438 Historic Events for December 1
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Charles Finney, US, author (Circus of Dr Lao)
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| 1906 |
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Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris)
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| 1906 |
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Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of K”penick) sentenced to 4 yrs
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Jean Cartan, composer
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| 1909 |
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1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
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| 1909 |
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1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Jan Koplowitz, writer
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Dame Markova, [Alicia Lilian Alice Marks], London, ballerina
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Joel Fluellen, LA, actor (Burning Cross, Learning Tree)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Walter Alston, baseball manager (Dodgers)
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| 1911 |
Birth |
Wim van Nuland, [Willem C M”hlmann], Dutch priest/writer (Doorstep)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Minoru Yamasaki, architect (World Trade Center, NY)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher
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| 1913 |
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Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38)
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| 1913 |
Birth |
Mary Martin, Weatherford Tx, actress (Peter Pan) Larry Hagman's mom
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| 1913 |
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1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32)
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| 1914 |
Birth |
Johnny Johnston, St Louis Mo, singer (Make that Spare)
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| 1916 |
Death |
Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58
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| 1917 |
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Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
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| 1917 |
Birth |
William Tracy, Pitts, actor (To the Shores of Tripoli)
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| 1917 |
Birth |
Marty Marion, baseball player (NL MVP 1944)
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| 1918 |
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Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established
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| 1918 |
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Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade
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| 1918 |
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Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
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