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What happened in history on this day: December 1?
On December 1 in ...
- 1794 - The US Mint releases first half dollar coins into circulation.
- 1801 - Thomas Tucker takes office as US Treasurer.
- 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.
- 1831 - Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather.
- 1842 - Philip Spencer, first US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged.
- 1863 - Groundbreaking at Omaha, Nebraska of Union Pacific Railroad Corporation.
- 1864 - Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, Tennessee, to Saltville, Virginia.
- 1864 - Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia.
- 1868 - John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war.
- 1878 - First White House telephone is installed.
- 1896 - First certified public accountants receive certificates (New York).
- 1904 - Louisiana Purchase Exposition closes. 20 million visitors attended over 7 months.
- 1913 - First drive-up gasoline station opens (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA).
- 1913 - Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Henry Ford (car every 2:38).
- 1918 - The US Weather Bureau issues its first official aviation weather forecast.
- 1921 - First US helium-filled dirigible makes first flight.
- 1936 - Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use.
- 1938 - School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- 1941 - US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes.
- 1955 - In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks (black) is arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus.
- 1958 - In Chicago, Illinois, Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students and three nuns.
- 1959 - Twelve nations sign a treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica.
- 1964 - Martin Luther King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign.
- 1965 - Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US begins.
- 1968 - Burt Bacharach's and Hal David's musical Promises Promises opens at Shubert Theater in New York City for 1281 performances.
- 1969 - US government holds its first draft lottery since WWII.
- 1974 - Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville, Virginia, 92 die.
- 1974 - Los Angeles Skid Row slasher kills first of eight.
- 1975 - US President Gerald Ford visits People's Republic of China.
- 1978 - US President Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size.
- 1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1983 - Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury.
- 1984 - Controlled Impact Demonstration: NASA crashes remote controlled Boeing 720.
- 1985 - The Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable car models are released for sale to the US public.
- 1987 - NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.
- 1990 - Iraq accepts US President Bush's offer for talks.
- 1991 - US 75th manned space mission STS 44 Atlantis 10 lands.
- 1992 - Two C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana and crash, 13 die.
- 1993 - Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minnesota, killing 18.
- 1997 - Michael Carneal fires at his classmates at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, leaving three dead and five wounded.
- 1997 - Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS.
- 1997 - President Bill Clinton signs the bill approving a 50-State circulating quarter dollar program, a circulating dollar coin, and non-circulating First Flight Centennial commemorative coins into law as Public Law 105-124.
- 1999 - Exxon changes its company name to Exxon Mobil Company.
- 2008 - The largest U.S. chicken company, Pilgrim's Pride Corp, files for voluntary bankruptcy protection.
- 2008 - The price of a barrel of light crude oil falls US$5.15 to US$49.28.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama announces an additional 30,000 U.S. troops will be sent to Afghanistan, over the coming summer and fall.
- 2019 - Port Everglades, Florida, sets a new world record for number of ship passengers in and out of the port in a single day: 55,964.
Births on December 1
- 1902 - Birth of Morris "Red" Badgro in Washington, USA; NFL hall of famer (New York Yankees, New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers).
- 1910 - Birth of Joel Fluellen in Louisiana, USA; actor (Burning Cross, Learning Tree).
- 1913 - Birth of Mary Martin in Weatherford, Texas, USA; actress (Peter Pan).
- 1914 - Birth of Johnny Johnston in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; singer ("Make that Spare").
- 1917 - Birth of William Tracy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (To the Shores of Tripoli).
- 1919 - Birth of Anne Cox Chambers in Dayton, Ohio, USA; US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81).
- 1921 - Birth of Ralph Manza in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart).
- 1922 - Birth of Geraldine McCulloug in Maywood, Illinois, USA; painter/sculptor (Phoenix).
- 1922 - Birth of Paul Picerni in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Agent Lee Hobson - The Untouchables).
- 1925 - Birth of David Doyle in Omaha, Nebraska, USA; actor (John Bosley - Charlie's Angels).
- 1925 - Birth of Jordan Klein in Miami, Florida, USA; cameraman/director (Thunderball).
- 1926 - Birth of Robert Symonds in Bristow, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Robert E Lee - Blue and Gray).
- 1929 - Birth of Dick Shawn in Buffalo, New York, USA; actor (The Producers, Maid to Order, Angel).
- 1929 - Birth of Emily McLaughlin in White Plains, New York, USA; actress (Jessie - General Hospital).
- 1934 - Birth of Billy Paul in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; singer ("Me and Mrs Jones").
- 1935 - Birth of Lou Rawls in Chicago, Illinois, USA; vocalist (Dean Martin's Golddigers, "Natural Man").
- 1936 - Birth of Lou Rawls in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer ("Dean Martin's Gold-diggers", "Natural Man").
- 1938 - Birth of Sandy Nelson in Santa Monica, California, USA; 1950s rocker (Teen Beat, "All Night Long").
- 1939 - Birth of Dianne Lennon in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer (Lennon Sisters).
- 1939 - Birth of Lee [Buck] Trevino in Dallas, Texas, USA; PGA golfer (US Open 1968, 1971).
- 1940 - Birth of Richard Pryor in Illinois, USA; comedian/actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy).
- 1942 - Birth of Peter Kalikow in Queens, New York, USA; real estate developer/publisher (New York Post).
- 1943 - Birth of Nicholas Peter Negroponte in New York City, New York, USA; founder/director (Media Lab at MIT).
- 1944 - Birth of John Densmore in Los Angeles, California, USA; drummer (Doors - "Light My Fire").
- 1945 - Birth of Bette Midler in Aiea, Hawaii; singer ("Wind Beneath My Wings", "Do You Want to Dance?"), actress (Beaches, First Wives Club).
- 1950 - Birth of Richard Keith in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA; actor (Little Ricky - I Love Lucy).
- 1951 - Birth of Treat Williams in Rowayton, Connecticut, USA; actor (Flashpoint, Hair).
- 1958 - Birth of Charlene Tilton in San Diego, California, USA; actress (Lucy Ewing - Dallas).
- 1960 - Birth of Carol Alt[man] in Queens, New York, USA; model/actress (Private Parts).
- 1961 - Birth of Barb Mucha in Parma, Ohio, USA; LPGA golfer (1992 Oldsmobile Classic).
- 1962 - Birth of Stan Albers in Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, USA; actor (Curtis - Loving).
- 1966 - Birth of Greg McMichael in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; pitcher (Atlanta Braves).
- 1967 - Birth of Nestor Carbonell in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Luis - Suddenly Susan).
- 1967 - Birth of Reggie Sanders in Florence, South Carolina, USA; outfielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1970 - Birth of Kirk Rueter in Centralia, Illinois, USA; pitcher (Montreal Expos).
- 1973 - Birth of Eric Thomas in Chartage, Texas; 400-metre hurdler.
Deaths on December 1
- 1797 - Death of Oliver Wolcott at age 71; US judge, signer of Declaration of Independence.
- 1842 - Philip Spencer, first US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged.
- 1971 - Arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at age 93.
- 1974 - Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at age 83.
- 1974 - Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at age 77.
- 1975 - Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at age 80.
- 1986 - Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at age 59.
- 1987 - Donn Fulton Eisele, Colonel US Air Force/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at age 57.
- 1989 - Alvin Ailey, American choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at age 58 (born 1931).
- 1991 - George Joseph Stigler, American economist (Nobel Prize 1982), dies at age 80 (born 1911).
- 2015 - Death of Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (born 1930).
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