Today in History: December 1st

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EbonyExperience

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Rosa Parks: "Why do you push us around?"
Officer: "I don't know but the law is the law and you're under arrest."


On the evening of December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black passengers to relinquish seats to white passengers when the bus was full. Blacks were also required to sit at the back of the bus. Her arrest sparked a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system and led to a 1956 Supreme Court decision banning segregation on public transportation.



 
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notfred

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Dec. 1, 1963 - Wendell Scott Wins

Wendell Scott took first place in the Grand National race in Jacksonville, Florida, becoming the first black driver ever to win a NASCAR event
 
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Dec. 1, 1996 - America Online launches flat pricing

In a move that led to a public-relations disaster, America Online shifted to a flat $19.95-per-month fee for unlimited access on December 1, 1996. Previously, members had been billed for the number of minutes they spent online, but AOL was feeling pressured by the flat-fee, unlimited services offered by many Internet access providers. AOL's switch to a flat fee immediately doubled the use of the online service and significantly boosted membership. Unfortunately, AOL was unable to scale up its networks equally quickly, and users were greeted with frequent busy signals and bottlenecks. Some seventeen thousand e-mails flamed AOL chairman Steve Case, and rival CompuServe launched a television ad mocking the company for its busy signals. The attorneys-general of several states threatened to sue AOL for false advertising and fraudulent promises. In January 1997, AOL agreed to give cash refunds to users denied access in December and January.
 
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Desember 1
1959 First color photo of Earth taken from space
A camera mounted on the nose of a Thor missile took the first color picture of Earth from space on this day in 1959. The nose cone then plummeted to Earth with the camera and washed up on a beach in the Bahamas in February 1960.


 
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Danman

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<< December 1st 2001....I am at work. >>



December 1st, 2001. I am sitting on my a$$ eating chips and talking on AT.. :p
 
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Did you know that 1/365.25 of all events that have ever occured on earth happened on december 1st!?

/sarcasm
 
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BDawg

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Today in History:

December 1st, 2000. Ebony Experience gets a gay history and regular history desk calender.

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Dec 1 1976: The Sex Pistols appear on a British TV show to fill in the place of orchestral band Queen. The boozed up punks are challenged by the host, Bill Grundy, to "say something outrageous". Several fvcks later, the band was suddenly a notorious example for the press.

Dec 1 1997: A high school student in Paducah, Kentucky opens fire on fellow students during a prayer service. The 14-year-old freshman student was armed with a .22-caliber Lugar handgun and earplugs. Two students are killed, the rest are injured.

 
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Sarah was left all alone in her apartment. Her roommates had went out on the town w/ their boyfriends, families and/or basketball team and she's stuck in her apt. eating chocolate and talking on AT. :(

--Sarah
 
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1982 - Epic Records released the album "Thriller" by Michael Jackson.
 
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BDawg

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<< you mean 2001 >>



No, I meant what I said. If you got it today, it would likely be one for next year. The events and dates would be the same, but your days of the week would be all screwed up. :)
 
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December 1st, 1984 - Boston Colleg quarterback Doug Flutie wins the Heisman Trophy as college football's player of the year. Under Flutie, the eagles were 10-1 and led teh nation in scoring. He was the country's passing leader with 3,454 yards and 27 touchdowns, the biggest being a 64-yard Hail Mary pass that beat Miami on the game's final ply, 47-45, a miracle finish that will forever define Flutie's magical college career.
-- mrcodedude
 
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