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What happened in history on this day: December 1?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On December 1 in ...
- 1988 - In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the 6th Canadian World of Commodore trade show is held, over four days.
- 1996 - Bandai Digital Entertainment introduces the @World entertainment system in the US. It features 66 MHz PowerPC 603 processor, 5 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM drive, 28.8 kbps modem, Mac OS System 7.5.2 in 1 MB of RAM, controller with trackball and buttons, video output to TV (NTSC format). The system is based on Apple Computer's Pippin technology. Price is US$499.
- 1924 - M.J. Winkler Productions releases the Alice Comedy film Alice and the Three Bears to theaters.
- 1929 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film The Merry Dwarfs.
- 1937 - The Mickey Mouse comic strip is censored by the Yugoslavian paper Politika.
- 1937 - Final photography of cels for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is completed.
- 1954 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring A Story of Dogs. The show is a look at the making of Lady and the Tramp, plus a group of Pluto films.
- 1955 - The Maxwell House Coffee House restaurant opens on Town Square at Disneyland.
- 1963 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Pollyanna, part one.
- 1966 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Follow Me, Boys! to theaters. The film is based on the book God and My Country by Mackinlay Kantor.
- 1967 - The Monsanto House of the Future display at Disneyland closes.
- 1968 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Treasure of San Bosco Reef, part two.
- 1971 - The #4 locomotive, the Roy O. Disney, begins operation in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 1974 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Runaway on the Rogue River.
- 1978 - The last episode of the new Mickey Mouse Club TV show airs.
- 1982 - Lesotho issues nine postage stamps depicting scenes from Disney's film The Twelve Days of Christmas.
- 1982 - Turks and Caicos Islands issues ten postage stamps with scenes from Disney's film Mickey's Christmas Carol.
- 1986 - Filming begins on the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
- 1988 - Antigua & Barbuda issues 14 postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.
- 1988 - Dominica issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.
- 1988 - Grenada issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of Mickey Mouse, depicting various Disney characters at Christmas.
- 1988 - Grenada Grenadines issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.
- 1988 - Sierra Leone issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of Mickey Mouse.
- 1988 - The Walt Disney Company announces it will create another movie company, Hollywood Pictures, on February 1. Touchstone Pictures' vice president Richard Mestres is named president of the new company.
- 1988 - The Briar Patch shop opens in Critter Country in Disneyland. This location was formerly the Indian Trading Post.
- 1993 - The Fantasyland Theater in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World shows the film Magic Journeys for the last time.
- 1993 - Disney releases the laserdisc Tales from Avonlea Volume 1 - The Journey Begins for US$30. It includes The Journey Begins and The Proof of the Pudding.
- 1993 - Disney releases the laserdisc Tales from Avonlea Volume 2 - The Gift of Friendship for US$30. It includes The Quarrantine at Alaxander Abraham's and The Materializing of Duncan.
- 1994 - Touchstone Home Video releases the film Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas on videocassette for US$19.99 and laserdisc for US$29.99.
- 1998 - Palau issues twenty postage stamps depicting characters from A Bug's Life.
- 2001 - The TriceraTop Spin attraction opens in Chester & Hester's DinoRama in Disney's Animal Kingdom.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An exterminator company is called "A Bug's Death", with a logo that mimics Disney's A Bug's Life film.
- 2003 - Disney re-releases the animated feature film The Lion King to theaters in New Zealand.
- 2003 - Stanley Gold issues a letter of resignation from the Disney board of directors, seconding Roy Disney's call for the removal of Michael Eisner as Chairmain and CEO.
- 2005 - New Zealand issues five postage stamps for the premiere of the Disney film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
- 1957 - The Nassau Tourist Trophy race is held in the Bahamas. Finishing 1st in S8.0 class and 8th overall is the Bill France #92 Corvette SR-2 driven by Curtis Turner.
- 1957 - The Nassau Governor's Trophy race is held in the Bahamas. Finishing 1st overall is the Bill France #92 Corvette SR-2 driven by Curtis Turner.
- 1958 - Harley Earl retires from General Motors Styling department.
- 1958 - Bill Mitchell becomes General Motors' chief stylist. He changes the name of the department from Styling to Design.
- 1963 - At the International Bahamas Speed Week races in Nassau, the 99-mile Nassau Tourist Trophy Race is held. Rear axle overheating puts Jim Hall's #65 Corvette Grand Sport #003 out after 9 laps, and Richard Thompson's #80 Corvette Grand Sport #005 after 15 laps.
- 1974 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, the 250-mile IMSA GT finale race is held.
- Finishing 1st in GTO class and 1st overall is the John Greenwood Racing #75 Corvette driven by John Greenwood.
- Finishing 3rd in GTO class and 3rd overall is the Race Ent. & Devel. Corp. #57 Corvette driven by Dave Heinz and Jerry Thompson.
- Finishing 12th in GTO class and 13th overall is the Lamar Mann #11 Corvette driven by Lamar Mann and Richard Bostyan.
- Finishing 16th in GTO class and 23rd overall is the #10 Corvette driven by Roger Pierce.
- Finishing 18th in GTO class and 26th overall is the #91 Corvette driven by Ron Connelly.
- Finishing 20th in GTO class and 29th overall is the #98 Corvette driven by James Alspaugh and Gene Persinger.
- Finishing 21st in GTO class and 30th overall is the #71 Corvette driven by Bill Arnold.
- Finishing 23rd in GTO class and 32nd overall is the #61 Corvette driven by Scott Chapman.
- Placing 25th in GTO class and 35th overall is the #72 Corvette driven by Jim Ausley and Johnny Mitchell.
- Finishing 29th in GTO class and 40th overall is the Rick Hay #68 Corvette driven by Rick Hay and Bob Nagel.
- Placing 32nd in GTO class and 43rd overall is the Leldon Blackwell Racing #94 Corvette driven by Tony DeLorenzo.
- Finishing 36th in GTO class and 49th overall is the Garcia Racing #15 Corvette driven by Javier Garcia and George Garcia.
- Finishing 37th in GTO class and 50th overall is the #37 Corvette driven by Garrett Waddell and Tom Wedel.
- Placing 39th in GTO class and 52nd overall is the S.T. Smith? #12 Corvette driven by Ford Smith and Clay Young.
- Placing 41st in GTO class and 54th overall is the #49 Corvette driven by Darrell Carter.
- Placing 42nd in GTO class and 55th overall is the #83 Corvette driven by Larry Ross.
- Placing 45th in GTO class and 59th overall is the Currin Racing #99 Corvette driven by Phil Currin.
- 1985 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, the IMSA season finale race is held. The #40 Corvette GTP qualifies in record time, leads the race early, but retires with a blown engine.
- 1987 - General Motors' use of the name Corvette for toy cars, etc. is registered as a trademark.
- 1925 - The Locarno Pact is signed by Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, guaranteeing frontiers of Germany-Belgium, and France-Germany.
- 1940 - Italian submarine Argo torpedoes Royal Canadian Navy destroyer Saguenay, killing 21, but not sinking the ship. Saguenay had been escorting an eastbound convoy 300 miles west of Ireland.
- 1941 - The Japanese Imperial Conference formally decides to go to war with the United States, authorizing an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
- 1941 - Field Marshal Fedor von Bock asks Army headquarters to suspend operations around Moscow. General Walther von Brauchitsch insists the attacks continue.
- 1943 - The Canadian 1st Division begins replacing the British 78th Division along the Moro River, Italy.
- 1943 - The German program of long-range weapons, flying bombs and rockets is complete. Adolf Hitler approves orders to prepare and carry out their use against England.
- 1944 - Canadian forces join the 8th British Army in a battle for the Lombardy Plain in Italy.
- 1945 - In Aversa, Italy, German General Anton Dostler is executed by US Army firing squad, for ordering executions of 15 US soldiers in March 1944 for sabotage missions behind lines. This is the first German staff officer execution of the war.
- 1966 - The USSR issues three postage stamps marking the 25th anniversary of the Battle of Moscow.
- 1993 - Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the Teheran Conference.
- 1998 - Marshall Islands issues three postage stamps depicting World War II warships: Graf Spee, Yamato, and Bismarck.
- 2004 - Marshall Islands issues four postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge.
- 1950 - In London, England, Ferranti engineer Raymond Stuart-Williams begins creating the Nimrod computer to play the game Nim.
- 1988 - Nintendo releases the Zelda II: The Adventure of Link video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the US. The game cartridge includes a battery for saving one's place in the game.
- 1990 - Nintendo releases the Dr. Mario video game for the Game Boy in the US.
- 1994 - US Senator for Connecticut Joseph Lieberman holds a press conference in Washington, DC, to bring up issue of violence in video games, showing segments of Mortal Kombat and Night Trap.
- 1996 - Bandai Digital Entertainment introduces the @World entertainment system in the US. It features 66 MHz PowerPC 603 processor, 5 MB RAM, 4X CD-ROM drive, 28.8 kbps modem, Mac OS System 7.5.2 in 1 MB of RAM, controller with trackball and buttons, video output to TV (NTSC format). The system is based on Apple Computer's Pippin technology. Price is US$499.
- 1998 - Nintendo releases the Bomberman 64 video game for the Nintendo 64 in the USA.
- 1999 - Nintendo releases the 64DD disk drive for the Nintendo 64 in Japan. Included are a modem cartridge, Kyojin no Doshin (Doshin the Giant) video game, and Mario Artist: Paint Studio software.
- 2002 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character temporarily living in an 1895 setting says "I miss my toys, my video games".
- 2005 - Ubisoft releases the Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo DS, and GameCube in the US.
- 2006 - Vivendi Universal Games releases the Eragon video game for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2008 - Sumner Redstone sells his 87.2 percent stake in Midway Games (worth US$30 million) to Acquisition Holdings Subsidiary for US$100,000, a loss of US$800 million.
- 2017 - Nintendo releases the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 video game for the Switch in the USA.
- 1374 - Former king Magnus Eriksson dies in a shipwreck near Haugesund, Norway.
- 1915 - Social democrat Otto Järte and conservative Adrian Molin present the German proposal to King Gustav V. The King assures Prince von Baden that if Germany entered Finland, he would quickly move to join in.
- 1992 - A & W Concentrate Company begins using an image with the oval A & W logo, old stylized "Root Beer" under it, "FROSTY MUG TASTE" on a small banner, and a generic mug.
- 1931 - The Ottawa branch of the Royal Mint begins operation as the Royal Canadian Mint, under the control of the Canadian Finance Department. The buildings, land, and enterprise pass from British to Canadian hands.
- 1954 - The Montreal Coin Club officially adopts its name.
- 1794 - The US Mint delivers first silver half dollars to the Secretary of State.
- 1978 - Stack's auctions the Harold S. Bareford Collection of US Gold Coins. Total sale is $1.2 million in 242 lots. Some highlights:
- 1933 eagle: $92,500;
- 1855 gold dollar, Proof, one of six known: $46,000;
- 1862 double eagle, gem uncirculated: $25,000.
- 1997 - President Bill Clinton signs the bill approving a 50-State circulating quarter dollar program, a circulating dollar coin, and non-circulating First Flight Centennial commemorative coins into law as Public Law 105-124.
- 1653 - An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from Saint Albans to London in less than 90 minutes.
- 1923 - Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Queen's University beats Regina Roughriders, 54-0 at Toronto, Ontario.
- 1928 - Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers beats Regina Roughriders 30-0 at Hamilton, Ontario.
- 1930 - NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty.
- 1936 - Second Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E).
- 1941 - Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for four years.
- 1945 - Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 35-0 at Toronto, Ontario.
- 1946 - Australia compiles 645 versus India at the Gabba (Donald Bradman 187).
- 1947 - Donald Bradman scores 185 in the first Cricket Test versus India at the Gabba.
- 1947 - India cricket all out for 58 versus Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2.
- 1951 - 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (Half Back).
- 1953 - Boston Red Sox trade M McDermott and Tom Umphlett for Washington Redskins' Jackie Jensen.
- 1953 - Walter Alston is named Brooklyn Dodgers' manager.
- 1954 - New York Yankees send Miller, Segrist, Leppert and two minors to Baltimore Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley and Del Guercio (completing 18-player deal).
- 1956 - Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympic marathon (2:25:00.0).
- 1956 - Frank Robinson (National League) and Luis Aparicio (American League) are both voted Rookie of the Year.
- 1959 - 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (Half Back).
- 1963 - New York Jets' first shutout, beat Kansas City Chiefs 17-0.
- 1964 - Houston Colt .45s change name to Houston Astros.
- 1967 - Pacific Northwest Sports is awarded one of two American League expansion franchise teams (Seattle).
- 1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 22 free throw misses.
- 1968 - Peggy Wilson wins LPGA Hollywood Lakes Golf Open.
- 1970 - NHL takes control of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
- 1971 - Chicago Cubs release Ernie Banks and sign him as a coach.
- 1973 - Jack Nicklaus becomes first golfer to earn $2 million in a year.
- 1973 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic.
- 1974 - Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5).
- 1978 - Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, versus England at the Gabba.
- 1980 - 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (Running Back).
- 1984 - 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (quarterback).
- 1984 - Greg Page knocks out Gerrie Coetzee in 8 rounds for WBA heavyweight boxing title.
- 1988 - NBC bids record US$401 million to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
- 1988 - New York Islanders greatest shutout loss (8-0) versus Saint Louis Blues.
- 1989 - Mark Langston signs record US$3.2 million per year California Angels contract.
- 1990 - 56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (quarterback).
- 1990 - New York Knicks' Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte Hornets 113-96.
- 1991 - 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1); this is France's first Davis Cup since 1932.
- 1996 - 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2).
- 1996 - Colin Montgomerie of Scotland wins Million Dollar Challenge, the richest first prize in golf - $1 million.
- 1996 - Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India.
- 1997 - Golden State Warriors' guard Latrell Sprewell attacks his coach P J Carlesimo.
- 1998 - Rafael Palmeiro signs a five-year US$45 million contract with the Texas Rangers.
- 2006 - The 15th Asian Games start in Doha, Qatar; the closing ceremony takes place on December 15.
- 2021 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Anaheim Ducks beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 6-5.
- 2021 - At Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Edmonton Oilers beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 5-2.
- 2021 - At Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA, NHL regular season game: Detroit Red Wings beats Seattle Kraken by score 4-3.
- 2021 - At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats Ottawa Senators by score 6-2.
- 2021 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Colorado Avalanche by score 8-3.
- 2021 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 4-1.
- 1959 - The first color photograph of Earth is received from outer space.
- 1991 - US 75th manned space mission STS 44 Atlantis 10 lands.
- 2008 - A triangular conjunction formed by a new Moon, Venus and Jupiter is a prominent object in the evening sky.
- 2020 - The Arecibo Telescope of the Arecibo Observatory collapses, just weeks after the announcement of its planned demolition.
- 1831 - Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather.
- 1988 - 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless.
- 1794 - The US Mint releases first half dollar coins into circulation.
- 1801 - Thomas Tucker takes office as US Treasurer.
- 1824 - House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Harris Crawford and Henry Clay - Adams eventually declared president.
- 1831 - Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather.
- 1842 - Philip Spencer, first US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged.
- 1863 - Groundbreaking at Omaha, Nebraska of Union Pacific Railroad Corporation.
- 1864 - Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, Tennessee, to Saltville, Virginia.
- 1864 - Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia.
- 1868 - John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war.
- 1878 - First White House telephone is installed.
- 1896 - First certified public accountants receive certificates (New York).
- 1904 - Louisiana Purchase Exposition closes. 20 million visitors attended over 7 months.
- 1913 - First drive-up gasoline station opens (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA).
- 1913 - Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Henry Ford (car every 2:38).
- 1918 - The US Weather Bureau issues its first official aviation weather forecast.
- 1921 - First US helium-filled dirigible makes first flight.
- 1936 - Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use.
- 1938 - School bus and train collide in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
- 1941 - US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes.
- 1955 - In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks (black) is arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus.
- 1958 - In Chicago, Illinois, Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students and three nuns.
- 1959 - Twelve nations sign a treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica.
- 1964 - Martin Luther King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign.
- 1965 - Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US begins.
- 1968 - Burt Bacharach's and Hal David's musical Promises Promises opens at Shubert Theater in New York City for 1281 performances.
- 1969 - US government holds its first draft lottery since WWII.
- 1974 - Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville, Virginia, 92 die.
- 1974 - Los Angeles Skid Row slasher kills first of eight.
- 1975 - US President Gerald Ford visits People's Republic of China.
- 1978 - US President Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size.
- 1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1983 - Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury.
- 1984 - Controlled Impact Demonstration: NASA crashes remote controlled Boeing 720.
- 1985 - The Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable car models are released for sale to the US public.
- 1987 - NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.
- 1990 - Iraq accepts US President Bush's offer for talks.
- 1991 - US 75th manned space mission STS 44 Atlantis 10 lands.
- 1992 - Two C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana and crash, 13 die.
- 1993 - Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minnesota, killing 18.
- 1997 - Michael Carneal fires at his classmates at Heath High School in West Paducah, Kentucky, leaving three dead and five wounded.
- 1997 - Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS.
- 1997 - President Bill Clinton signs the bill approving a 50-State circulating quarter dollar program, a circulating dollar coin, and non-circulating First Flight Centennial commemorative coins into law as Public Law 105-124.
- 1999 - Exxon changes its company name to Exxon Mobil Company.
- 2008 - The largest U.S. chicken company, Pilgrim's Pride Corp, files for voluntary bankruptcy protection.
- 2008 - The price of a barrel of light crude oil falls US$5.15 to US$49.28.
- 2009 - US President Barack Obama announces an additional 30,000 U.S. troops will be sent to Afghanistan, over the coming summer and fall.
- 2019 - Port Everglades, Florida, sets a new world record for number of ship passengers in and out of the port in a single day: 55,964.
Other history:
- 1640 - Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule.
- 1821 - Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) proclaims independence from Spain.
- 1822 - Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil.
- 1835 - Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales.
- 1891 - James Naismith creates the game of basketball.
- 1903 - "The Great Train Robbery", the first Western film, is released to theaters.
- 1913 - Continuous moving assembly line is introduced by Ford.
- 1918 - Danish parliament passes an act to grant Iceland independence.
- 1918 - Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade.
- 1929 - Game of BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe.
- 1959 - Twelve nations sign a treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica.
- 1987 - Digging begins to link England and France under the English Channel.
- 1988 - 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless.
- 1988 - NBC bids record US$401 million to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
- 1990 - British and French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel).
- 2008 - The largest U.S. chicken company, Pilgrim's Pride Corp, files for voluntary bankruptcy protection.
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