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12/01/1918
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Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence
Type: Event
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12/01/1918
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Kirby Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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12/01/1919
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Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament
Type: Event
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12/01/1919
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Ike Isaacs, guitarist
Type: Birth
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12/01/1919
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AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester
Type: Event
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12/01/1919
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Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1921
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Ralph Manza, SF Calif, actor (Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1921
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1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight
Type: Event
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12/01/1921
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US Post Office establishes philatelic agency
Type: Event
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12/01/1922
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Geraldine McCulloug, Maywood Ill, painter/sculptor (Phoenix)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1922
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1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Capt Turner, RAF
Type: Event
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12/01/1922
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Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns
Type: Event
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12/01/1922
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Paul Picerni, NYC, actor (Agent Lee Hobson-Untouchables)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1923
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CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto
Type: Event
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12/01/1923
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Stansfield Turner, CIA director
Type: Birth
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12/01/1924
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George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in NYC
Type: Event
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12/01/1924
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Calles becomes president of M‚xico
Type: Event
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12/01/1925
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Treaty of Locarno signed
Type: Event
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12/01/1925
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Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54
Type: Death
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12/01/1925
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David Doyle, Omaha Neb, actor (John Bosley-Charlie's Angels)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1925
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Jordan Klein, Miami Fla, cameraman/director (Thunderball)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1925
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Jaime Mendoza-Nava, composer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1926
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Robert Symonds, Bristow Okla, actor (Robert E Lee-Blue and Gray)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1926
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Allyn Ann McLerie, Quebec, actress (Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1926
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Keith Michell, Adelaide Australia, actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1926
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Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83
Type: Death
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12/01/1927
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Grant Beglarian, composer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1928
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CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton
Type: Event
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12/01/1928
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Railroad museum opens in Utrecht Neth
Type: Event
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12/01/1929
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Dick Shawn, Buffalo NY, actor (Producers, Maid to Order, Angel)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1929
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Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
Type: Event
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12/01/1929
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Leon Biriotti, composer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1929
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Emily McLaughlin, White Plains NY, actress (Jessie-General Hospital)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1929
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Alan Mouncer, film director/producer
Type: Birth
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12/01/1930
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NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty
Type: Event
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12/01/1930
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Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent
Type: Event
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12/01/1931
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Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
Type: Event
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12/01/1932
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Robert T Herres, Denver Colo, USAF/astronaut
Type: Birth
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12/01/1932
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Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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12/01/1933
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Rudolf Hess and Earnest R”hm become a minister in Hitler govt
Type: Event
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12/01/1934
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Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov assassinated, used by Stalin as the excuse to begin the Great Purge of 1934-38.
Type: Event
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12/01/1934
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Hilly Axwijk, Suriname social worker
Type: Birth
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12/01/1934
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Billy Paul, Phila, singer (Me and Mrs Jones)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1934
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Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad
Type: Death
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12/01/1935
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Lou Rawls, Chic Ill, vocalist (Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1935
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Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp
Type: Event
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12/01/1935
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Woody Allen, [Allen Konigsberg], Bkln, actor (Zelig, Annie Hall)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1935
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Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies
Type: Death
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12/01/1935
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Roger Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
Type: Birth
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12/01/1936
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2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E)
Type: Event
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