| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| December 1, 1640 | Saturday | Portugal becomes independent of Spain |
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| December 1, 1821 | Saturday | Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain |
| December 1, 1913 | Monday | 1st drive-up gasoline station opens in Pitts |
| December 1, 1917 | Saturday | Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town |
| December 1, 1918 | Sunday | Iceland becomes independent state under the Danish crown |
| December 1, 1922 | Friday | 1st skywriting over US - "Hello USA" - by Capt Turner RAF |
| December 1, 1929 | Sunday | Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe |
| December 1, 1935 | Sunday | Bernard Schmidt invented Schmidt camera dies |
| December 1, 1951 | Saturday | Golden Gate Bridge closed because of high winds |
| December 1, 1955 | Thursday | Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to back of the bus |
| December 1, 1958 | Monday | Central African Republic established (National Day) |
| December 1, 1959 | Tuesday | 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space |
| December 1, 1959 | Tuesday | International Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington |
| December 1, 1962 | Saturday | Grey Cup halted by fog resumed next day (Winnipeg 28 Hamilton 27) |
| December 1, 1967 | Friday | Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch Isaac Newton Telescope |