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, 1,733,011,200 seconds 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
- 800 –Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
- 1826 –French philhellene Charles Nicolas Fabvier forces his way through the Turkish cordon and ascends the Acropolis of Athens, which had been under siege.
- 1834 –Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
- 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.
- 1960 –Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested then 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.
- 1975 –Lambda Theta Phi - The first Latino fraternity is established in New Jersey.
- 1981 –A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 people on board.
- 1988 –Benazir Bhutto is appointed Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Who were born on December 1?
- 1901 –Ilona Feher, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. 1988)
- 1929 –David Doyle, American Actor (d. 1997)
- 1937 –Chuck Low, American actor
- 1944 –John Densmore, American drummer (The Doors)
- 1950 –Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer
- 1962 –Joe Quesada, American comic book writer
- 1963 –Nathalie Lambert, Canadian short track speed skater
- 1966 –Katherine LaNasa, American actress
- 1971 –Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter
- 1981 –Luke McPharlin, Australian rules footballer
Who died on December 1?
- 1135 –Henry I of England
- 1767 –Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710)
- 1916 –Charles de Foucauld, French religious figure (b. 1858)
- 1964 –Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek athlete, the first man to win a marathon race (b. 1877)
- 1964 –J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b. 1892)
- 1997 –Michel Bélanger, French Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
- 1997 –Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (b. 1908)
- 2001 –Ellis R Dungan, American-born Indian film director (b. 1909)
- 2003 –Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
- 2009 –Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan singer (b. 1920)
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