Tuesday 1 December 2009
DECEMBER MONTH IN HISTORY
| 1791 The first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution are ratified as the Bill of rights. | 1933 Prohibition ends upon the ratification of the US Constitution's 21st Amendment. | 1953 Publisher Hugh Hefner launches "playboy" magazine in Chicago. |
| 1891 Using Peach baskets and soccer balls, physical education teacher James Naismith creates an indoor sport called basketball. | 1939 "Gone With the Wind" premiers in Atlanta as more than 300000 spectators line the city's streets for a glimpse of the film's stars. | 1955 Alabama resident Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to the back of a city Bus. |
| 1901 King Camp Gillette designs the first shaving razor with disposable blades. | 1941 America enters World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. | 1962 Arizona's Petrified Forest is established as a National Park. |
| 1911 Ronald Amundsen and his team of four men and 52 sled dogs locate and visit the then-elusive South Pole. | 1946 United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is founded. | 1973 Following the resignation of Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford is sworn in as Vice President of the United States. |
| 1927 The Grand Ole Opry makes its inaugural radio broadcast live from Nashville, Texas. | 1947 Tennessee Williams'"A street car Named Desire" opens on Broadway. |
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