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| 1835 - Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales |
| 1884 - American Old West - Near Frisco, New Mexico (now Reserve), deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy. |
| 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. |
| 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: - The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements. |
| 1934 - In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad by Leonid Nikolayev. |
| 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. |
| 1944 - Edward Stettinius Jr. becomes the last United States Secretary of State of the Roosevelt administration. |
| 1952 - The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation. |
| 1958 - Central African Republic becomes independent from France. |
| 1958 - Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago, Illinois kills 92 children and three nuns. |
| 1959 - Cold War: Antarctic Treaty signed , which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that continent. |
| 1961 - The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea. |
| 1964 - Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam. |
| 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. |
| 1973 - Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia. |
| 1974 - A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on-board. |
| 1975 - The long-running soap opera The Edge of Night switches networks to ABC after 19 years on CBS. |
| 1981 - A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing 178. |
| 1982 - At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart. |
| 1987 - NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom. |
| 1989 - Right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed forces Movement (RAM) attempt to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino by a bloody coup attempt. |
| 1989 - Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state. |
| 1990 - Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 meters beneath the seabed. |
| 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. |
| 2001 - Trans World Airlines flies its last flight, after being bought by American Airlines. |
| 2004 - Tom Brokaw anchors his last broadcast of NBC Nightly News. |
| 2005 - South Africa's Constitutional Court extends marriage equality to homosexual couples. |
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