Tukuk-OS📅 December 1
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 1? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2019 — Vivianne Miedema scored six goals and had four assists for Arsenal W.F.C. in their 11–1 victory over Bristol City W.F.C., which broke the record for the most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match.
- 1991 — A referendum held to ratify the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine passed with more than 92 percent of the vote.
1991 Ukrainian independence referendumDeclaration of Independence of Ukraine
- 1988 — Five armed men hijacked a bus carrying schoolchildren and a teacher in Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz, Russia), and were later given an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft and ransom for the release of the hostages.
- 1974 — Two Boeing 727s, TWA Flight 514 and Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, crashed in the eastern United States in unrelated circumstances, killing 95 people on board both aircraft.
Boeing 727TWA Flight 514Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231
- 1971 — A period of political and economic reforms in the Socialist Republic of Croatia came to an end as the League of Communists of Yugoslavia decided to purge the state's reformist leadership.
Croatian SpringSocialist Republic of CroatiaLeague of Communists of Yugoslavia
- 1966 — The Pit, one of U.S. college basketball's premier arenas, opened on the campus of the University of New Mexico.
- 1966 — The first Gävle goat, a Swedish Yule goat tradition, was constructed in Gävle and then burned to the ground on New Year's Eve.
- 1959 — Twelve countries signed the Antarctic Treaty, the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War, banning military activity in the Antarctic and setting the continent aside as a scientific preserve.
- 1958 — The musical Flower Drum Song by Rodgers and Hammerstein premiered on Broadway.
- 1955 — Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, sparking the Montgomery bus boycott.
- 1953 — American men's magazine Playboy was founded in Chicago by Hugh Hefner and his associates.
- 1948 — In "one of Australia's most profound mysteries", the body of an unidentified man was found on Somerton beach in Adelaide, a case which remains unsolved.
- 1941 — The Civil Air Patrol, the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force, was founded.
- 1934 — Soviet politician Sergei Kirov was assassinated at the Smolny Institute in Leningrad.
- 1923 — The Gleno Dam in the Italian province of Bergamo failed due to poor workmanship, flooding the downstream valley and killing at least 356 people.
- 1918 — With the signing of the Act of Union, Denmark recognized the Kingdom of Iceland as a fully sovereign state in personal union through a common monarch.
Danish–Icelandic Act of UnionKingdom of IcelandPersonal union
- 1828 — Returning to Buenos Aires with troops who fought in the Cisplatine War, Juan Lavalle (pictured) deposed provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars.
- 1822 — Pedro I was crowned the first emperor of Brazil, seven weeks after his reign began on his 24th birthday.
- 1800 — French Revolutionary Wars: Austrian forces, led by Archduke John of Austria, defeated two divisions of the French First Republic, led by Paul Grenier, at the Battle of Ampfing.
French Revolutionary WarsHabsburg monarchyArchduke John of Austria
Births
- 2008 — Ella Gross, American singer, model and actress
- 2003 — Robert Irwin, Australian conservationist and television personality
- 2001 — Carole Monnet, French tennis player
- 1999 — Lloyd Pope, Australian cricketer
- 1999 — Nico Schlotterbeck, German footballer
- 1997 — Sada Williams, Barbadian sprinter
- 1997 — Jung Chae-yeon, South Korean actress and singer
- 1995 — Agnė Čepelytė, Lithuanian tennis player
- 1995 — Jenna Fife, Scottish footballer
- 1995 — James Wilson, English footballer
- 1994 — Seedy Njie, English footballer
- 1993 — Beau Webster, Australian cricketer
Deaths
- 2024 — Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player and coach (born 1947)
- 2024 — Ian Redpath, Australian cricketer and coach (born 1941)
- 2023 — Sandra Day O'Connor, first female U.S. Supreme Court Justice (1981–2006) (born 1930)
- 2022 — Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach (born 1938)
- 2020 — Arnie Robinson, American athlete (born 1948)
- 2019 — Paula Tilbrook, English actress (born 1930)
- 2018 — Vivian Lynn, New Zealand artist (born 1931)
- 2018 — Ken Berry, American actor, dancer, and singer (born 1933)
- 2015 — Rob Blokzijl, Dutch physicist and computer scientist (born 1943)
- 2015 — Joseph Engelberger, American physicist and engineer (born 1925)
- 2015 — Jim Loscutoff, American basketball player (born 1930)
- 2015 — Trevor Obst, Australian footballer and coach (born 1940)
Observances & holidays
- Battle of the Sinop Day (Russia)
- Christian feast day: Alexander Briant
- Christian feast day: Ansanus
- Christian feast day: Blessed Bruna Pellesi
- Christian feast day: Castritian
- Christian feast day: Charles de Foucauld
- Christian feast day: Edmund Campion
- Christian feast day: Eligius
- Christian feast day: Evasius
- Christian feast day: Grwst
- Christian feast day: Nahum
- Christian feast day: Nicholas Ferrar (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Ralph Sherwin
- Christian feast day: Ursicinus of Brescia
- Christian feast day: December 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Damrong Rajanubhab Day (Thailand)
- First President Day (Kazakhstan)
- Freedom and Democracy Day (Chad)
- Great Union Day, celebrates the union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918 (Romania)
- Military Abolition Day (Costa Rica)
- National Day (Myanmar)
- Republic Day (Central African Republic)
- Restoration of Independence Day (Portugal)
- Rosa Parks Day (Ohio and Oregon, United States)
- Self-governance Day or Fullveldisdagurinn (Iceland)
- Teachers' Day (Panama)
- World AIDS Day, and its related observances: Day Without Art
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