December 1st, 2008

December 1st in History

1990:
Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 meters beneath the seabed.

1952:
The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation.

1919:
Lady Astor becomes first female member of the British Parliament to take her seat (she had been elected to that position on November 28).

1918:
1918 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.

1822:
Peter I is crowned as Emperor of Brazil.