December 1 in History

Historical Events on December 1

1913 Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

1934 In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolaev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad.

1941 World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States.

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 that city's bus boycott.

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.

1960 Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.

1964 Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.

1989 Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.

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

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Famous Birthdays on December 1

1935 Woody Allen

1949 Sebastián Piñera

1966 Larry Walker

1991 Sun Yang

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Famous Deaths on December 1

1135 Henry I of England

1947 Aleister Crowley

1964 J. B. S. Haldane

1987 James Baldwin

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