Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 1
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This is a list of selected December 1 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.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
