In 1891, Canadian gymnast James Naismith creates a new game, basketball – In 1982, Michael Jackson’s album “Thriller”, the best-selling album of all time, is released
As of today – December 1, 2022
1640… Portugal regains its independence from Spain, after 60 years of occupation.
1797…. Rigas Feraios is arrested in Trieste together with his partner Christoforos Perraivos.
1818…. Theodoros Kolokotronis is initiated into the Friendly Society.
1834…. Othonas and the government settle in Athensthe new capital of the newly formed Greek state.
1835…. Hans Christian Andersen, the world’s greatest storyteller, publishes his first book.
1860… Charles Dickens publishes the first chapter of his novel “Great Expectations” in All The Year Round magazine.
1891… Canadian gymnast James Naismith creates a new game and calls it basketball-ball.
1893…. Greece goes bankrupt. Prime Minister Charilaos Trikoupis declares to the Parliament: “Unfortunately, we got poorer”.
1900…. Nicaragua sells the Panama Canal rights to the US for $55 million.
1906…. The first cinema opens in Paris, named “Omnia Pathe”, housed in a purpose-built building.
1913…. The Cretan State is integrated into the Greek territory. King Constantine and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos arrive in Chania and raise the Greek flag at the Firka fortress, in the port of Chania. With this symbolic act, the Union of Crete with Greece is formalized.
1913…. On the same day, the Ford automobile company introduces the first production line in its factories, an innovation that enables mass production and lowers costs (Fordism). The industrial slaughterhouses of Chicago were a source of inspiration for Henry Ford.
1918…. Iceland becomes independent from Denmark. Denmark recognizes Iceland’s independence, with a common king with Denmark, while Denmark is appointed responsible for the defense of Iceland and for its representation in its foreign relations.
…. On the same day, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, the later Yugoslavia, is proclaimed.
1922… The Turkish leader Ismet Pasha orders the deportation of one million Greeks from Turkey.
1931… Trial begins against opposition newspapers for publishing news that undermines confidence in the national currency.
1944…. The ministers who belong to the EAM withdraw from the Government of National Unity of George Papandreou.
1948…. The board game Scrabble receives a patent.
1953…. PlayBoy magazine is published by Hugh Hefner.
1958…. The Central African Republic becomes independent from France.
1959… 12 nations sign the Antarctic Treaty, establishing the continent as a protected area for scientific research.
1982…. Michael Jackson’s album “Thriller” is released. It would become the most successful of any pop album, selling more than 40 million copies.
1988… Benazir Bhutto is elected Prime Minister of Pakistan and becomes the first female Prime Minister of a Muslim state.
1990….Britain joins mainland Europe for the first time since the Ice Age when English and French laborers working to build the Channel Tunnel meet 40 meters below the surface of the English Channel.
1991…. 80% of Ukrainians vote in a referendum in favor of the country’s withdrawal from the USSR.
2001… TWA flies its last flight before being acquired by American Airlines.
On this day in 1083, the French wax sculptor, Marie Tissot, creator of the Madame Tussauds museum in London, was born in 1761, in 1935 the American actor, director and writer, Woody Allen, stage name of Allen Stewart Keningsberg, and in 1945 the American actress and singer, Bette Midler.
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