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. Date: December 1, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives his tacit approval to the decision of the imperial council to initiate war against the United States. Date: December 1, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)

The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery. Date: December 1, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today)

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 that city's bus boycott. Date: December 1, 1955 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1…

The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns. Date: December 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union. Date: December 1, 1958 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1958 📅 On This Day (Today)

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. Date: December 1, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)

Patrice Lumumba is arrested by Mobutu Sese Seko's men on the banks of the Sankuru River, for inciting the army to rebellion. Date: December 1, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

Nagaland, became the 16th state of India. Date: December 1, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)

Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam. Date: December 1, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)