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December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 30 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 800 – A ...
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Events. 1862 – In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
December 22: December solstice (03:28 UTC, 2023); Yule begins; Dongzhi Festival in China (2023) Aerial view of the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill 856 – An earthquake registering an estimated 7.9 M s struck the eastern Alborz mountains in Persia, causing an estimated 200,000 deaths.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Syrian civil war. 2024 Syrian opposition offensives. Battle of Aleppo. 2024 Aleppo University Hospital airstrike. Twelve people are killed and 23 others are injured in Russian airstrikes on a hospital in Aleppo, Syria.
Prince Octavius of Great Britain (1779–1783) was the thirteenth child and eighth son of King George III and his queen consort, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.King George and Queen Charlotte were much more involved in rearing their fifteen children than was usual for aristocratic parents of the time.
December 1, 1969: Congressman Pirnie drawing the first number. The first draft lottery in the United States since 1942 (and the first in peacetime) was held, and September 14 was the first of the 366 days of the year selected, with Congressman Alexander Pirnie of New York making the first selection. [1]
1925 – The Boeing Airplane Co. delivers the first of 10 FB-1 s to the Navy. This one-seat land biplane is the Navy version of the Army PW-9 fighter. The last will be delivered Dec. 22. 1919 – The Wright-Martin Corporation changes its name to Wright Aeronautical Corporation. 1915 – The United States Army’s 2d Aero Squadron is formed.