December 1 in History

Historical Events on December 1

1865 Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.

1913 The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

1913 Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

1913 Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.

1958 The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.

1960 Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.

1964 Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.

1973 Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.

1990 Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.

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Famous Birthdays on December 1

1935 Woody Allen

1949 Sebastián Piñera

1966 Larry Walker

1991 Sun Yang

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Famous Deaths on December 1

1135 Henry I of England

1947 Aleister Crowley

1964 J. B. S. Haldane

1987 James Baldwin

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