THURSDAY, Dec. 1, 2022

1640-Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule

1641-Massachusetts becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery

1822-Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran

1835-Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales

1878-1st White House telephone installed

1887-Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "A Study In Scarlet"

1887-Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao

1891-James Naismith creates the game of basketball

1903-"The Great Train Robbery", the 1st Western film, released

1906-Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens in Paris

1913-1st drive-up gasoline station opens in Pittsburgh

1929-Game of BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe

1930-Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross the continent

1933-Rudolf Hess & Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government

1935-Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp

1935-Woody Allen [Allen Stuart Konigsberg] is born in Brooklyn, NY

1959-12 nations sign a treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica

1959-The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space

1971-John & Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US

1973-Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2 million in a year

1986-Musee d'orsay opens in Paris

1991-Ukranian people vote for independence

1994-Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere announce they are separating

1997-Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS