Talk:December 1

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--mav 00:54, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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December 1: Union Day in Romania (1918); World AIDS Day (awareness ribbon pictured) 1640 – John IV was declared King of Portugal, resulting in the Portuguese Restoration War with Spain. 1824 – The House of Representatives selected John Quincy Adams as the winner of the U.S. presidential election, after none of the candidates received a majority of the total electoral college votes, as dictated by the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 1955 – African-American Civil Rights Movement: Seamstress Rosa Parks was arrested for violating the racial segregation laws of Montgomery, Alabama, after refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, precipitating the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 1959 – Twelve countries signed the Antarctic Treaty, the first arms control agreement established during the Cold War, banning military activity in Antarctica and setting the continent aside as a scientific preserve. 1990 – Channel Tunnel workers from the United Kingdom and France met 40 metres (131 ft) beneath the English Channel seabed. More events: November 30 – December 1 – December 2 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 07:33, June 12, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Moved:

• 1917 - In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys (in 1979 it was opened to girls as well).

Nope - happened on December 12. --mav 01:16, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Moved:

• 1991 - Panama Canal comes completely under Panama's jurisdiction.

Nope - that happened on December 31, 1999. --mav 01:16, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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• 1821 - The Dominican Republic declares its independence from Spain.

The Dominican Republic was part of Haiti until 1824. --mav 06:36, 2 Dec 2003 (UTC)~

[edit] Replace Rosa Parks

The Rosa Parks entry will soon become a FA, and we are preparing for the article to appear on the main page on Dec 1. To prevent any overlap this year, can an admin replace Rosa with another event? Lotsofissues 01:58, 28 November 2005 (UTC)