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 336^th 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, 481,392 hours 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.

December 1 Historical Events

• 1862 –
  In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
• 1925 –
  World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements.
• 1934 –
  In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolayev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad.
• 1955 –
  American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city’s racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 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.
• 1963 –
  Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India.
• 1964 –
  Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.
• 1975 –
  Lambda Theta Phi - The first Latino fraternity is established in New Jersey.
• 1989 –
  1989 Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
• 1991 –
  Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.

Who were born on December 1?

• 1083 –
  Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)
• 1743 –
  Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817)
• 1884 –
  Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976)
• 1908 –
  Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (d. 1984)
• 1931 –
  Jimmy Lyons, American musician (d. 1986)
• 1946 –
  Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer
• 1947 –
  Alain Bashung, French singer (d.2009)
• 1970 –
  Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
• 1971 –
  Emily Mortimer, English actress
• 1979 –
  Ryan Malone, American hockey player

Who died on December 1?

• 1521 –
  Pope Leo X (b. 1475)
• 1633 –
  Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (b. 1566)
• 1723 –
  Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress (b. 1667)
• 1866 –
  George Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest (b. 1790)
• 1884 –
  William Swainson, British attorney and Attorney General of New Zealand (b. 1809)
• 1943 –
  Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b. 1862)
• 1964 –
  J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b. 1892)
• 1989 –
  Alvin Ailey, American dancer, choreographer (b. 1931)
• 2006 –
  Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
• 2010 –
  Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer (b. 1914)