December 1 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for December 1
In the headlines today:

2013	Richard Coughlan of the English rock band Caravan dies of complications from pneumonia at age 66.
1999	Scientists announce that they have completed mapping the human chromosome.
1998	Petroleum conglomerate Exxon agrees to buy rival Mobil for $73.7 billion to create the world's largest corporation.
1976	Angola is admitted to the >United Nations.
1975	The rock band Styx releases its Equinox album.
1975	Italian auto racer and engineer, Ernesto Maserati, dies at age 77.
1973	Israel's first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, dies in Tel Aviv at age 87.
1969	The US government holds the first draft lottery since WWII, to ensure a supply of troops for the US role in Vietnam.
1965	The Cuban Airlift begins, allowing thousands of refugees to emigrate to the US.
1964	Malawi, Malta and Zambia are admitted to the United Nations.
1959	Antarctica is declared a scientific preserve, to be kept free of military activity.
1955	Rosa Parks is arrested when she refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus.
1942	Gasoline rationing goes into effect in the US to help the Allied effort in WWII.
1934	Stalin collaborator Sergei Kirov is assassinated in Leningrad, resulting in a massive purge.
1919	Lady Astor is sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament.
1917	Boys Town, a home for wayward boys, is opened by Father Edward Flanagan near Omaha, Nebraska.
1913	The first drive-in automobile service station opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Born today:

1961 Jeremy Northam - actor

1960 Carol Alt - supermodel

1958 Charlene Tilton - actress (Dallas)

1951 Treat Williams - actor

1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan - singer

1945 Bette Midler - singer, actress

1945 John Densmore - drummer (Doors)

1944 Eric Bloom - singer (Blue Oyster Cult)

1940 Richard Pryor - comedian, actor

1939 Lee Trevino - Hall of Fame golfer

1939 Diane Lennon - singer (The Lennon Sisters)

1938 Sandy Nelson - drummer (Teen Beat)

1935 Lou Rawls - singer

1935 Woody Allen - actor, writer, director

1934 Billy Paul - singer (Me and Mrs. Jones)

1929 Dick Shawn - comedian, actor

1925 David Doyle, actor (Charlie's Angels)

1913 Mary Martin - actress, singer, mother of actor Larry Hagman

1898 Cyril Ritchard - actor

1886 Rex Stout - mystery writer (Nero Wolfe)

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