 1950) (Biography of E. J. Moeran)

1947:
Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author (b: October 12, 1875 ; d: December 1, 1947) (Biography of Aleister Crowley)

1943:
Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b: June 21, 1862 ; d: December 1, 1943) (Biography of Damrong Rajanubhab)

1934:
Sergei Kirov (d: December 1, 1934) (Biography of Sergei Kirov)

1928:
José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (b: February 19, 1888 ; d: December 1, 1928) (Biography of José Eustasio Rivera)

1830:
Pope Pius VIII (b: November 20, 1761 ; d: December 1, 1830) (Biography of Pope Pius VIII)

1825:
Tsar Alexander I of Russia (b: December 23, 1777 ; d: December 1, 1825) (Biography of Alexander I of Russia)

1755:
Maurice Greene, English composer (b: August 12, 1696 ; d: December 1, 1755) (Biography of Maurice Greene (composer))

1750:
Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr (d: December 1, 1750) (Biography of Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr)

1729:
Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b: August 21, 1665 ; d: December 1, 1729) (Biography of Giacomo F. Maraldi)

1723:
Susanna Centlivre (d: December 1, 1723) (Biography of Susanna Centlivre)

1709:
Abraham a Sancta Clara (d: December 1, 1709) (Biography of Abraham a Sancta Clara)

1707:
Jeremiah Clarke (d: December 1, 1707) (Biography of Jeremiah Clarke)

1660:
Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b: July 10, 1592 ; d: December 1, 1660) (Biography of Pierre d'Hozier)

1633:
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (b: August 12, 1566 ; d: December 1, 1633) (Biography of Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain)

1602:
Kobayakawa Hideaki (d: December 1, 1602) (Biography of Kobayakawa Hideaki)

1581:
Edmund Campion, English Jesuit (b: January 24, 1540 ; d: December 1, 1581) (Biography of Edmund Campion)
Ralph Sherwin (d: December 1, 1581) (Biography of Ralph Sherwin)

1580:
Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b: January 25, 1509 ; d: December 1, 1580) (Biography of Giovanni Morone)

1530:
Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (b: January 10, 1480 ; d: December 1, 1530) (Biography of Margaret of Austria (1480-1530))

1521:
Pope Leo X (b: December 11, 1475 ; d: December 1, 1521) (Biography of Pope Leo X)

1455:
Lorenzo Ghiberti (d: December 1, 1455) (Biography of Lorenzo Ghiberti)

1433:
Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b: August 1, 1377 ; d: December 1, 1433) (Biography of Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan)

1377:
Magnus II of Sweden (d: December 1, 1377) (Biography of Magnus II of Sweden)

1135:
Henry I of England (d: December 1, 1135) (Biography of Henry I of England)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/01-december/deaths.html