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1923 – The Gleno Dam in the Italian province of Bergamo failed due to poor workmanship, flooding the downstream valley and killing at least 356 people. 1971 – A period of political and economic reforms in the Socialist Republic of Croatia came to an end as the League of Communists of Yugoslavia decided to purge the state's reformist leadership.
December 1 is the 335th day of the year ... 1886 – Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
December 1: Great Union Day in Romania; Rosa Parks Day in some states and cities in the United States; World AIDS Day Juan Lavalle 1828 – Returning to Buenos Aires with troops who fought in the Cisplatine War , Juan Lavalle (pictured) deposed provincial governor Manuel Dorrego , reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars .
Feel free to ask any of these famous people who were born on Dec. 25 or 24 — at least, the ones still living. If you have a Christmas birthday, you're in good company, with the likes of Clara ...
Break the mold and step out into the world like a rebel: it’s Aquarius season! The Sun dances through the skies of Aquarius from Jan. 20 until Feb. 18.
1917 - Birth of David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d. 1992) 1951 - The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity for the first time. The electricity powered four light bulbs; 1956 - Death of Ramon Carrillo, Argentine neuroscientist and Public Health minister (b.
A set of octuplets was born on 5 December 1996, in Huelva, Spain, to Rosario Clavijo. Two of them were stillborn, and six survived. [113] [137] The Chukwu octuplets were born in December 1998 in Houston, Texas, United States. The smallest of the octuplets, Odera, died a week after birth. [138]
pH-1 (Harry Park) 23 July 1989 South Korea — — rapper Seinfeld, Jerry: 29 April 1954 Brooklyn, New York — — comedian Moved to Long Island as an adult (neither born nor raised on Long Island) Name Date of birth Place of birth Date of death Place of death Occupation Barré, Raoul: 29 January 1874 Montréal, Québec, Canada: 21 May 1932 ...