December, 1
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December 1 is the 335th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (336th if leap year). It 30 days before the end of the year.
Celebrations
There is no celebration for this day!
Events
Signing of the Antarctic Treaty
(December, 1 1959)12 countries signed the treaty: South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, the United States, France, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the USSR.The treaty aims to make the use of Antarctica for peaceful purposes only.No state can claim the sovereignty of this territory.The ...
Rosa Parks refuses to leave his place in a bus
(December, 1 1955)In the middle of racial segregation, the city bus in Montgomery (Alabama) are divided into two.The first four rows were reserved for whites and the rest of the bus to blacks.Rosa Parks, a black woman of 42 years refused to obey orders of the driver, James Blake, to give up her seat to a white ...
Sayings
There is no saying for this day!
Astrology
Sign of the Zodiac: 9th day of the astrological sign of Sagittarius.
Last events added
- Discovery of two new natural satellites for Saturn - August, 16 2004
- Nagasaki atomic bombings - August, 9 1945
- Madagascar becomes a French colony - August, 6 1896
- Atomic bombing of Hiroshima - August, 6 1945
- Explosions at the Port of Beirut - August, 4 2020