1 December
Notable Births
Robert Irwin (conservationist)
b. 2003
Australian conservationist (born 2003)
Carole Monnet
b. 2001
French tennis player (born 2001)
Nico Schlotterbeck
b. 1999
German footballer (born 1999)
Sada Williams
b. 1997
Barbadian sprinter (born 1997)
Jung Chae-yeon
b. 1997
South Korean actress and singer (born 1997)
James Wilson (footballer, born 1995)
b. 1995
English footballer
Beau Webster
b. 1993
Australian cricketer (born 1993)
Javier Báez
b. 1992
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1992)
Linos Chrysikopoulos
b. 1992
Greek basketball player (born 1992)
Gary Payton II
b. 1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Marco van Ginkel
b. 1992
Dutch footballer (born 1992)
Rakeem Christmas
b. 1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Sun Yang
b. 1991
Chinese swimmer
Tomáš Tatar
b. 1990
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1990)
Sotelúm
b. 1989
Mexican musician
Tyler Joseph
b. 1988
American musician (born 1988)
Zoë Kravitz
b. 1988
American actress and singer (born 1988)
Michael Raffl
b. 1988
Austrian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Simon Dawkins
b. 1987
Jamaican footballer (born 1987)
Vance Joy
b. 1987
Australian singer-songwriter (born 1987)
Notable Deaths
Terry Griffiths
d. 2024
Welsh snooker player (1947–2024)
Sandra Day O'Connor
d. 2023
American lawyer, politician and judge (1930–2023)
Gaylord Perry
d. 2022
American baseball player (1938–2022)
Arnie Robinson
d. 2020
American athlete (1948–2020)
Vivian Lynn
d. 2018
New Zealand artist
Ken Berry
d. 2018
American actor (1933–2018)
Rob Blokzijl
d. 2015
Dutch physicist and computer scientist
Joseph Engelberger
d. 2015
American pioneer in robotics
Jim Loscutoff
d. 2015
American professional basketball player
Trevor Obst
d. 2015
Australian rules footballer
Mario Abramovich
d. 2014
Musical artist
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
d. 2014
American-Greek researcher (1938–2014)
Richard Coughlan
d. 2013
English musician
Stirling Colgate
d. 2013
American nuclear physicist (1925–2013)
Edward Heffron
d. 2013
American veteran of World War II
Martin Sharp
d. 2013
Australian artist
Jovan Belcher
d. 2012
American football player (1987–2012)
Arthur Chaskalson
d. 2012
South African judge (1931–2012)
Rick Majerus
d. 2012
American basketball coach (1948–2012)
Ed Price (Florida politician)
d. 2012
American politician (1918–2012)
On This Day in History
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2020
The Arecibo Telescope collapses.
Arecibo Telescope
2019
Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women breaks the record for most goals scored in a FA Women's Super League match, with Vivianne Miedema involved in ten of the eleven Arsenal goals.
Arsenal Women 11–1 Bristol City Women
2019
The outbreak of coronavirus infection begins in Wuhan.
COVID-19 pandemic
2018
The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland.
Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal
2011
The Alma-Ata Metro was opened.
Almaty Metro
2009
The Treaty of Lisbon entered into force in the European Union.
Treaty of Lisbon
2006
The law on same-sex marriage comes into force in South Africa, legalizing same-sex marriage for the first time on the African continent.
Same-sex marriage in South Africa
2005
As a result of the merger of the Perm Oblast and the Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug, a new subject of the Russian Federation, the Perm Krai, was created.
Perm Oblast
2001
The United Russia political party was founded.
United Russia
2000
Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
Vicente Fox
1997
In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacks the CPI (ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
Bihar
1997
Fourteen-year-old Michael Carneal opens fire at a group of students in Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, killing three and injuring five.
1997 Heath High School shooting
1991
Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
Ukraine
1990
Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet beneath the seabed.
Channel Tunnel
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.
1989 Philippine coup attempt
1989
Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state.
Cold War
1988
World AIDS Day is proclaimed worldwide by the UN member states.
World AIDS Day
1988
Benazir Bhutto, is named as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader to lead a Muslim nation.
Benazir Bhutto
1984
NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.
NASA
1981
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308