On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession ; by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed.

Starting with the 7th Academy Awards, held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31.

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The main treaty was opened for signature on December 1, 1959, and officially entered into force on June 23, 1961.

On December 1, 2008, the Curb Exchange building at 86 Trinity Place was closed, and the Amex Equities trading floor was moved to the NYSE Trading floor at 11 Wall Street.

Ahmed III ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثالث Aḥmed-i < u > s </ u > āli < u > s </ u >) < span dir =" ltr ">( December 30 / 31, 1673 – July 1, 1736 )</ span > was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV ( 1648 – 87 ).

In 1 December 1874, Alfonso issues the Sandhurst Manifesto where he sets the ideological basis of the Bourbonic Restoration.

The ascent stage of lunar module Challenger impacted the Moon 15 December 1972 at 06: 50: 20. 8 UT ( 1: 50 AM EST ), at.

In December 2008, Aston Martin announced that it would cut its 1, 850 workforce by 600.

DXF was originally introduced in December 1982 as part of AutoCAD 1. 0, and was intended to provide an exact representation of the data in the AutoCAD native file format, DWG ( Drawing ), for which Autodesk for many years did not publish specifications.

On 1 December 2009, Standard and Poors upgraded Bulgaria's investment outlook from " negative " to " stable ," which made Bulgaria the only country in the European Union to receive positive upgrade that year.

* Programming: Principles and Practice Using C ++ by Bjarne Stroustrup – Addison-Wesley Professional ; 1 edition ( December 29, 2008 ); ISBN 0-321-54372-1

At its most recent meeting, November 27 – December 1, 2006, the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Agreement focused on issues of electronic waste and the dismantling of ships.

Ruth's heavy Louisville Slugger solid ash wood bat sold for $ 1. 26 million at a Sotheby's auction in December 2004.

The Crickets performed " That'll Be the Day " and " Peggy Sue " on The Ed Sullivan Show on December 1.

Babrak Karmal (, born Sultan Hussein ; 6 January 1929 – 1 or 3 December 1996 ) was an Afghan politician and statesman during the Cold War.

On December 1, 2006, Selig announced that he would be retiring as commissioner of baseball upon the expiration of his contract in 2009.

On January 19, 1976, the Internal Revenue Service notified the university that its tax exemption had been revoked retroactively to December 1, 1970.

In 1972, the Blue Angels were awarded the Navy's Meritorious Unit Commendation for the two-year period from 1 March 1970 – 31 December 1971.

The French constitutional referendum of September 1958 dissolved the AEF, and on 1 December of the same year the Assembly declared the birth of the autonomous Central African Republic with Boganda as head of government.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

On December 1, 1948, President José Figueres Ferrer of Costa Rica abolished the military of Costa Rica after victory in the civil war in that year.

In 1986, President Oscar Arias Sánchez declared December 1 as the Día de la Abolición del Ejército ( Military abolition day ) with Law # 8115.

Jacques-Louis David (; ) ( 30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825 ) was an influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preeminent painter of the era.

When David was leaving a theater, a carriage struck him, and he later died, on 29 December 1825.

Eli Whitney ( December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825 ) was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin.

The result was the Decembrist Revolt ( December 1825 ), the work of a small circle of liberal nobles and army officers who wanted to install Nicholas ' brother as a constitutional monarch.

Major-General Ralph Darling was appointed Governor of New South Wales In 1825, and in the same year he visited Hobart Town, and on December 3 proclaimed the establishment of the independent colony, of which he actually became Governor for three days.

* December 13 – Augustus Le Plongeon, American archaeologist ( b. 1825 )

* December 1825 – The Decembrist Revolt breaks out in Russia, but is thoroughly suppressed.

* December 8 – Eli Whitney, American inventor ( d. 1825 )

* December 23 – Emperor Alexander I of Russia ( d. 1825 )

* Ipermestra ( 29 December 1825, Teatro S. Carlo, Naples )

* Erode, ossia Marianna ( 12 December 1825, Teatro La Fenice, Venice )

This led to the Decembrist Revolt on 26 December ( 14 Old Style ) 1825, an uprising Nicholas was successful in suppressing.

Nicholas I was crowned on 14 December 1825, which fell on a Monday ; Russian superstition held that Mondays were unlucky days.

* 6 July 1796 – 1 December 1825: His Imperial Highness Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich of Russia

* 1 December 1825 – 2 March 1855: His Imperial Majesty The Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias

Several years later, however, a survey showed the county did not have the minimum constitutional area, and Decatur County was abolished on December 28, 1825.

He was born in Morley, West Yorkshire, England, to Joseph Dixon Asquith ( 10 February 1825 – 16 June 1860 ) and his wife Emily Willans ( 4 May 1828 – 12 December 1888 ).

Russell County was formed on December 14, 1825 from portions of Adair County, Cumberland County and Wayne County.

Laurel County, the eighteenth county to be organized in Kentucky, was established by an act of the general assembly, December 12, 1825, from parts of Rockcastle, Clay, Knox and Whitley Counties.

Fountain County was officially created on December 30, 1825, the act taking effect on April 1, 1826 ; the boundaries of the county have not changed since that time.

Thomas County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 24, 1825, from portions of Decatur and Irwin counties.

Taliaferro County was formed by an act of the Georgia Legislature meeting in Milledgeville on December 24, 1825.

Sumter County was established by an act of the state legislature on December 26, 1831, just four years after the Creek Indians vacated the region when the state acquired the territory from them in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs.

It was created December 23, 1825.