Today in History: December 1
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A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
December 1
| 1135 |
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Henry I of England dies and the crown is passed to his nephew Stephen of Bloise. |
| 1581 |
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Edmund Champion and other Jesuit martyrs are hanged at Tyburn, England, for sedition, after being tortured. |
| 1861 |
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The U.S. gunboat Penguin seizes the Confederate blockade runner Albion carrying supplies worth almost $100,000. |
| 1862 |
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President Abraham Lincoln gives the State of the Union address to the 37th Congress. |
| 1863 |
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Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy, is released from prison in Washington. |
| 1881 |
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Virgil, Wyatt and Morgan Earp are exonerated in court for their action in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Ariz. |
| 1900 |
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Kaiser Wilhelm II refuses to meet with Boer leader Paul Kruger in Berlin. |
| 1905 |
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Twenty officers and 230 guards are arrested in St. Petersburg, Russia, for the revolt at the Winter Palace. |
| 1908 |
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The Italian Parliament debates the future of the Triple Alliance and asks for compensation for Austria's action in Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
| 1909 |
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President William Howard Taft severs official relations with Nicaragua's Zelaya government and declares support for the revolutionaries. |
| 1916 |
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King Constantine of Greece refuses to surrender to the Allies. |
| 1918 |
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An American army of occupation enters Germany. |
| 1925 |
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After a seven-year occupation, 7,000 British troops evacuate Cologne, Germany. |
| 1933 |
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Nazi storm troops become an official organ of the Reich. |
| 1934 |
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Josef Stalin's aide, Sergei Kirov, is assassinated in Leningrad. |
| 1941 |
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Japan's Tojo rejects U.S. proposals for a Pacific settlement as fantastic and unrealistic. |
| 1941 |
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Great Britain declares a state of emergency in Malaya following reports of Japanese attacks. |
| 1941 |
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The first Civil Air Patrol is organized in the United States. |
| 1942 |
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National gasoline rationing goes into effect in the United States. |
| 1955 |
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Rosa Parks refuses to sit in the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, defying the South's segregationist laws. |
| 1969 |
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America's first draft lottery since 1942 is held. |
| 1986 |
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Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North pleads the 5th Amendment before a Senate panel investigating the Iran-Contra arms sale. |
| Born on December 1 |
| 1761 |
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Madame Tussaud, Swiss-born modeller in wax who founded the world-famous exhibition on London's Baker Street. |
| 1847 |
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Julia Moore, poet. |
| 1863 |
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Oliver Herford, American humorist and poet. |
| 1886 |
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Rex Stout, writer, creator of detective character Nero Wolfe. |
| 1913 |
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Mary Martin, American actress. |
| 1925 |
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Martin Rodbell, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist. |
| 1935 |
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Woody Allen [Allen Stewart Konigsberg], American actor, writer and director. |
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