Birthday December 01, 1800 Mih ly Vorosmarty, Hungarian poet, dramatist
Birthday December 01, 1886 Rex Stout, mystery writer
Birthday December 01, 1899 Robert Welch, founded John Birch Society
Birthday December 01, 1902 Morris (Red) Badgro, NFL end (Yankees, Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers)
Birthday December 01, 1911 Walter Alston, baseball manager
Birthday December 01, 1912 Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (World Trade Center, NY)
Birthday December 01, 1913 Mary Martin Weatherford, Tx (Peter Pan) Larry Hagman's mom
Birthday December 01, 1935 Woody Allen, (Allen Stuart Konigsberg) Bkln (Zelig, Annie Hall)
Birthday December 01, 1935 Lou Rawls, singer
Birthday December 01, 1936 Lee Trevino, pro golfer
Birthday December 01, 1939 Dianne Lennon, singer
Birthday December 01, 1939 Lee Trevino is born
Birthday December 01, 1940 Richard Pryor, comedian, Actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy)
Birthday December 01, 1940 Trailblazing comic Richard Pryor born
Birthday December 01, 1945 Bette Midler, in Patterson NJ
Birthday December 01, 1945 Bette Midler is born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Birthday December 01, 1958 Charlene Tilton, in San Diego Calif
History December 01, 1640 Portugal becomes independent of Spain
History December 01, 1779 Washington establishes winter quarters at Morristown
History December 01, 1821 Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
History December 01, 1824 Congress decides outcome of presidential election
History December 01, 1824 Presidential election goes to the House
History December 01, 1830 Due date for Victor Hugo
History December 01, 1862 Lincoln's State of the Union address
History December 01, 1884 Elfego Baca battles Anglo cowboys
History December 01, 1913 1st drive-up gasoline station opens in Pitts
History December 01, 1913 Ford's assembly line starts rolling
History December 01, 1917 Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town
History December 01, 1918 Iceland becomes independent state under the Danish crown
History December 01, 1919 New state declared in the Balkans
History December 01, 1922 1st skywriting over US - "Hello USA" - by Capt Turner RAF
History December 01, 1929 Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
History December 01, 1934 Sergey Kirov murdered
History December 01, 1935 Bernard Schmidt invented Schmidt camera dies
History December 01, 1944 Stettinius succeeds Hull as secretary of state
History December 01, 1951 Golden Gate Bridge closed because of high winds
History December 01, 1955 Rosa Parks ignites bus boycott
History December 01, 1955 Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to back of the bus
History December 01, 1958 Students die in Chicago school fire
History December 01, 1958 Central African Republic established (National Day)
History December 01, 1959 Antarctica made a military-free continent
History December 01, 1959 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space
History December 01, 1959 International Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington
History December 01, 1962 Grey Cup halted by fog resumed next day (Winnipeg 28 Hamilton 27)
History December 01, 1964 Johnson Administration makes plans to bomb North Vietnam
History December 01, 1967 Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch Isaac Newton Telescope
History December 01, 1971 Situation in Cambodia worsens
History December 01, 2004 Defense presents its case in Hamptons murder trial
December 01, 1800 Mih ly Vorosmarty, Hungarian poet, dramatist
December 01, 1886 Rex Stout, mystery writer
December 01, 1899 Robert Welch, founded John Birch Society
December 01, 1902 Morris (Red) Badgro, NFL end (Yankees, Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers)
December 01, 1911 Walter Alston, baseball manager
December 01, 1912 Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (World Trade Center, NY)
December 01, 1913 Mary Martin Weatherford, Tx (Peter Pan) Larry Hagman's mom
December 01, 1935 Woody Allen, (Allen Stuart Konigsberg) Bkln (Zelig, Annie Hall)
December 01, 1935 Lou Rawls, singer
December 01, 1936 Lee Trevino, pro golfer
December 01, 1939 Dianne Lennon, singer
December 01, 1939 Lee Trevino is born
December 01, 1940 Richard Pryor, comedian, Actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy)
December 01, 1940 Trailblazing comic Richard Pryor born
December 01, 1945 Bette Midler, in Patterson NJ
December 01, 1945 Bette Midler is born in Honolulu, Hawaii
December 01, 1958 Charlene Tilton, in San Diego Calif
December 01, 1640 Portugal becomes independent of Spain
December 01, 1779 Washington establishes winter quarters at Morristown
December 01, 1821 Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
December 01, 1824 Congress decides outcome of presidential election
December 01, 1824 Presidential election goes to the House
December 01, 1830 Due date for Victor Hugo
December 01, 1862 Lincoln's State of the Union address
December 01, 1884 Elfego Baca battles Anglo cowboys
December 01, 1913 1st drive-up gasoline station opens in Pitts
December 01, 1913 Ford's assembly line starts rolling
December 01, 1917 Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town
December 01, 1918 Iceland becomes independent state under the Danish crown
December 01, 1919 New state declared in the Balkans
December 01, 1922 1st skywriting over US - "Hello USA" - by Capt Turner RAF
December 01, 1929 Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
December 01, 1934 Sergey Kirov murdered
December 01, 1935 Bernard Schmidt invented Schmidt camera dies
December 01, 1944 Stettinius succeeds Hull as secretary of state
December 01, 1951 Golden Gate Bridge closed because of high winds
December 01, 1955 Rosa Parks ignites bus boycott
December 01, 1955 Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to back of the bus
December 01, 1958 Students die in Chicago school fire
December 01, 1958 Central African Republic established (National Day)
December 01, 1959 Antarctica made a military-free continent
December 01, 1959 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space
December 01, 1959 International Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington
December 01, 1962 Grey Cup halted by fog resumed next day (Winnipeg 28 Hamilton 27)
December 01, 1964 Johnson Administration makes plans to bomb North Vietnam
December 01, 1967 Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch Isaac Newton Telescope
December 01, 1971 Situation in Cambodia worsens
December 01, 2004 Defense presents its case in Hamptons murder trial