Historical events on this day

01 Dec 1626

Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem driven out

01 Dec 1640

Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule

01 Dec 1641

Massachusetts becomes the first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery

01 Dec 1653

An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes

01 Dec 1742

Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia

01 Dec 1750

First school in America to offer manual training courses opens in Maryland

01 Dec 1768

The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromy in Norway.

01 Dec 1783

Jacques Charles and Nicolas Roberts make first untethered ascension with gas hydrogen balloon in Paris

01 Dec 1821

Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain

01 Dec 1831

Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather

01 Dec 1852

Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands

01 Dec 1864

Raid at Stoneman Knoxville TN to Saltville VA

01 Dec 1884

American Old West Near Frisco New Mexico deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy.

01 Dec 1887

Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print Study in Scarlet

01 Dec 1887

Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugals control of Macao

01 Dec 1896

1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)

01 Dec 1900

Exiled South African President of Transvaal Paul Kruger visits Flanders and on the same day is declined a visit from the German Kaiser

01 Dec 1900

Portifiro Diaz is inaugurated for his 6th consecutive term as President of Mexico

01 Dec 1903

The Great Train Robbery the 1st Western film released

01 Dec 1906

Cinema Omnia Pathe worlds 1st cinema opens (Paris)

01 Dec 1906

German Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of Kpenick) sentenced to 4 years for forgery after posing as Prussian officer

01 Dec 1909

1st Christmas Club payment made to Carlisle Trust Co Pa

01 Dec 1912

Boston Braves MLB franchise owner James Gaffney buys the Allston Golf Club on Commonwealth Avenue Boston with a plan to construct a ball park there ground breaking for Braves Field starts on March 20 1915

01 Dec 1913

Ford Motor Company institutes worlds 1st moving assembly line for the Model T Ford

01 Dec 1913

Flag of Greece officially raised at Firka Fortress Chania Crete symbolising the union of Crete and Greece.

01 Dec 1915

The US requests that Germany withdraw its military and naval attaches from the Embassy in Washington

01 Dec 1916

There is virtual civil war in Greece as royalists fight Venizelist and the Allies determine on a Venizelist victory

01 Dec 1917

Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Nebraska

01 Dec 1918

Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence under Danish crown

01 Dec 1918

Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade

01 Dec 1918

Yugoslavia declares independence monarchy established

01 Dec 1919

AA Milnes Mr Pim Passes By premieres in Manchester

01 Dec 1919

Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament

01 Dec 1921

1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight

01 Dec 1922

1st skywriting over US-Hello USA-by Capt Turner RAF

01 Dec 1922

Polish state Chief Marshal Jozef Pilsudski resigns

01 Dec 1923

Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Queens University retains title with 54-0 win over Regina Rugby Club biggest Grey Cup victory margin ever

01 Dec 1924

Plutarco Elas Calles becomes President of Mexico

01 Dec 1924

George & Ira Gershwins musical Lady Be Good premieres in NYC

01 Dec 1924

The Boston Bruins beat fellow expansion Montreal Maroons 2-1 at Boston Arena first NHL game to be played in the United States

01 Dec 1938

School bus & train collide in Salt Lake City Utah

01 Dec 1940

4 sets of brothers play in one NHL game when Chicago Blackhawks beat NY Rangers 4-1 Lynn & Muzz Patrick and Neil & Mac Colville (Rangers) Max & Doug Bentley and Bob & Bill Carse (Chicago)

01 Dec 1941

British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python

01 Dec 1942

The Beveridge Report is published by the British government unveiling plans for a post-war welfare state

01 Dec 1942

With WWII travel restrictions in mind MLB owners decide to restrict travel to a 3-trip schedule rather than customary 4 Spring training in 1943 limited to locations north of Potomac or Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi

01 Dec 1943

FDR Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)

01 Dec 1944

Bla Bartks Concerto for orchestra premieres

01 Dec 1944

Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands

01 Dec 1945

CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Toronto Argonauts win their 6th title with a 35-0 shutout of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers

01 Dec 1947

In first cricket Test match between the 2 nations India is dismissed for 58 by Australia in Brisbane fast bowler Ernie Toshack takes 5 for 2 off 2.3 overs Don Bradman scores 185 as Australia wins by an innings & 226 runs

01 Dec 1948

Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan as King of Palestine

01 Dec 1948

Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player

01 Dec 1949

WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton NY (CBS) begins broadcasting

01 Dec 1949

WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica NY (NBC) begins broadcasting

01 Dec 1949

MLB announces attendance for the season is 20.2 million down from 20.9 in 1948 New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians each finish with over 2.2 million but the St. Louis Browns fall to 270000

01 Dec 1951

17th Heisman Trophy Award Dick Kazmaier Princeton (HB)

01 Dec 1951

Benjamin Brittens opera Billy Budd premieres in London

01 Dec 1951

Legendary Australian cricket fast bowler Ray Lindwall takes his 100th Test wicket when he bowls West Indian spinner Sonny Ramadhin in the 2nd Test in Sydney Australia wins by 7 wickets

01 Dec 1952

The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation

01 Dec 1953

Red Sox trade for slugger Jackie Jensen sending pitcher Mickey McDermott and outfielder Tom Umphlett to Washington Jensen averages 25 HRs a year for his 7 seasons in Boston AL RBI leader x 3 and AL MVP in 1958

01 Dec 1953

WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson SC (IND) 1st broadcast

01 Dec 1953

WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland ME (NBC) begins broadcasting

01 Dec 1954

NY Yankees and Baltimore Orioles complete largest trade in MLB history as 17 players including Don Larsen Gene Woodling Bob Turley change teams first phase of transaction began November 18 and concludes today after the MLB draft

01 Dec 1956

Candide opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances

01 Dec 1956

Algerian-born French long-distance runner Alain Mimoun wins the mens marathon in 22500.0 at the Melbourne Olympics first time runners follow painted line

01 Dec 1956

Frank Robinson (NL) & Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year

01 Dec 1956

In front of 100000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground a US Army baseball team beats an Australian all-star team 115 in an Olympic exhibition game Sergeant Vance Sutton belts a grand slam for Army

01 Dec 1956

US mens 4 x 100m relay team of Thane Baker Leamon King Bobby Morrow & Ira Murchison sets world record 39.60s to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics Morrows 3rd gold medal of the Games

01 Dec 1956

Australian womens 4 x 100m relay team of Norma Croker Betty Cuthbert Fleur Mellor & Shirley Strickland de la Hunty run world record 44.65 to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics Cuthberts 3rd gold of the Games

01 Dec 1956

American Mildred McDaniel jumps world record 1.76m to win the womens high jump gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics Briton Thelma Hopkins and Russian Mariya Pisareva dead-heat for silver (1.67m)

01 Dec 1956

Hungarian boxer Lszl Papp wins his 3rd straight Olympic gold medal when he beats future Hall of Famer Jos Torres representing the US on points in the light-middleweight final at the Melbourne Olympics

01 Dec 1956

Legendary Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets world record 102.0 to win the womens 100m freestyle at the Melbourne Olympics first of Frasers 3 consecutive gold medals in the event

01 Dec 1956

Led by future Basketball Hall of Famers Bill Russell and K.C. Jones the US wins its 4th consecutive Olympic gold medal with an 89-55 victory over the Soviet Union at the Melbourne Games

01 Dec 1956

Romanian canoeist Leon Rotman wins the mens C-1000m gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics claims the singles double after also winning the C-1 10000m gold

01 Dec 1956

Gert Fredriksson of Sweden wins his 3rd consecutive K-1 1000m canoeing gold medal by 2.5s from Igor Pissarov of the Soviet Union at the Melbourne Olympics also wins K-1 10000m gold

01 Dec 1958

Flower Drum Song opens at St James Theater NYC for 602 performances

01 Dec 1958

Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (National Day)

01 Dec 1958

Our Lady of Angels School fire kills 92 students & 3 nuns in Chicago Illinois

01 Dec 1959

12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica

01 Dec 1928

National League President John Heydler first to propose a baseball rule change calling for a 10th man or designated hitter to bat in place of the pitcher ironically the NL vote in favour of proposal but the American League turn it down

01 Dec 1928

CFL Grey Cup AAA Grounds Hamilton Hamilton Tigers win 3rd Cup with 30-0 shutout of Regina Roughriders

01 Dec 1930

NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty

01 Dec 1931

Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint

01 Dec 1934

Toronto Maple Leafs beat St. Louis Eagles 4-3 to set an NHL record for the most wins to start the season with 8 Leafs do it again 59 years later won 10 in a row to start 1993-94 season

01 Dec 1936

2nd Heisman Trophy Award Larry Kelley Yale (E)

01 Dec 1936

EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants

01 Dec 1959

25th Heisman Trophy Award Billy Cannon LSU (HB)

01 Dec 1959

The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space

01 Dec 1961

The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea.

01 Dec 1962

KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu HI (CBS) begins broadcasting

01 Dec 1962

Classifications in minor league baseball are overhauled Eastern and South Atlantic leagues are promoted from Class-A to Class-AA classes B C and D are abolished with those leagues being promoted to Class-A

01 Dec 1963

Wendell Scott wins the Grand National Series Jacksonville 200 at Speedway Park in Jacksonville Florida becoming the first black driver to win a race at NASCARs premier level

01 Dec 1964

After just 3 seasons in MLB the Houston Colt .45s change name of the team to Astros owners say move signals a step into the future for the franchise and the city of Houston

01 Dec 1965

South Africas government says children of white fathers are white

01 Dec 1966

Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor

01 Dec 1966

Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt Maryland to Boulder Colorado

01 Dec 1966

Ecuadorian national baseball team defends its title with a 4-3 win over Brazil in the South American Championship last win for next 50 years Eloy Guerrero drives in Ramn Sotomayor with the winning run

01 Dec 1967

Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope

01 Dec 1967

Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams

01 Dec 1967

Pacific Northwest Sports Inc. is awarded one of the 2 American League baseball expansion franchises new team named the Seattle Pilots

01 Dec 1968

Promises Promises opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1281 performances

01 Dec 1968

Burt BacharachHal Davids musical premieres in NYC

01 Dec 1968

Gonzalo Barrios Venezuelan presidential candidate

01 Dec 1968

Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting

01 Dec 1969

US government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II

01 Dec 1969

LAPD Police Chief Edward Davis announces warrants for the arrest of the Manson cult for murder

01 Dec 1970

Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico

01 Dec 1970

Independent Peoples Republic of South Yemen renames itself as Peoples Democratic Republic of Yemen

01 Dec 1971

Galt MacDermotJohn Guares 2 gentlemen of Verona opens at St James Theater NYC for 613 performances

01 Dec 1971

Cambodian Civil War Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.

01 Dec 1972

2 people killed and 127 injured when 2 car bombs explode in the centre of Dublin Republic of Ireland

01 Dec 1973

Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea

01 Dec 1973

Davis Cup Tennis Cleveland Ohio Rod Laver and John Newcombe beat American pair Stan Smith and Erik van Dillen 6-1 6-2 6-4 to give Australia an unassailable 3-0 lead (ends 5-0) 23rd Cup title for Australia

01 Dec 1974

Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia 92 died

01 Dec 1974

American Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon 24354.5 in Culver City California

01 Dec 1974

South Africa is awarded the Davis Cup tennis title after India refuses to travel to South Africa for the final in protest of the South African governments apartheid policies

01 Dec 1975

Kuwait and Gulf and BP agree on terms of nationalization

01 Dec 1976

Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president

01 Dec 1978

Australian cricket fast bowler Rodney Hogg debuts in 1st Test v England in Brisbane after Australia all out 116 Hogg makes instant impact by dismissing both high profile England openers Graham Gooch (2) and Geoff Boycott (13)

01 Dec 1979

Australias World Series Cricket men return to the fold in the drawn 1st Test v West Indies in Brisbane ex-WSC players Bruce Laird (92) Greg Chappell (74) & David Hookes (33no) provide the scoring on Day 1 in home sides 2295

01 Dec 1980

46th Heisman Trophy Award George Rogers South Carolina (RB)

01 Dec 1980

Mel Harris appears on MASH in Cementing Relationships

01 Dec 1980

US Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination

01 Dec 1981

Yugoslavian charter flight crashes into Mont San-Pietro in Corsica 180 killed

01 Dec 1981

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passes Oscar Robertson (26710) to become the NBAs second all-time leading scorer behind Wilt Chamberlain scores 14 points in 117-86 Lakers win over Utah Jazz in Los Angeles

01 Dec 1982

Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart

01 Dec 1982

Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as President of Mexico

01 Dec 1983

Rita Lavelle former head of EPA convicted of perjury

01 Dec 1984

50th Heisman Trophy Award Doug Flutie Boston College (QB)

01 Dec 1984

American boxer Greg Page KOs home town favourite Gerrie Coetzee in 8th round to win WBA heavyweight title in Sun City South Africa

01 Dec 1984

American tennis icon Chris Evert wins her 1000th career professional match beats Pascale Paradis of France 6-1 6-7 6-2 in the round of 16 at the Australian Open Evert goes on to win the event

01 Dec 1985

Noraly Beyer becomes Neths 1st black TV newscaster

01 Dec 1987

Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel

01 Dec 1988

596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh half a million homeless

01 Dec 1988

Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow

01 Dec 1988

NBC bids a record 401 million to capture television broadcasting rights for the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games

01 Dec 1989

Romanian 5-time Olympic gold medal winning gymnast Nadia Comneci arrives in NYC requesting political asylum to the United States granted

01 Dec 1940

Four sets of brothers play in one NHL game when Chicago Blackhawks beat NY Rangers 4-1 Lynn & Muzz Patrick and Neil & Mac Colville (Rangers) Max & Doug Bentley and Bob & Bill Carse (Chicago)

01 Dec 1943

At the end of the Tehran Conference the Big Three (Stalin Churchill and Roosevelt) agree that the invasion of Normandy should take place in May 1944

01 Dec 1967

Queen Elizabeth II inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope

01 Dec 1971

Galt MacDermot and John Guares Two Gentlemen of Verona opens at St James Theater NYC for 613 performances

01 Dec 1989

Day Without Art - Artists demonstrate against AIDS

01 Dec 1918

Yugoslavia declares independence with a monarchy proclaimed in Belgrade

01 Dec 1988

First World AIDS day to raise awareness of the AIDS global epidemic

01 Dec 1626

Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical governor of Jerusalem driven out

01 Dec 1640

Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule following a revolution by Portuguese nobility the Portuguese Restoration War begins and lasts until 1668 with recognition by Spain of the countrys independence

01 Dec 1768

The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromy in Norway (rediscovered 1974)

01 Dec 1864

Raid at Stoneman Knoxville Tennessee to Saltville Virginia

01 Dec 1903

The Great Train Robbery the 1st Western film released starring Justus D. Barnes and G. M. Anderson

01 Dec 1909

1st Christmas Club payment made to Carlisle Trust Co Pennsylvania

01 Dec 1913

1st drive-up gasoline station opens in Pittsburgh

01 Dec 1918

Danish parliament passes an act to grant Iceland independence under Danish crown

01 Dec 1919

AA Milnes comedy play Mr Pim Passes By premieres in Manchester

01 Dec 1921

1st US helium-filled dirigible makes its 1st flight

01 Dec 1922

1st skywriting over US - Hello USA-by Capt Turner RAF

01 Dec 1925

Peace Treaty of Locarno signed between Germany France Belgium Great Britain and Italy

01 Dec 1929

Game of Bingo invented by American toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe

01 Dec 1958

Central African Republic made autonomous member of the French Community (National Day)

01 Dec 1968

Burt Bacharach and Hal Davids musical Promises Promises based on the 1960 Billy Wider film The Apartment opens at Shubert Theatre NYC runs for 1281 performances wins a Grammy and 2 Tony Awards

01 Dec 1988

Roy Orbison gives his final concert at The Front Row Theater in Cleveland Ohio

01 Dec 1989

East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution

01 Dec 1936

Ernest Brundin & Frank Lyon obtain US patent for hydroponic (soil-less) culture of plants

01 Dec 1958

Flower Drum Song opens at St James Theater NYC runs for 602 performances

01 Dec 1975

The Robert MacNeil Report later The MacNeil-Lehrer Report currently known as PBS NewsHour program premieres nationally in US on PBS

01 Dec 1924

Boston Bruins beat fellow expansion team Montreal Maroons 2-1 at Boston Arena first NHL game to be played in the United States

01 Dec 1941

British cruiser HMS Dorsetshire forces crew of German submarine supply ship MV Python to scuttle vessel in the South Atlantic 1150 miles west of South Africa

01 Dec 1974

Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia killing 92

01 Dec 1986

Paul McCartney releases single Only Love Remains

01 Dec 1989

Mark Langston signs record 3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract

01 Dec 1990

56th Heisman Trophy Award Ty Detmer Brigham Young (QB)

01 Dec 1167

Northern Italian towns form the Lombard League

01 Dec 1656

Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III signs an alliance with King John II Casimir Vasa of Poland against Sweden

01 Dec 1884

Deputy Sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys near Frisco New Mexico who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarty

01 Dec 1909

First Christmas Club payment is made to Carlisle Trust Company of Pennsylvania

01 Dec 1952

The New York Daily News reports the first successful sex reassignment surgery

01 Dec 1958

Liberty Records releases single The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Dont Be Late) by David Seville and the Chipmunks it becomes a 1 hit and wins 3 Grammy Awards (Comedy Performance Childrens Recording and Best Engineered)

01 Dec 1961

The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in Western New Guinea

01 Dec 1972

2 people killed and 127 injured when 2 car bombs explode in the centre of Dublin Ireland

01 Dec 1985

Noraly Beyer becomes the Netherlands 1st black TV newscaster

01 Dec 1990

Lithuania Estonia & Latvia hold their 1st joint session

01 Dec 1991

92% of Ukrainians vote for independence from the Soviet Union

01 Dec 1991

Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election

01 Dec 1903

First Western film The Great Train Robbery is released starring Justus D. Barnes and G. M. Anderson

01 Dec 1913

First drive-up gasoline station opens in Pittsburgh

01 Dec 1929

The game of Bingo is invented by American toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe

01 Dec 1940

Four sets of brothers play in one NHL game as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the NY Rangers 4-1 Lynn & Muzz Patrick and Neil & Mac Colville (Rangers) Max & Doug Bentley and Bob & Bill Carse (Chicago)

01 Dec 1953

01 Dec 1956

Australian womens 4 x 100m relay team of Norma Croker Betty Cuthbert Fleur Mellor and Shirley Strickland de la Hunty run world record 44.65 to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics Cuthberts 3rd gold of the Games

01 Dec 1956

Frank Robinson (NL) and Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year

01 Dec 1956

US mens 4 x 100m relay team of Thane Baker Leamon King Bobby Morrow and Ira Murchison sets world record 39.60s to win the gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics Morrows 3rd gold medal of the Games

01 Dec 1959

The first color photograph of Earth received from outer space

01 Dec 1966

Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt Maryland to Fort Collins Colorado

01 Dec 1967

Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in 76ers 133-109 win over Seattle SuperSonics sets NBA record for 22 free throw misses

01 Dec 1971

Chicago Cubs release longtime star and future Hall of Famer Ernie Banks ending his 19-year MLB career announce Banks will serve as a coach on manager Leo Durochers staff Banks finishes with 512 home runs and 1636 RBI

01 Dec 1973

Jack Nicklaus finishes at 13-under-par 275 to win the Walt Disney World Open by 1 stroke over Mason Rudolph and becomes the first player to reach 2 million in PGA Tour career earnings

01 Dec 1985

TV mini series Anne of Green Gables based on the novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery starring Megan Follows is first shown on CBS in Canada

01 Dec 1990

New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing scores career high 22 field goals in his 50 point haul in 113-96 win v Charlotte at Madison Square Garden

01 Dec 1991

Miami quarterback Dan Marino sets an NFL record when he reaches 3000 yards passing for the 8th time in his career during Dolphins 33-14 win over Tampa Bay at Joe Robbie Stadium

01 Dec 1991

US 75th manned space mission STS 44 Atlantis 10 lands

01 Dec 1992

Two C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana and crash resulting in 13 deaths

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