December 1
1824 - The presidential election between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford and Henry Clay was turned over to the House of Representatives since no candidate received an majority in the Electoral College. (The House eventually selected John Quincy Adams as president.)
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 for the free."
1887 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" appeared for the first time in print history in the story "A Study in Scarlet."
1913 - The first drive-in automobile service station opened in Pittsburgh.
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 - During World War II, nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States; the goal was not so much to save on gas, but to conserve rubber (as in tires) that was desperately needed for the war effort.
1953 - The first issue of Playboy magazine was published by Hugh Hefner.
1955 - Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her front-section bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
1959 - Twelve nations, including the United States, signed a treaty 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.
1974 - TWA Flight 514, a Washington-bound Boeing 727, crashed in Virginia after being diverted from National Airport to Dulles International Airport; all 92 people on board were killed. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, a Boeing 727, crashed near Stony Point, New York, with the loss of its three crew members (the plane had been chartered to pick up the Baltimore Colts football team in Buffalo, New York).
1989 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev met with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
1991 - Ukraine voted overwhelmingly for 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.)
1997 - Representatives from more than 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 United States 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 71 years or 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 begin withdrawal in 18 months.
2010 - President Barack Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission unveiled its recommendations including lower income taxes, fewer tax breaks and higher age for retirement benefits (however, the panel failed to advance the package to Congress two days later.)
2019 - A powerful winter storm that had tormented travelers across the U.S. since before Thanksgiving moved to the Northeast.
Birthdays
25 - Emma Corrin (actress)
28 - Javier Baez (baseball player)
30 - Nico Sereba (singer)
30 - Chanel Iman (model)
32 - Tatianna (reality star)
32 - Zoe Kravitz (actress)
32 - Ashley Monique Clark (actress)
36 - Charles Michael Davis (actor)
35 - Janelle Monae (singer/actress)
38 - Riz Ahmed (actor)
43 - Nate Torrence (actor)
45 - Sarah Masen (singer)
45 - David Hornsby (actor)
50 - Sarah Silverman (actress/comedian)
50 - Golden Brooks (actress)
53 - Nestor Carbonell (actor)
60 - Carol Alt (actress/model)
62 - Charlene Tilton (actress)
75 - Bette Midler (actress/singer)
81 - Dianne Lennon (singer)
81 - Lee Trevino (golfer)
85 - Woody Allen (actor/director)
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Today in Sports History - December 1
1924 - The Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons played the first NHL game to be played in the United States.
1928 - National League President John Heydler was the first to propose a baseball rule change calling for a 10th man, or 'designated hitter', to bat in place of the pitcher; ironically, the NL vote in favour of proposal, but the American League turn it down.
1936 - Yale end Larry Kelley won the Heisman Trophy.
1951 - Princeton running back Dick Kazmaier wins the Heisman Trophy.
1956 - Led by future Basketball Hall of Famers Bill Russell and K.C. Jones, the United States wins its fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in men's basketball at the Melbourne Summer Games by defeating the Soviet Union 89-55.
1959 - LSU running back Billy Cannon wins the Heisman Trophy.
1962 - Classifications in minor league baseball are overhauled; Eastern and South Atlantic leagues are promoted from Class-A to Class-AA; classes B, C and D are abolished with those leagues being promoted to Class-A
1964 - The Houston Colt .45s changed their name to the Houston Astros.
1967 - Seattle was awarded a new American League baseball franchise.
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record when he missed 22 free throws in a game.
1971 - The Chicago Cubs release longtime star Ernie Banks, ending his 19-year career.
1980 - South Carolina running back George Rogers wins the Heisman Trophy.
1981 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passes Oscar Robertson (26,710) into second place on the NBA's all-time scoring list, behind only Wilt Chamberlain.
1984 - Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie won the Heisman Trophy.
1990 - BYU quarterback Ty Detmer wins the Heisman Trophy.
1996 - Wayne Gretzky becomes first and only player in NHL history to reach 3,000-point plateau (including playoffs); records an assist in the New York Rangers' 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden.
1997 - Golden State Warriors guard Latrell Sprewell assaults head coach P.J. Carlesimo, leading to a 10-game suspension.
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.
2010 - LPGA players meeting in Orlando, Florida, voted to allow transgender players to compete on tour.
2012 - Wisconsin defeats #14 Nebraska 70-31 in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
2015 - The Philadelphia 76ers ended the longest losing streak in the history of major professional sports in the United States, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 103-91 to snap a 28-game losing streak.
2015 - In the largest deal ever for a pitcher, the Boston Red Sox sign free agent David Price to a seven-year contract worth $217 million.
2015 - After finishing the season with the largest payroll in MLB history at $298.3 million, the Los Angeles Dodgers are assessed the largest luxury tax bill ever at $43.7 million.
1824 - The presidential election between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William Crawford and Henry Clay was turned over to the House of Representatives since no candidate received an majority in the Electoral College. (The House eventually selected John Quincy Adams as president.)
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 for the free."
1887 - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" appeared for the first time in print history in the story "A Study in Scarlet."
1913 - The first drive-in automobile service station opened in Pittsburgh.
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 - During World War II, nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States; the goal was not so much to save on gas, but to conserve rubber (as in tires) that was desperately needed for the war effort.
1953 - The first issue of Playboy magazine was published by Hugh Hefner.
1955 - Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her front-section bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
1959 - Twelve nations, including the United States, signed a treaty 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.
1974 - TWA Flight 514, a Washington-bound Boeing 727, crashed in Virginia after being diverted from National Airport to Dulles International Airport; all 92 people on board were killed. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, a Boeing 727, crashed near Stony Point, New York, with the loss of its three crew members (the plane had been chartered to pick up the Baltimore Colts football team in Buffalo, New York).
1989 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev met with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
1991 - Ukraine voted overwhelmingly for 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.)
1997 - Representatives from more than 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 United States 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 71 years or 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 begin withdrawal in 18 months.
2010 - President Barack Obama’s bipartisan deficit commission unveiled its recommendations including lower income taxes, fewer tax breaks and higher age for retirement benefits (however, the panel failed to advance the package to Congress two days later.)
2019 - A powerful winter storm that had tormented travelers across the U.S. since before Thanksgiving moved to the Northeast.
Birthdays
25 - Emma Corrin (actress)
28 - Javier Baez (baseball player)
30 - Nico Sereba (singer)
30 - Chanel Iman (model)
32 - Tatianna (reality star)
32 - Zoe Kravitz (actress)
32 - Ashley Monique Clark (actress)
36 - Charles Michael Davis (actor)
35 - Janelle Monae (singer/actress)
38 - Riz Ahmed (actor)
43 - Nate Torrence (actor)
45 - Sarah Masen (singer)
45 - David Hornsby (actor)
50 - Sarah Silverman (actress/comedian)
50 - Golden Brooks (actress)
53 - Nestor Carbonell (actor)
60 - Carol Alt (actress/model)
62 - Charlene Tilton (actress)
75 - Bette Midler (actress/singer)
81 - Dianne Lennon (singer)
81 - Lee Trevino (golfer)
85 - Woody Allen (actor/director)
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Today in Sports History - December 1
1924 - The Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons played the first NHL game to be played in the United States.
1928 - National League President John Heydler was the first to propose a baseball rule change calling for a 10th man, or 'designated hitter', to bat in place of the pitcher; ironically, the NL vote in favour of proposal, but the American League turn it down.
1936 - Yale end Larry Kelley won the Heisman Trophy.
1951 - Princeton running back Dick Kazmaier wins the Heisman Trophy.
1956 - Led by future Basketball Hall of Famers Bill Russell and K.C. Jones, the United States wins its fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in men's basketball at the Melbourne Summer Games by defeating the Soviet Union 89-55.
1959 - LSU running back Billy Cannon wins the Heisman Trophy.
1962 - Classifications in minor league baseball are overhauled; Eastern and South Atlantic leagues are promoted from Class-A to Class-AA; classes B, C and D are abolished with those leagues being promoted to Class-A
1964 - The Houston Colt .45s changed their name to the Houston Astros.
1967 - Seattle was awarded a new American League baseball franchise.
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record when he missed 22 free throws in a game.
1971 - The Chicago Cubs release longtime star Ernie Banks, ending his 19-year career.
1980 - South Carolina running back George Rogers wins the Heisman Trophy.
1981 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar passes Oscar Robertson (26,710) into second place on the NBA's all-time scoring list, behind only Wilt Chamberlain.
1984 - Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie won the Heisman Trophy.
1990 - BYU quarterback Ty Detmer wins the Heisman Trophy.
1996 - Wayne Gretzky becomes first and only player in NHL history to reach 3,000-point plateau (including playoffs); records an assist in the New York Rangers' 6-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden.
1997 - Golden State Warriors guard Latrell Sprewell assaults head coach P.J. Carlesimo, leading to a 10-game suspension.
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.
2010 - LPGA players meeting in Orlando, Florida, voted to allow transgender players to compete on tour.
2012 - Wisconsin defeats #14 Nebraska 70-31 in the Big Ten Championship Game in Indianapolis.
2015 - The Philadelphia 76ers ended the longest losing streak in the history of major professional sports in the United States, defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 103-91 to snap a 28-game losing streak.
2015 - In the largest deal ever for a pitcher, the Boston Red Sox sign free agent David Price to a seven-year contract worth $217 million.
2015 - After finishing the season with the largest payroll in MLB history at $298.3 million, the Los Angeles Dodgers are assessed the largest luxury tax bill ever at $43.7 million.
