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Daily Calendar for Tuesday, December 1, 2026
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Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Born
- William Henry Holmes (archaeologist) –
- Rex Stout (novelist) –
- David Fitzgerald Doyle (actor) –
- Lee Trevino (golfer) –
- Richard Pryor (comedian & actor) –
- Jerry Lawson (electronic engineer and video game pioneer; born in Brooklyn, New York) –
- Stephen Benton (American scientist) –
- Bette Midler (singer & actress) –
- Brad Delson (guitarist of Linkin Park) –
- Princess Aiko (first child of Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako) –
- Robert Irwin (conservationist) –
Died
- David Ben-Gurion (1st Prime Minister of Israel) –
- James Baldwin (author) –
- Capt. Edward L. Beach (author of Run Silent, Run Deep ) –
- Eugene Bob Gregoire (first design chief of Ford, creator of the Lincoln Continental) –
- Sandra Day O'Connor (first female U.S. Supreme Court justice) –
Events
- New York’s Erie Canal closed due to weather. –
- The Christmas Club savings account began –
- First drive-in gasoline service station opened, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania –
- Lt. Harry Colebourn officially donated Winnie (the bear Christopher Robin Milne named his bear after) to the London Zoo –
- First flight of helium-filled blimp (C-7), between Virginia and D.C. –
- Dupree Gardens opened, Land O’ Lakes, Florida –
- Nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States –
- Rosa Parks, a seamstress in Montgomery, Alabama, was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger –
- The Antarctic Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., guaranteeing peaceful international use of the continent –
- First 12 nations signed the Antarctic Treaty –
- News anchor, Tom Brokaw, signed off after 23 years of bringing news to viewers –
- Astronaut Bob Thirsk returned to Earth after 6 months on the International Space Station –
Weather
- The Erie Canal was closed due to weather –
- The temperature at Kipp, Montana, rose 80 degrees over the course of the day –
- -25.6 degrees F, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta –
- An ice storm that began on November 30 caused extensive power outages in St. Louis, Missouri. –