Today is Sunday, December 1st, the 336th day of 2024. There are 30 days left within the yr.
Today in history:
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to provide up her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama; The incident sparked a year-long boycott of buses and helped galvanize the U.S. civil rights movement.
Also on this date:
In 1824, the presidential election was transferred to the U.S. House of Representatives after not one of the candidates (John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford, and Henry Clay) won greater than 50% of the favored vote. Although Jackson won probably the most electoral votes, Adams would ultimately win the presidency.
In 1969, the U.S. government held its first military draft lottery since World War II.
In 1991, Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.
In 2009, President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 more U.S. troops to be sent to the war in Afghanistan, but promised to start withdrawing in 18 months during a speech to cadets on the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
In 2017, retired Gen. Michael Flynn, who served as President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about contacting the Russians on Trump's behalf. (Trump would later pardon Flynn.)
Today's birthdays:
- World Golf Hall of Famer Lee Trevino is 85.
- Rock musician John Densmore (The Doors) is 80.
- The actress and singer Bette Midler is 79.
- Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, is 72.
- Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., is 66.
- Model-actress Carol Alt is 64.
- Actor Jeremy Northam is 63.
- Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Walker is 58.
- Actor Néstor Carbonell is 57.
- Actress and comedian Sarah Silverman is 54.
- Actor Riz Ahmed is 42.
- Singer and actress Janelle Monáe is 39.
- Actress Sarah Snook is 37.
- Actress Zoe Kravitz is 36.
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