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1577 – Francis Walsingham (pictured), Elizabeth I of England 's principal secretary and spymaster, was knighted. 1822 – Pedro I was crowned the first emperor of Brazil, seven weeks after his reign began on his 24th birthday. 1934 – Soviet politician Sergei Kirov was assassinated at the Smolny Institute in Leningrad.
December 1 is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... Day Without Art [19] References External links. BBC: On This Day ...
1433 – Emperor Go-Komatsu, 100th Emperor of Japan (b. 1377); 1825 – Alexander I of Russia, Emperor of Russia and King of Poland (b. 1777); 1866 – George Everest, Welsh geographer and namesake of Mount Everest (b.
Sarah Kate Silverman[ 1 ] (born December 1, 1970) [ 1 ] is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She first rose to prominence for her brief stint as a writer and cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live during its 19th season between 1993 and 1994.
Website. www.carollspinney.com. Signature. Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018.
Selected anniversaries/December. 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. 1918 – With the signing of the Act of Union, Denmark recognized the Kingdom of Iceland as a fully sovereign state in personal ...
Launched. 1996; 28 years ago (1996) (original) Current status. Active. Written in. HTML, JavaScript. Famous Birthdays is an American website based in Santa Monica, California, [1] which is dedicated to cataloging the birthdays of famous people and compiling other facts about them. [2][3]
2001 - Death of Franco Rasetti, Italian physicist (b. 1901) December 6: 1586 - Birth of Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1670) 1771 - Death of Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682) 1778 - Birth of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, French physicist and chemist (d. 1850) 1855 - Death of William John Swainson, English naturalist ...