WHAT HAPPENED ON 1. DECEMBER
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The first issue of Diário de Noite is published from Goa. (1. December 1919)

In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolaev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad. (1. December 1934)

World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States. (1. December 1941)

World War II: Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol. (1. December 1941)

Taman Shud Case: The body of an unidentified man is found in Adelaide, Australia, involving an undetectable poison and a secret code in a very rare book; the case remains unsolved and is "one of Australia's most profound mysteries." (1. December 1948)

The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sexual reassignment surgery. (1. December 1952)

American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (1. December 1955)

The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union. (1. December 1958)

The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. (1. December 1958)

Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent. (1. December 1959)

Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson. (1. December 1960)

Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India. (1. December 1963)

Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam. (1. December 1964)

Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations. (1. December 1964)

India's Border Security Force is established. (1. December 1965)

The first Gävle goat, an annual Swedish Yule Goat tradition, is erected in Gävle. (1. December 1966)

Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II. (1. December 1969)

Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray. (1. December 1971)

Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia. (1. December 1973)

TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board. (1. December 1974)