All Events

Historical Events on December 1

  • Ford Motor Company

    1913

    Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

  • Soviet Union

    1934

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

  • World War II

    1941

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

  • American Civil Rights Movement

    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.

  • Cold War

    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.

  • Paul McCartney

    1960

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

  • Vietnam War

    1964

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

  • Cold War

    1989

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

  • Ukraine

    1991

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

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Famous Deaths on December 1

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