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into Earth orbit. 1972 Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game. Born on November 29 1918 Madeleine L’Engle, writer (A Wrinkle in Time). 1919 Joe Weider, Canadian-American bodybuilder and magazine publisher. 1921 Dagmar (Virginia Ruth Egnor) actress, model, television personality (Dagmar’s Canteen, Broadway Open House). 1932 Jacques Chirac, politician; President of France (1995–2007). 1933 John Mayall, singer, songwriter, musician; founder of John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers band.
archbishop. Born on November 30 1874 Winston Churchill, British prime minister during and after World War II. 1874 Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables. 1912 Gordon Parks, photographer. 1915 Brownie McGhee, singer and guitarist. 1924 Shirley Chisholm, first African-American congresswoman, a representative for New York. 1929 Joan Ganz Cooney, television executive, founder of the Children’s Television Workshop and mastermind behind Sesame Street. 1936 Abbie Hoffman, political and social activist; co-founded the Youth International Party (Yippies); he became a symbol of the counterculture era. 1937 Sir Ridley Scott, English film director and producer; (Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise) won a Best Picture Oscar for Gladiator (2000). 1955 Billy Idol (William Broad), punk rock musician; member of Generation X band. December 1 1918 An American army of occupation enters Germany. 1925 After a seven-year occupation, 7,000 British troops evacuate Cologne, Germany. 1941 Great Britain declares a state of emergency in Malaya following reports of Japanese attacks.
1940 Chuck Mangione, jazz musician, composer (“Feels So Good”). 1942 Ann Dunham, mother of Barack Obama, 44th President of the US. 1955 Howard “Howie” Mandel, Canadian comedian. 1973 Sarah Jones, Tony and Obie award-winning playwright, actress, poet (Bridge & Tunnel). November 30 1974 India and Pakistan decide to end a 10-year trade ban. 1974 Pioneer II sends photos back to NASA as it nears Jupiter. 1979 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope in 1,000 years to attend an Orthodox mass.
1982 Thriller, Michael Jackson’s second solo album, released; the album, produced by Quincy Jones, became the best-selling album in history. 1993 US President Bill Clinton signs the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (better known as the Brady Bill) into law. 1994 MS Achille Lauro, a ship with long history of problems including a 1985 terrorist hijacking, catches fire off the coast of Somalia. 1995 Operation Desert Storm officially comes to an end. 1998 Exxon and Mobil oil companies agree to a $73.7 billion merge, creating the world’s largest company, Exxon-Mobil.. 2005 John Sentamu becomes Archbishop of York, making him the Church of England’s first black
1969 America’s first draft lottery since 1942 is held. 1971 Indian Army recaptures part of Kashmir, which had been occupied by Pakistan. 1981 AIDS virus is officially recognized. 1986 Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North pleads the 5th Amendment before a Senate panel investigating the Iran-Contra arms sale. 1988 Benazir Bhutto, politician, becomes the first woman to serve as Prime Minister of Pakistan and the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state. 1990 Channel Tunnel sections from France and the UK meet beneath the English Channel. 1991 Ukraine’s voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the USSR. Born on December 1 1886 Rex Stout, writer, creator of detective character Nero Wolfe. 1913 Mary Martin, American actress. 1925 Martin Rodbell, Nobel Prize-winning biochemist. 1935 Woody Allen [Allen Stewart Konigsberg], American actor, writer and director (Annie Hall). 1940 Richard Pryor, influential comedian, actor, satirist. 1945 Bette Midler, singer, songwriter, actress, producer; her awards include 3 Grammys, 4 Golden Globes, 3 Emmys and a special Tony for her contribution to Broadway (1974). 1949 Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord whose Medellin Cartel killed thousands.
Gardening45 1958 Candace Bushnell, author (Sex and the City, The Carrie Diaries). 1966 Andrew Adamson, New Zealand film director, producer, screenwriter. December 2 1927 The new Ford Model A is introduced to the American public. 1946 The United States and Great Britain merge their German occupation zones. 1964 Brazil sends Juan Peron back to Spain, foiling his efforts to return to his native land. 1970 The U.S. Senate votes to give 48,000 acres of New Mexico back to the Taos Indians. 1980 A death squad in El Salvador murders four US nuns and churchwomen.
1982 Dentist Barney Clark receives the first permanent artificial heart, developed by Dr. Robert K. Jarvik. 1993 NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavor on a mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. 1999 UK devolves political power in Northern Ireland to the Northern Ireland Executive, the administrative branch of the North Ireland legislature. 2001 Enron files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, one of the most complex bankruptcy cases in US history. Born on December 2 1906 Peter Carl Goldmark, engineer, developed the first commercial color television and the longplaying phonograph record. 1912 Henry Armstrong, the only boxer to hold three titles simultaneously.
1925 Alexander Haig, American army general and Secretary of State for President Ronald Reagan. 1948 T. Coraghessan Boyle, novelist and short story writer (Water Music). 1939 Harry Reid, politician; the Nevada Democrat served as Senate Majority Leader (2007–2015). 1944 Ibrahim Rugova, first President of Kosovo (1992–2000) and was re-elected by parliament (2002–2006). 1954 Stone Phillips, Emmy-winning journalist; coanchor of Dateline NBC. 1963 Ann Patchett, author; her novel Bel Canto received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award (2002).