1955: Rosa Parks, a black seamstress during segragation, refuses to give her bus seat to a white man, an event that sparked the Montgomery (Alabama) bus boycott, one of the critical events in the U.S. civil rights fight.
1959: Twelve countries sign a treaty to protect Antarctica, as a preserve for scientific research
December 1st birthdays
1761: Madame Marie Tussaud, French waxworks modeller
1935: Woody Allen, American actor, director and producer
