December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 30 days remaining. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar widely used in the Western world. ...

December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 3 is the 337th (in leap years the 338th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 7 is the 341st day (342nd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 19 is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 22 is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... December 25 is the 359th day of the year (360th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 6 days remaining. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Events

• 1640 - Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king.
• 1822 - Peter I is crowned as Emperor of Brazil.
• 1824 - U.S. presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task to decide the winner (as stipulated by the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution).
• 1835 - Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales
• 1884 - American Old West - Near Frisco, New Mexico (now Reserve, New Mexico), deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting cowboy Charles McCarthy (the cowboys were terrorizing the area's Hispanos and Baca was working against them).
• 1885 - Although the exact date is unknown, the US Patent Office acknowledges December 1st, 1885 as the first day Dr Pepper was served.
• 1913 - Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing chassis assembly time from 12½ hours in October to 2 hours, 40 minutes (although Ford was not the first to use an assembly line, his successful adoption of one did spark an era of mass production).
• 1918 - Iceland becomes a self-governing kingdom, yet remains united with Denmark.
• 1918 - Transylvania unites with Romania, following the March 27 incorporation of Bessarabia and Bucovina.
• 1918 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
• 1919 - Lady Astor becomes first female member of the British Parliament to take her seat (she had been elected to that position on November 28).
• 1925 - World War I aftermath: Locarno Treaties - The final Locarno Pact is signed in London, establshing post-war territorial settlements in return for normalizing relations with defeated Germany.
• 1934 - In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad by Leonid Nikolayev (it is widely thought that Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered this murder).
• 1941 - World War II: Mayor of New York City, Fiorello LaGuardia, and the director of the Office of Civilian Defense, sign an order creating the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) as the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (in April 1943 the CAP was placed under the jurisdiction of the Army Air Force).
• 1944 - Edward Stettinius Jr. becomes becomes the last United States Secretary of State of the Roosevelt administration, by filling the seat left by the Cordell Hull.
• 1952 - The New York Daily News carries a front page story announcing that Christine Jorgensen, a transsexual woman in Denmark became the recipient of the first successful sexual reassignment operation.
• 1955 - American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws (Baptist minister Martin Luther King, Jr. later led the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott as a result).
• 1958 - Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
• 1958 - Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago, Illinois claims the lives of 92 children and three nuns.
• 1959 - Cold War: Antarctic Treaty signed - 12 countries, including the United States and the Soviet Union, sign a landmark treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that continent (this was the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War).
• 1961 - The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea.
• 1963 - Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India
• 1964 - Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam (after some debate, they agreed to enact a two-phase bombing plan).
• 1965 - The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the borders
• 1969 - Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II (on January 4, 1970, the New York Times ran a long article, "Statisticians Charge Draft Lottery Was Not Random").
• 1971 - Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray, 10 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh.
• 1973 - Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia.
• 1974 - A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Dulles International Airport during bad weather, killing all 92 people on-board.
• 1975 - The long-running soap opera The Edge of Night switches networks, and starts airing new installments on the American ABC network after 19 years on CBS.
• 1981 - A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes into a mountain while approaching Ajaccio Airport in Corsica killing 178.
• 1987 - NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build the International Space Station: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell.
• 1989 - Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state (Egon Krenz, the Politburo and the Central Committee resigned two days later).
• 1990 - Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 meters beneath the English Channel seabed, establishing the first ground connection between the island of Great Britain and the mainland of Europe since the last ice age.
• 1991 - Cold War: Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
• 1998 - Exxon announces a US$73.7 billion deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the largest company on the planet.
• 2000 - Vicente Fox is sworn-in as President of Mexico, ending the 75 year control of the PRI.
• 2001 - Trans World Airlines, also known as TWA, flies its last flight, after being bought by American Airlines

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The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution altered Article II relating to presidential elections. ... 1835 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Hans Christian Andersen. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... Great Basin region, typical American West The Western United States has played a significant role in history and fiction. ... State nickname: Land of Enchantment Other U.S. States Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Governor Bill Richardson Official languages English and Spanish Area 315,194 km² (5th)  - Land 314,590 km²  - Water 607 km² (0. ... Reserve is a village located in Catron County, New Mexico. ... Elfego Baca as a young sheriff Elfego Baca (1865–1945) was a legendary lawman, lawyer, and politician in the closing days of the American wild west. ... A cowboy (Spanish vaquero) tends cattle and horses on cattle ranches in North and South America. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent and trademark protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions and corporate and product identification. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... A can of Dr Pepper Dr Pepper is a popular caramel-colored, carbonated soft drink marketed in the United States by Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... The Ford Motor Company (often referred to simply as Ford; sometimes nicknamed Fords or FoMoCo, (NYSE: F) is an automobile maker founded by Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan, and incorporated on June 16, 1903. ... An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which interchangeable parts are added to a product in a sequential manner to create an end product. ... A chassis (plural: chassis) consists of a framework which supports an inanimate object, analogous to an animals skeleton; for example in the construction of an automobile or of a firearm. ... Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardised products on production lines. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Transylvania (Romanian: Transilvania or Ardeal, Hungarian: Erdély, German: Siebenbürgen, Serbian: Transilvanija, Turkish: Erdel, Slovak: Sedmohradsko or Transylvánia, Polish: Siedmiogród) forms the western and central parts of Romania. ... March 27 is the 86th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (87th in Leap years). ... Old map of Bessarabia Bessarabia or Bessarabiya (Basarabia in Romanian, Besarabya in Turkish) was the name by which the Imperial Russia designated the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia annexed by Russia in 1812. ... Bukovina (Bucovina in Romanian; Буковина, Bukovyna in Polish), on the slopes of the Carpathian mountains, comprises an historic province now split between Ukraine. ... The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state which existed from December 1, 1918 to mid-April 1941. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (May 19, 1879 - May 2, 1964) was a socialite politician and a member of the prominent Astor family. ... The debating chamber or hemicycle of the European Parliament in Brussels. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War I was a basically European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns and poison gas. ... The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland on 5–16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on December 1, in which the World War I Western European Allied powers and the new states of central and Eastern Europe sought to secure the post-war territorial settlement... Italic text St. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Politburo is short for Political Bureau. ... Sergei Mironovich Kirov (Серге́й Миро́нович Ки́ров) (March 15 O.S. = March 27 N.S., 1886 - December 1, 1934) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet communist. ... In modern usage, a Communist party is a political party which promotes Communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea. ... Joseph Stalin (December 21, 1879 – March 5, 1953) was the leader of the Soviet Union from mid-1920s to his death in 1953 and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953), a position which had later become that of party leader. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons—the atom bomb being the ultimate. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Fiorello Henry LaGuardia (December 11, 1882–September 20, 1947) was the Mayor of New York from 1934 to 1945. ... Civil Air Patrol seal The Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). ... Seal of the Air Force. ... The United States Army Air Forces, or USAAF, was a part of the U.S. military during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Portrait of U.S. Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. ... The Seal of the United States Secretary of State The United States Secretary of State is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with foreign affairs. ... Order: 32nd President Vice President: John N. Garner Henry A. Wallace Harry S. Truman Term of office: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 Preceded by: Herbert Hoover Succeeded by: Harry S. Truman Date of birth: January 30, 1882 Place of birth: Hyde Park, New York Date of death: April 12... Secretary Hull Cordell Hull ( October 2, 1871– July 23, 1955) was United States Secretary of State from 1933- 1944 under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945. ... 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... New York Daily News Building, Raymond Hood, architect, rendering by Hugh Ferriss The New York Daily News is one of the largest newspapers in the United States with a circulation well over 700,000. ... Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926–May 3, 1989), born George Jorgensen, Jr. ... A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. ... Sex reassignment surgery (SRS) includes the surgical procedures by which a persons physical appearance and function of their existing sexual characteristics are changed to that of the other sex. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all citizens of United States. ... Montgomery, Alabama - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people. ... Racial segregation is a kind of formalized or institutionalized discrimination on the basis of race. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. ... The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political protest campaign in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama intended to oppose the citys policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 Our Lady of the Angels School Fire broke out shortly before classes were to be dismissed on December 1, 1958, at the foot of a stairway in the Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago. ... Chicago, Illinois — officially the City of Chicago and colloquially known as Chicago, the Second City and the Windy City — is the third largest city of the United States after New York City and Los Angeles and is the largest inland city of the nation. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the generic term for a high-tension rivalry between countries, see cold war (war). ... For the Antarctic Treaty from the Gundam anime, see Antarctic Treaty (Gundam) The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate the international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earths only uninhabited continent. ... A treaty is a binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations. ... Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land mass with minimal distortion as only one continuous continent A continent (Latin continere, to hold together) is a large continuous land mass. ... Arms control is a broad term alluding to a range of political concepts and aims. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Republic of West Papua is a proposed state that would give sovereignty to the people of western New Guinea (now the Indonesian provinces of Papua and Irian Jaya Barat). ... Map showing West New Guinea region The region of West New Guinea is the western half of the island of New Guinea or Papua, and has also been known as Irian Jaya or West Papua. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location of Nagaland in India Nagaland is a state in the north-eastern part of India. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between Soviet and Chinese-supported Vietnamese nationalist and Communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ... Order: 36th President Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey Term of office: November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969 Preceded by: John F. Kennedy Succeeded by: Richard M. Nixon Date of birth: August 27, 1908 Place of birth: Gillespie County, Texas Date of death: January 22, 1973 Place of death: Johnson City... The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN) (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cá»™ng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was founded by Ho Chi Minh and was recognized by China and the USSR in 1950. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The Border Security ForceIndias No. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service System of the United States held a lottery to determine the order of draft (induction) into the U.S. Army. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons—the atom bomb being the ultimate. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Insurrection and War, 1967-75 By the mid-1960s, Norodom Sihanouks delicate balancing act was beginning to go awry. ... Some of the Khmer Rouge leadership during their period in power. ... City motto: No motto City proper Province Phnom Penh Mayor Kep Chuktema ( ) Area 290 km² Population 862,000 Density 3446. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Sun Country 727 The Boeing 727 was, for a very long time, the most popular jet-liner in the world. ... Aerial photo Washington Dulles International Airport (IATA airport code IAD, ICAO airport code KIAD) serves the greater Washington, DC metropolitan area. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... The Edge of Night title card from 1960. ... The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... 19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. ... CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. ... Adria Airways is an airline based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. ... Capital Ajaccio Area 8,680 km² Regional President Camille de Rocca-Serra Population  - 2004 estimate  - 1999 census  - Density 272,000 260,196 30/km² Arrondissements 5 Cantons 52 Communes 360 Départements Corse-du-Sud Haute-Corse Corsica (Corsican: Corsica; French: Corse) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. ... ISS Statistics Crew: 2 As of June 17, 2005 Perigee: 347. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... DC-10, retired from American Airlines fleet at gate McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. ... Rockwell can refer to: Rockwell International - a defense company in the United States Rockwell Automation - an industrial automation company that descended from Rockwell International Rockwell Collins - a communications and aviation electronics company that also descended from Rockwell International Willard Rockwell - businessman who helped shape and name what became Rockwell International... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the generic term for a high-tension rivalry between countries, see cold war (war). ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a socialist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... Egon Krenz in 2005 Egon Krenz (born March 19, 1937) is a former German Communist politician, who briefly served as leader of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1989 before Communism in the GDR collapsed. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Channel Tunnel The English terminal at Cheriton, from the Pilgrims Way The Channel Tunnel, (French: le tunnel sous la Manche; once popularly nicknamed the Chunnel in English) is a 50-km-long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover, connecting Cheriton in Kent, England and Sangatte... The English Channel (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ... World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ... Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the generic term for a high-tension rivalry between countries, see cold war (war). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is an oil producer and distributor formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ... Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is an oil producer and distributor formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ... Exxon-branded gas station in California (actually operated by Valero) Greenpeace protest against Exxon Mobil Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), headquartered in Irving, Texas, is an oil producer and distributor formed on November 30, 1999, by the merger of Exxon and Mobil. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Term of office: December 1, 2000 – present Preceded by: Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León Succeeded by: incumbent Date of birth: July 2, 1942 Place of birth: Mexico City Profession: Industrialist First Lady: Marta Sahagún Political Party: National Action Party Vicente Fox Quesada (born July 2, 1942) is the... Seal of the Office of the President of Mexico The President of United Mexican States is the head of state of Mexico. ... The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country – under a succession of names – for more than 70 years. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... TWA Lockheed Constellation over Manhattan, mid-20th century Trans World Airlines (IATA: TW, ICAO: TWA, and Callsign: TWA), commonly known as TWA, was an American airline which was acquired by American Airlines in April 2001. ... American Airlines Boeing 757 American Airlines and American Eagle aircraft at San Juan Note: For the arenas named after this company, see American Airlines Arena (Miami, Florida), or American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas). ...

Births

• 1081 - King Louis VI of France (d. 1137)
• 1083 - Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)
• 1690 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1764)
• 1709 - Franz Xaver Richter, German composer (d. 1789)
• 1716 - Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)
• 1743 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817)
• 1792 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856)
• 1844 - Alexandra of Denmark, queen of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925)
• 1884 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, painter, graphic artist (d. 1976)
• 1886 - Rex Stout, American author (d. 1975)
• 1893 - Ernst Troller, dramatist (d. 1939)
• 1895 - Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
• 1910 - Alicia Markova, English ballerina (d. 2004)
• 1911 - Walter Alston, American baseball manager (d. 1984)
• 1911 - Calvin Griffith, baseball executive (d. 1999)
• 1912 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (d. 1986)
• 1913 - Mary Martin, American actor, singer (d. 1990)
• 1923 - Stansfield Turner, American admiral and director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• 1930 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002)
• 1932 - Matt Monro, English singer
• 1935 - Woody Allen, American film director, actor, comedian
• 1935 - Lou Rawls, American singer
• 1939 - Lee Trevino, American golfer
• 1940 - Richard Pryor, American actor, comedian
• 1942 - John Crowley, American author
• 1944 - John Densmore, drummer of the rock group The Doors
• 1945 - Bette Midler, American actress
• 1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer
• 1948 - George Foster, American baseball star
• 1950 - Keith Thibodeaux, American child actor, drummer
• 1951 - Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (d. 1987)
• 1959 - Wally Lewis, Australian Rugby League player
• 1961 - Jeremy Northam, English actor
• 1974 - Costinha, Portuguese football player
• 1976 - Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998)
• 1977 - Brad Delson, American lead guitarist of Linkin Park
• 1993 - Bundy, Darcy's cat and all round awsome kitty
• 2001 - Princess Aiko, daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan

Events Corfu taken from Byzantine Empire by Robert Guiscard, Italy Byzantine emperor Nicephorus III is overthrown by Alexius I Comnenus, ending the Middle Byzantine period and beginning the Comnenan dynasty Alexius I helps defend Albania from the Normans (the first recorded mention of Albania), but is defeated at the Battle... Louis VI the Fat (French: Louis VI le Gros) (December 1, 1081 – August 1, 1137) was king of France from 1108 to 1137. ... Events Louis VII is crowned King of France. ... Events Sancho I of Aragon conqueres Graus. ... Anna Comnena ( December 1, 1083 - 1153) was a daughter of the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus, and is the first known female historian. ... The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... Events January 6 - Henry of Anjou arrives in England. ... Events Giovanni Domenico Cassini observes differential rotation within Jupiters atmosphere. ... Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (December 1, 1690 - March 6, 1764), English Lord Chancellor, son of Philip Yorke, an attorney, was born at Dover. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... // Events Natchez, one of the oldest towns on the Mississippi, founded. ... Falconets awesome statue of Peter I has become one of the symbols of St Petersburg Etienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), is counted among the first rank of French Rococo sculptors, patronized by Mme de Pompadour. ... 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... // Events February 14 - Henry Pelham becomes British Prime Minister February 21 - - The premiere in London of George Frideric Handels oratorio, Samson. ... Martin Heinrich Klaproth (December 1, 1743 – January 1, 1817) was a German chemist. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Nikolay Ivanovich Lobachevsky Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky (Никола́й Ива́нович Лобаче́вский) (December 1, 1792 - February 24, 1856) was a Russian mathematician. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This page is about the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom. ... His Majesty King Edward VII (Albert Edward von Wettin) (9 November 1841–6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King of the Commonwealth Realms, and the Emperor of India. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Rex Todhunter Stout (December 1, 1886 - October 27, 1975) was an American writer best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Henry Williamson (December 1, 1895 - August 13, 1977), prolific English author known for his natural and social history novels. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 1910 in topic: Arts Architecture- Art- Film- Literature- Music- Television Science and technology Aviation- Rail transport- Science Other topics Australia- Canada- Ireland- South Africa- Sport Births- Deaths Lists of leaders: State leaders - Religious leaders 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Dame Alicia Markova (1 December 1910 – 2 December 2004) was an English prima ballerina. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Walter Emmons Alston (December 1, 1911 - October 1, 1984) was an American baseball player and manager. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Calvin Griffith (1911 - October 20, 1999), born Calvin Robertson in Montreal, Canada, was a Major League Baseball team owner (1955 - 1984). ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ... Minoru Yamasaki (December 1, 1912 - February 6, 1986) was a Japanese American architect, born in Seattle, Washington, a second-generation Japanese-American. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Mary Martin photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Mary Martin (December 1, 1913 - November 3, 1990) was an American star of (mainly stage) musicals. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Stansfield Turner (born December 1, 1923) was a U.S. admiral. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Dr. Joachim Hoffmann (December 1, 1930, Königsberg, East Prussia – February 8, 2002, Freiburg) was a German historian. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Matt Monro (December 1, 1932 - February 7, 1985) was a ballad singer of the 1960s, sometimes known as the British Sinatra. He was born Terence Parsons in Shoreditch, London. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Woody Allen (born December 1, 1935), is an American short story writer, screenwriter, and film director whose large body of work and cerebral style have made him one of the most widely respected and prolific filmmakers in the modern era. ... Lou Rawls (born December 1, 1935) is a Chicago-born American soul music, jazz, and blues singer. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Lee Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is a professional American golfer. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is an outdoor sport where individual players or teams play a small ball into a hole using various clubs. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Richard Pryor Richard Franklin Lenox Thomas Pryor (born December 1, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois) is an American comedian and actor. ... This article is about the year. ... John Crowley (born December 1, 1942 in Presque Isle, Maine) is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and mainstream fiction. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... John Densmore (born December 1, 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was the drummer of the rock group The Doors from 1965 to 1973. ... A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... The Doors self-titled debut (1967) The Doors (formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California) were a popular and influential American rock band. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is a singer, actress, and comedian. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Gilbert OSullivan (born Raymond Edward OSullivan, December 1, 1946, Waterford, Ireland) is a singer-songwriter, not to be confused with the late Victorian duo Gilbert and Sullivan who wrote comic operettas. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... George Arthur Foster (b. ... Baseball is a team sport, in which a fist-sized ball is thrown by a defensive player called a pitcher and hit by an offensive player called a batter with a round, smooth stick called a bat. ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Keith Thibodeaux (born December 1, 1950) is a former child actor and musician, best known for playing Little Ricky in the popular I Love Lucy and Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour television shows. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Jaco Pastorius (born as: John Francis Anthony Pastorius III, December 1, 1951–September 21, 1987) was a jazz bassist who was notable for his amazing technique and virtuoso playing style. ... A bassist is a musician who plays a double bass or electric bass (also referred to as bass guitar). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wally Lewis (born 1 December, 1959 in Brisbane, Australia) is generally considered the greatest Rugby League player of all time. ... Rugby league is a team sport, played by teams of 13 players per side (usually plus 4 substitutes). ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jeremy Philip Northam (born December 1, 1961 in Cambridge, England) is an actor. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Francisco José da Costa, better known as Costinha, (born December 1, 1974 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese football player. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Matthew Shepard Matthew Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was a college student who was brutally tortured and murdered in a hate crime. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is the guitarist of the rock/nu metal band Linkin Park. ... Linkin Park is (left to right) Joseph Hahn, David Michael Farrell (Phoenix), Chester Charles Bennington, Robert Gregory Bourdon, Michael Kenji Shinoda, Bradford Phillip Delson. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Bundaberg Rum is a dark rum made in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Aiko (愛子), titled Princess Toshi (敬宮 Toshi-no-miya) (born December 1, 2001) is the first child (daughter) of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako Owada of Japan. ... HIH Crown Prince Naruhito His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Naruhito (徳仁), Kōtaishi denka (皇太子殿下), (born at Togu Palace, Tokyo February 23, 1960) is the eldest son of His Majesty Emperor Akihito and Her Majesty Empress Michiko. ...

Deaths

• 1135 - Henry I of England
• 1455 - Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian artist and metal smith (b. 1378)
• 1523 - Pope Leo X (b. 1475)
• 1602 - Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582)
• 1709 - Abraham a Sancta Clara, Austrian preacher (b. 1644)
• 1723 - Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress
• 1729 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665)
• 1750 - Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
• 1755 - Maurice Greene, English composer (b. 1696)
• 1830 - Pope Pius VIII (b. 1761)
• 1928 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (b. 1888)
• 1934 - Sergei Kirov, Russian revolutionary (b. 1886)
• 1943 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b. 1862)
• 1947 - Aleister Crowley, English occultist (b. 1875)
• 1950 - E. J. Moeran, English composer (b. 1894)
• 1964 - J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b. 1892)
• 1973 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
• 1975 - Nellie Fox, baseball player (b. 1927)
• 1975 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (b. 1906)
• 1985 - Alvin Ailey, American dancer, choreographer (b. 1931)
• 1987 - James Baldwin, American writer (b. 1924)
• 1997 - Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (b. 1908)
• 2003 - Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
• 2004 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b. 1911)

Events January - Byland Abbey founded Stephen of Blois succeeds King Henry I. Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and widow of Henry V opposed Stephen and claims the throne as her own Owain Gwynedd of Wales defeats the Normans at Crug Mawr. ... Henry I (c. ... Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat... Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378 - December 1, 1455) was an important Renaissance artist, specializing in sculpture and metalworking. ... Events March - John Wyclif tried to gain public favour by laying his theses before parliament, and then made them public in a tract. ... Events April - Battle of Villalar - Forces loyal to Emperor Charles V defeat the Comuneros, a league of urban bourgeois rebelling against Charles in Spain. ... Pope Leo X - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Events August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. ... Events February 14 - William Shakespeare First performance of Twelfth Night on Candlemas March 20 - The Dutch East India Company is established as The United East India Company by the Dutch States-General May 15 - Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape Cod. ... Kobayakawa Hideaki (小早川秀秋, 1582-December 1, 1602) was fifth son of Kinoshita Iesada and the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... Abraham a Sancta Clara (July, 1644 - December 1, 1709), Austrian divine, was born at Kreenheinstetten, near Messkirch. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... Susanna Centlivre (c. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... Giacomo Filippo Maraldi (August 21, 1665 – December 1, 1729) was an French-Italian astronomer and mathematician. ... Events March 4 - Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War March 6 - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society begins publication March 16 - Bucharest allows Jews to settle in the city in exchange of annual tax of 16 guilders June 3 - The Duke of York defeats the Dutch Fleet off the... Events March 2 - Small earthquake in London April 4 - Small earthquake in Warrington, England August 23 - Small earthquake in Spalding, England September 30 - Small earthquake in Northampton, England November 16 – Westminster Bridge officially opened Jonas Hanway is the first Englishman to use an umbrella James Gray reveals her sex to... Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr (1671–December 1st, 1750) was a German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer. ... Events May 9 - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. ... 1755 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Maurice Greene (August 12, 1696 - December 1, 1755) was an English composer and organist. ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Pope Pius VIII, born Francesco Saverio Castiglioni (November 20, 1761 - December 1, 1830), was Pope from 1829 to 1830. ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... José Eustasio Rivera (February 19, 1888 - December 1, 1928) was a Colombian politician and writer who worked as a lawyer in the arrangement of the limits between Colombia and Venezuela, when he could visit the flatlands and the tropical jungle, places that greatly influenced his works. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sergei Mironovich Kirov (Серге́й Миро́нович Ки́ров) (March 15 O.S. = March 27 N.S., 1886 - December 1, 1934) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet communist. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ... HRH Prince Damrong Rajanubhab (Thai including his full title: สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ กรมพระยาดำรงราชานุภาพ) (June 21, 1862 - December 1, 1943) was the founder of the modern Thai education system as well as the modern provincial administration. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947) was a British chess master, mountain climber, poet, writer, painter, social critic, occultist, mystic, astrologer, sexual revolutionary, and drug addict. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ernest John Moeran (December 31, 1894 - December 1, 1950) was an English composer. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... J.B.S. Haldane with his second wife Helen Spurway John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (November 5, 1892 – December 1, 1964), who normally used J.B.S. as a first name, was a British geneticist and evolutionary biologist. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... David Ben-Gurion David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973; Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן גּוּרִיּוֹן) was the first Prime Minister of Israel. ... The Prime Minister of Israel is the elected head of the Israeli government. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Jacob Nelson Nellie Fox (December 25, 1927 - December 1, 1975) was a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Chicago White Sox and is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger Halsted (May 3, 1906-December 1, 1975) was the first child of Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alvin Ailey, Jr. ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... James Baldwin, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1955 James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 - December 1, 1987) was an African-American novelist and essayist, probably best known for his novel Go Tell it on the Mountain. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Django (left) & Grappelli (right). ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Clark Kerr (May 17, 1911 – December 1, 2003) was the first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (1952–1958) and the 12th President of the University of California (1958–1967). ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prince Bernhard in his later years. ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...

Holidays and observances

• Portugal - Restauration of Independence Day: on December 1, 1640, Portugal regains its independence from Spain and João IV of Portugal becomes king.
• Iceland
• Ancient Latvia - Barbes Diena observed
• Feast day of St Eligius
• Romania - Union Day (the national holiday)
• Angola's Pioneers' Day
• World AIDS Day

  In ancient Latvia, Barbes Diena (also Barbanas Diena) was a festival held on December 1, celebrating the fertility of lambs and ewes. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... Signature of St. ... The Red Ribbon symbol is used internationally to represent the fight against AIDS World AIDS Day, observed December 1, is dedicated to raising awareness of the global AIDS epidemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. ...

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Today in History

November 30 - December 2 - November 1 - January 1 -- listing of all days November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining, as the final day of November. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... Condensed list of historical anniversaries. ...