December 1

Events

 * - judges the accusations against  in the.
 * - The is formed in northern.
 * - enters.
 * - regains its independence from  and  becomes king.
 * - The slave ship sinks off  in.
 * - The first constitution of is issued.
 * - is crowned as Emperor of.
 * - : Since no candidate received a majority of the total votes in the election, the  is given the task to decide the winner (as stipulated by the ).
 * - French philhellene Fabvier forces his way through the Turkish cordon and ascends the, which had been under siege.
 * - publishes first book of fairy tales
 * - publishes the first installment of ' in his magazine '.
 * - In his President  reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the.
 * - presents his  in.
 * - - Near, deputy sheriff  holds off a gang of 80 Texan s who want to kill him for arresting.
 * - introduces the first moving.
 * 1913  -, having obtained  from  after the first , is annexed by.
 * - becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the  kingdom.
 * 1918  -  unites with, following the incorporation of   and.
 * 1918  - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the ) is proclaimed.
 * - becomes first female member of the British  to take her seat (she had been elected to that position on ). National Council of Romanians in Banat voted union with the Kingdom of Romania. National Council of Romanians in Transylvania voted union with the Kingdom of Romania.
 * - aftermath:  - The final  is signed in, establishing post-war territorial settlements.
 * - In the, member  is shot dead at the  headquarters in  by.
 * - :, Mayor of and Director of the , signed  creating the.
 * - The  reports the first successful operation.
 * - : In, seamstress refuses to give her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's  laws, an incident which leads to the.
 * - becomes independent from.
 * 1958  -  in  kills 92 children and three nuns.
 * - : signed, which sets aside  as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that.
 * - The independent is proclaimed in modern-day.
 * - becomes the 16th state of.
 * - : US President and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb.
 * - The is formed in  as a special force to guard the borders.
 * - Vietnam War: The first in the  is held since.
 * - : rebels intensify assaults on n government positions, forcing their retreat from  and nearby.
 * 1971 - occupies part of.
 * - gains self government from.
 * -, a , crashes northwest of killing all 92 people on-board.
 * - A  DC-9 crashes in  killing all 180 people on-board.
 * - At the, becomes the first person to receive a permanent.
 * 1982  -  releases his second solo album , which became the biggest selling album of all time.
 * - announces the names of four companies who were awarded  contracts to help build.
 * - is appointed.
 * - Right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed forces Movement (RAM) attempt to oust  by a bloody  attempt.
 * 1989  - : 's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state.
 * - sections started from the  and  meet 40 meters beneath the seabed.
 * - : voters overwhelmingly approve a  from the.
 * – : Michael Carneal opens fire on a group of his fellow students at Heath High School in, killing three and wounding five.
 * - announces a US$73.7 billion deal to buy, thus creating , the largest company on the planet.
 * - flies its last flight, after being bought by.

Births

 * - (d. )
 * -, Byzantine historian (d. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (d. )
 * -, Czech physician and astronomer (d. )
 * -, French astronomer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, French sculptor (d. )
 * -, German chemist (d. )
 * -, French creator of wax sculptures (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * -, Russian mathematician (d. )
 * -, Danish  of  (d. )
 * -, Polish assassin of (d. )
 * -, Russian poet (d. )
 * -, German painter (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, Russian general & (d. )
 * -, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. )
 * -, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. )
 * -, Greek musician (d. )
 * -, English ballerina (d. )
 * -, American baseball manager (d. )
 * 1911  -, Canadian-born baseball executive (d. )
 * -, American architect (d. )
 * -, American actor and singer (d. )
 * -, American baseball player and manager
 * -, Soviet ice hockey player (d. )
 * 1922  -, American actor
 * -, American admiral and director
 * 1923  -, Belgian cartoonist  (d. )
 * -, American scientist, (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, German historian (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * 1931  -, singer
 * -, English singer (d. )
 * -, Japanese cartoon artist (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, American film director, actor, and comedian
 * 1935  -, American singer (d. )
 * -, American mezzo-soprano (d. )
 * 1937  -, American actor
 * -, American drummer
 * -, American golfer
 * -, American actor, comedian (d. )
 * -, American author
 * -, French film and stage actor
 * 1944  -, American musician
 * 1944  -, American drummer
 * 1944  -, French writer of Moroccan origin
 * 1944  -, French writer born in Morocco
 * -, American actress
 * -, Irish singer
 * -, French singer
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1948  -, English bishop and theologian
 * -, Colombian (d. )
 * 1949  -, Chilean businessman and presidential candidate
 * -, American actor and drummer
 * -, American bassist (d. )
 * -, American television host
 * 1954  -, American porn star
 * -, American disc jockey and actor
 * 1955 - , Spanish actress
 * -, Mexican footballer and coach
 * -, English painter, writer and musician
 * 1959  -, Australian rugby league footballer
 * -, American supermodel
 * -, English actor
 * 1961  -, German
 * -, Canadian speed skater
 * 1962  -, American comic book writer and artist, and editor-in-chief at
 * -, Brazilian racing driver
 * 1963  -, Sri Lankan cricketer
 * 1963  -, Quebec short track speed skater
 * -, American actress
 * 1966  -, Canadian baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Finnish strongman
 * 1970  -, American baseball player
 * 1970  -, American actress and comedian
 * -, English actress
 * 1971  -, American professional wrestler
 * 1971  -, Finnish jazz pianist and composer
 * 1971  -, Mongolian professional wrestler
 * 1971  -, Belgian radio-presenter
 * -, Polish historian and theologian
 * -, English folk singer
 * -, Portuguese footballer
 * 1974  -, American composer
 * -, Danish swimmer
 * -, American murder victim (d. )
 * -, American guitarist
 * 1977  -, American  spokesperson
 * -, Indian cricketer
 * -, English footballer
 * - of

Deaths

 * -, wife of (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Italian artist and metal smith (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Regent of the Netherlands (b. )
 * -, Italian cardinal (b. )
 * -, English Jesuit (martyred) (b. )
 * 1581  -, English Catholic saint (b. )
 * 1581  -, English saint (b. around )
 * -, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French historian (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, Austrian preacher (b. )
 * -, English dramatist and actress
 * -, French-Italian astronomer (b. )
 * -, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, British Freemason (b. )
 * - Tsar (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Swiss poet (b. )
 * -, Welsh surveyor and namesake of (d. )
 * -, French relgious leader (b. )
 * -, Belgian writer and poet (b. )
 * -, Colombian writer (b. )
 * -, Russian revolutionary (b. )
 * -, Thai prince and historian (b. )
 * -, English occultist (b. )
 * 1947  -, English mathematician (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, American songwriter and music publishing executive (b. )
 * -, Scottish geneticist (b. )
 * -, Romanian opera singer (baryton) and composer born in Transylvania (b. )
 * 1968  -, Turkish-Jewish singer (b. )
 * -, American blues guitarist and singer (b. )
 * -, first (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * 1975  -, American radio personality (b. )
 * -, American R&B singer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * 1987  -, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager (b. )
 * -, American dancer, choreographer (b. )
 * -, American economist, winner (b. )
 * -, Canadian businessman (b. )
 * -, French jazz violinist (b. )
 * 1997  -, French Canadian businessman and banker (b. )
 * -, British cinematographer (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, French actress (b. )
 * 2006  -, Canadian archaeologist  (b. )
 * 2006  -, Canadian archaeologist  (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Restoration of Independence Day
 * - Abolition Day
 * Ancient -  observed
 * of
 * - The National Day of Romania, Union of Transylvania with Romania
 * 's Pioneers' Day
 * - First day of Summer
 * - First day of Summer
 * - First day of Summer