All Events

Historical Events on December 1

  • Shaw University

    1865

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

  • Buenos Aires Metro

    1913

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

  • Ford Motor Company

    1913

    Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.

  • Crete

    1913

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

  • Central African Republic

    1958

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

  • Paul McCartney

    1960

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

  • Vietnam War

    1964

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

  • Papua New Guinea

    1973

    Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.

  • Channel Tunnel

    1990

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

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Famous Deaths on December 1

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