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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 1
- 300th: 1724 - Birth of Charles Theodoor elector (Palts and Bayern).
- 200th: 1824 - House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Harris Crawford and Henry Clay - Adams eventually declared president.
- 100th: 1924 - Plutarco Elías Calles becomes President of México.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Billy Paul in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Me and Mrs Jones").
- 90th: 1934 - Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, is assassinated in Leningrad.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of John Densmore in Los Angeles, California, USA; drummer (Doors - "Light My Fire").
- 80th: 1944 - Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Bob Goen; TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight).
- 70th: 1954 - Nationalist China and US sign dike agreement.
- 70th: 1954 - New York Yankees send Miller, Segrist, Leppert and two minors to Baltimore Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley and Del Guercio (completing 18-player deal).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Soren Henriksen in Denmark; cricket all-rounder (1986-94 ICC, Lancs 1985-86).
- 60th: 1964 - Houston Colt .45s change name to Houston Astros.
- 60th: 1964 - Martin Luther King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Richard Jordan; linebacker (Detroit Lions).
- 50th: 1974 - Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville, Virginia, 92 die.
- 50th: 1974 - Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5).
- 50th: 1974 - Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at age 83.
- 50th: 1974 - Los Angeles Skid Row slasher kills first of eight.
- 50th: 1974 - Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at age 77.
- 40th: 1984 - Controlled Impact Demonstration: NASA crashes remote controlled Boeing 720.
- 40th: 1984 - 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (quarterback).
- 40th: 1984 - France performs nuclear test.
- 40th: 1984 - Greg Page knocks out Gerrie Coetzee in 8 rounds for WBA heavyweight boxing title.
- 30th: 1994 - Ernesto Zedillo innaugrated as President of México.
- 30th: 1994 - Hugh Chilvers, cricket player (151 wickets leg-spin for New South Wales 1928-37), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - Lionel Stander, actor (Max - Hart to Hart), dies at age 86.
- 25th: 1999 - Exxon changes its company name to Exxon Mobil Company.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (born 1911).
- 15th: 2009 - US President Barack Obama announces an additional 30,000 U.S. troops will be sent to Afghanistan, over the coming summer and fall.
- 15th: 2009 - The Treaty of Lisbon comes into force.
- 5th: 2019 - Prime Minister Joseph Muscat of Malta announces his resignation.
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