What are the important events that happened on December 1? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 1: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 1 is the 336th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 30 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 18, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,883,520 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontahexagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 59 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,363 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 1 Historical Events
- 1420 –Henry V of England enters Paris.
- 1768 –The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
- 1918 –The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
- 1941 –Pacific War: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
- 1941 –World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
- 1959 –Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
- 1964 –Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.
- 1969 –Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.
- 1975 –Lambda Theta Phi - The first Latino fraternity is established in New Jersey.
- 2009 –The Treaty of Lisbon, which amends the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, which together comprise the constitutional basis of European Union, comes into effect.
Who were born on December 1?
- 1911 –Walter Alston, American baseball manager (d. 1984)
- 1930 –Matt Monro, English singer (d.1985)
- 1942 –John Crowley, American author
- 1947 –Alain Bashung, French singer (d.2009)
- 1948 –George Foster, American baseball player
- 1951 –Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (Weather Report)( d. 1987)
- 1955 –Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
- 1959 –Billy Childish, English painter, writer and musician
- 1973 –Jon Theodore, American musician
- 1985 –John Coughlin, American figure skater
Who died on December 1?
- 1377 –King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)
- 1633 –Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (b. 1566)
- 1825 –Tsar Alexander I of Russia (b. 1777)
- 1830 –Pope Pius VIII (b. 1761)
- 1943 –Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b. 1862)
- 1984 –Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
- 1987 –Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager (b. 1918)
- 1997 –Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (b. 1908)
- 2006 –Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
- 2011 –Christa Wolf, German writer (b. 1929)
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