December 1
Today is the 336th day of 2016, there are 30 days left in the year.
1824 - The House of Representatives convened to decide the presidential election because no candidate had received a majority in the Electoral College. (John Quincy Adams was eventually chosen the winner over Andrew Jackson and William Crawford.)
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln sent his Second Annual Message to Congress, which was read aloud by the Secretary of the Senate. In it, Lincoln called for the abolition of slavery, saying that "in giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free."
1913 - The first drive-in automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh.
1919 - Lady Astor was sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament.
1934 - Sergei M. Kirov, the head of the Communist Party in Leningrad, was assassinated as Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a massive purge that would claim tens of millions of lives.
1941 - Japan's Emperor Hirohito approved waging war against the United States, Britain and the Netherlands, after his government rejected U.S. demands contained in the Hull Note.
1942 - Nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States.
1955 - Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defied the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Alabama city bus. Parks was arrested, sparking a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.
1959 - Representatives of 12 countries, including the United States, signed a treaty in Washington setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, free from military activity.
1963 - The Beatles' first single, "I Want to Hold Your Hand", was released in the United States.
1965 - An airlift of refugees from Cuba to the United States began in which thousands of Cubans were allowed to leave their homeland.
1969 - The U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War II.
1973 - David Ben-Guiron, Israel's first prime minister, died in Tel Aviv at age 87.
1989 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev met with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
1990 - British and French workers digging the "Chunnel", liking the two countries underneath the English Channel, finally met after knocking out a passage in the service tunnel.
1991 - Voters in Ukraine overwhelmingly supported independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 - "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher was sentenced to prison for shooting and seriously wounding Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover, Joey Buttafuoco. (Fisher served seven years in prison.)
1997 - Representatives from 150 countries gathered at a global warming summit in Kyoto, Japan, and over the course of ten days forged an agreement to control the emission of greenhouse gases. President George W. Bush pulled the U.S. out of the Kyoto Protocol in 2001.
1998 - Exxon and Mobil agreed to merge, creating the world's largest corporation.
2000 - Vicente Fox was sworn in as president of Mexico, ending nearly 71 years of ruling-party domination.
2004 - Tom Brokaw signed off for the last time as anchor of the "NBC Nightly News".
2009 - President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops into the war in Afghanistan, but promised to withdrawal in 18 months.
Birthdays
20 - Reign Edwards (actress)
24 - Javier Baez (baseball player)
26 - Chanel Iman (model)
28 - Tyler Joseph (singer)
28 - Zoe Kravitz (actress)
30 - Desean Jackson (football player)
31 - Janelle Monae (singer)
32 - Charles Michael Davis (actor)
40 - Dean O'Gorman (actor)
45 - Emily Mortimer (actress)
46 - Sarah Silverman (actress/comedian)
46 - Golden Brooks (actress)
61 - Mark Thompson (radio host)
64 - Rick Scott (politician)
65 - Obba Babatunde (actor)
71 - Bette Midler (singer)
81 - Woody Allen (director)
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Today in Sports History - December 1
1924 - The Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons played the first NHL game played in the United States.
1930 - The NHL drops the 20-minute "slashing-about-the-head" penalty.
1936 - Yale end Larry Kelley won the Heisman Trophy.
1936 - Nebraska fullback Sam Francis finished runner-up in the Heisman Trophy voting.
1937 - Yale running back Clint Frank won the Heisman Trophy.
1947 - Notre Dame quarterback John Lujack won the Heisman Trophy.
1953 - Notre Dame running back John Lattner won the Heisman Trophy.
1956 - Frank Robinson (National League) and Luis Aparicio (American League) are named Rookies of the Year.
1959 - LSU running back Billy Cannon won the Heisman Trophy.
1964 - The Houston Colt .45s change their name to the Houston Astros.
1967 - Seattle is awarded an American League expansion franchise, the Pilots (now the Milwaukee Brewers).
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sets an NBA record by missing 22 free throw attempts in a game.
1970 - Due to financial issues, the NHL takes control of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1971 - The Chicago Cubs release Ernie Banks as a player and sign him as a coach.
1973 - Jack Nicklaus becomes the first professional golfer to earn $2 million in one year.
1980 - South Carolina running back George Rogers won the Heisman Trophy.
1980 - Nebraska running back Jarvis Redwine finished eighth in Heisman Trophy voting.
1984 - Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie won the Heisman Trophy.
1988 - NBC bids a record $401 million for the broadcast rights to the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.
1990 - Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks scores 50 points in a 113-96 win over the Charlotte Hornets.
1990 - BYU quarterback Ty Detmer won the Heisman Trophy.
1991 - France defeats the United States to win their first Davis Cup since 1932.
1997 - Golden State Warriors' guard Latrell Sprewell attacks his coach, P.J. Carlesimo.
1998 - Rafael Palmeiro signs a five-year, $45 million contract with the Texas Rangers.
2003 - Bidding began on the baseball that was deflected by a fan in the stands during a Chicago Cubs game. The ball was sold on December 18, 2003, for $106,600 at auction. The foul ball appeared to be headed for the glove of left fielder Moises Alou in Game 6 of the National League Championship series. The Florida Marlins ended up winning the game 8-3. The Cubs then lost Game 7.
2012 - Wisconsin upset #14 Nebraska 70-31 in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
Today is the 336th day of 2016, there are 30 days left in the year.
1824 - The House of Representatives convened to decide the presidential election because no candidate had received a majority in the Electoral College. (John Quincy Adams was eventually chosen the winner over Andrew Jackson and William Crawford.)
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln sent his Second Annual Message to Congress, which was read aloud by the Secretary of the Senate. In it, Lincoln called for the abolition of slavery, saying that "in giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free."
1913 - The first drive-in automobile service station opened, in Pittsburgh.
1919 - Lady Astor was sworn in as the first female member of the British Parliament.
1934 - Sergei M. Kirov, the head of the Communist Party in Leningrad, was assassinated as Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a massive purge that would claim tens of millions of lives.
1941 - Japan's Emperor Hirohito approved waging war against the United States, Britain and the Netherlands, after his government rejected U.S. demands contained in the Hull Note.
1942 - Nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States.
1955 - Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, defied the law by refusing to give up her seat to a white man aboard a Montgomery, Alabama city bus. Parks was arrested, sparking a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.
1959 - Representatives of 12 countries, including the United States, signed a treaty in Washington setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, free from military activity.
1963 - The Beatles' first single, "I Want to Hold Your Hand", was released in the United States.
1965 - An airlift of refugees from Cuba to the United States began in which thousands of Cubans were allowed to leave their homeland.
1969 - The U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War II.
1973 - David Ben-Guiron, Israel's first prime minister, died in Tel Aviv at age 87.
1989 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev met with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
1990 - British and French workers digging the "Chunnel", liking the two countries underneath the English Channel, finally met after knocking out a passage in the service tunnel.
1991 - Voters in Ukraine overwhelmingly supported independence from the Soviet Union.
1992 - "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher was sentenced to prison for shooting and seriously wounding Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover, Joey Buttafuoco. (Fisher served seven years in prison.)
1997 - Representatives from 150 countries gathered at a global warming summit in Kyoto, Japan, and over the course of ten days forged an agreement to control the emission of greenhouse gases. President George W. Bush pulled the U.S. out of the Kyoto Protocol in 2001.
1998 - Exxon and Mobil agreed to merge, creating the world's largest corporation.
2000 - Vicente Fox was sworn in as president of Mexico, ending nearly 71 years of ruling-party domination.
2004 - Tom Brokaw signed off for the last time as anchor of the "NBC Nightly News".
2009 - President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops into the war in Afghanistan, but promised to withdrawal in 18 months.
Birthdays
20 - Reign Edwards (actress)
24 - Javier Baez (baseball player)
26 - Chanel Iman (model)
28 - Tyler Joseph (singer)
28 - Zoe Kravitz (actress)
30 - Desean Jackson (football player)
31 - Janelle Monae (singer)
32 - Charles Michael Davis (actor)
40 - Dean O'Gorman (actor)
45 - Emily Mortimer (actress)
46 - Sarah Silverman (actress/comedian)
46 - Golden Brooks (actress)
61 - Mark Thompson (radio host)
64 - Rick Scott (politician)
65 - Obba Babatunde (actor)
71 - Bette Midler (singer)
81 - Woody Allen (director)
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Today in Sports History - December 1
1924 - The Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons played the first NHL game played in the United States.
1930 - The NHL drops the 20-minute "slashing-about-the-head" penalty.
1936 - Yale end Larry Kelley won the Heisman Trophy.
1936 - Nebraska fullback Sam Francis finished runner-up in the Heisman Trophy voting.
1937 - Yale running back Clint Frank won the Heisman Trophy.
1947 - Notre Dame quarterback John Lujack won the Heisman Trophy.
1953 - Notre Dame running back John Lattner won the Heisman Trophy.
1956 - Frank Robinson (National League) and Luis Aparicio (American League) are named Rookies of the Year.
1959 - LSU running back Billy Cannon won the Heisman Trophy.
1964 - The Houston Colt .45s change their name to the Houston Astros.
1967 - Seattle is awarded an American League expansion franchise, the Pilots (now the Milwaukee Brewers).
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain sets an NBA record by missing 22 free throw attempts in a game.
1970 - Due to financial issues, the NHL takes control of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
1971 - The Chicago Cubs release Ernie Banks as a player and sign him as a coach.
1973 - Jack Nicklaus becomes the first professional golfer to earn $2 million in one year.
1980 - South Carolina running back George Rogers won the Heisman Trophy.
1980 - Nebraska running back Jarvis Redwine finished eighth in Heisman Trophy voting.
1984 - Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie won the Heisman Trophy.
1988 - NBC bids a record $401 million for the broadcast rights to the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.
1990 - Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks scores 50 points in a 113-96 win over the Charlotte Hornets.
1990 - BYU quarterback Ty Detmer won the Heisman Trophy.
1991 - France defeats the United States to win their first Davis Cup since 1932.
1997 - Golden State Warriors' guard Latrell Sprewell attacks his coach, P.J. Carlesimo.
1998 - Rafael Palmeiro signs a five-year, $45 million contract with the Texas Rangers.
2003 - Bidding began on the baseball that was deflected by a fan in the stands during a Chicago Cubs game. The ball was sold on December 18, 2003, for $106,600 at auction. The foul ball appeared to be headed for the glove of left fielder Moises Alou in Game 6 of the National League Championship series. The Florida Marlins ended up winning the game 8-3. The Cubs then lost Game 7.
2012 - Wisconsin upset #14 Nebraska 70-31 in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
