On This Day In History, 1 December
The 1st World AIDS Day was held in 1988, the Treaty Of Lisbon came into force in 2009, The Return Of The King premiered in...
The twelfth and last month of the year, the last day of the month is known as New Year’s Eve, December has 31 days
The 1st World AIDS Day was held in 1988, the Treaty Of Lisbon came into force in 2009, The Return Of The King premiered in...
Enron filed for bankruptcy in 2001, Good Will Hunting was released in 1997, Britney Spears, "The Princess Of Pop", was born in 1981, and more…
1st Human Heart Transplant in South Africa in 1967, Quebec Bridge opened in 1919, Ozzy Osbourne was born in 1948, and more…
Enoch Powell announced oral female contraceptive pill in 1961, the 1st Burger King restaurant opened in Miami in 1954, Benjamin Britten died in 1976, and...
The Great Smog Of London began in 1952, the Mary Celeste was discovered in 1872, Nelson Mandela died in 2013 aged 95, and more…
The 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, was ratified in 1865, the Washington Post was founded in 1877, Roy Orbison died in 1988, and more…
The Japanese Navy attacked the US fleet at Pearl Harbor in 1941, the Royal Opera House opened in 1732, Robert Kubica was born in 1984,...
The US declared war on Japan in 1941, one day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, John Lennon was fatally shot in 1980. Jim Morrison...
Smallpox confirmed as eradicated in 1979, Tomorrow Never Dies was released in 1997, Kirk Douglas was born in 1916 in New York, and more…
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded for the 1st time in 1901, Superman (the movie) premiered in 1978, Otis Reading died in 1967, and more…
UNICEF was founded in 1946, the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997, Muhammad Ali fought his 61st and final fight in 1981, and more…
Apple made its IPO in 1980, Marconi 1st Atlantic wireless transmission in 1901, Richard Gere married Cindy Crawford in 1991, and more…
Operation Red Dawn, the capture of Saddam Hussein, was conducted in 2003, the 3 Day Week started in the UK in 1973, and more…
Roald Amundsen became the 1st to reach the South Pole in 1911, construction of the Three Gorges Dam started in 1994, and more…
Closed for almost 12 years, the Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened in 2001, Napoleon Bonaparte state funeral in Paris in 1840, and more…
The Battle Of The Bulge was launched in 1944, Saturday Night Fever released in 1977, Colonel Harland Sanders, KFC, died in 1980, and more…
The Wright Brothers made the 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight in 1903, Harrods was bombed by the Provisional IRA in 1983, and more…
The discovery of Piltdown Man was announced in 1912, the Battle Of Verdun, the longest battle of #WW1, ended in 1916, and more…
The Sino British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984, Apollo 17 returned to Earth in 1972, #Titanic the movie was released in the US in...
First 2 of 7 confirmed killings by the Zodiac Killer in 1968, It's A Wonderful Life was released in 1946, Uri Geller was born in...
Queen Elizabeth II became the oldest ever monarch of the UK in 2007, Lockerbie Pam Am Flight 103 disaster in 1988, and more…
1st Christmas Tree Lights displayed in 1882, Lech Wałesa sworn in as 1st elected president of Poland in 1990, #USGA founded in 1894, and more…
Alive, the survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued in 1972, Don Carlo Gambino entered the US in 1921, Ronnie Scott died...
Cyclone Tracy started to hit the city of Darwin in Australia in 1974, the Soviet Afghan War started in 1979, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman...
Today, every year, it’s Christmas Day, William The Conqueror was crowned King of England in 1066, George Michael died in 2016, and more…
The Boxing Day Tsunami occurred in 2004, the Flamingo in Las Vegas was opened in 1946 by Bugsy Siegel, The Exorcist was released in 1973,...
The IMF was formally established in 1945, Apollo 8 returned to Earth in 1968, Knots Landing first aired today in 1979, and more…
Westminster Abbey was consecrated in 1065, LinkedIn was launched in 2002, the movie Bright Eyes was released in 1934, and more…
London suffered its most devastating attack of The Blitz in 1940, Flying Down To Rio was released in 1933, Bob Monkhouse died in 2003, and...
US President Nixon ordered a halt to bombings in Vietnam in 1972, Saddam Hussein was hanged in 2006, Tiger Woods was born in 1975, and...
Today, every year, it’s New Year's Eve, the East India Company was formed in 1600, BBC broadcast Big Ben chimes for the first time in...