1 December in history.

1955

Rosa Parks keeps her seat. In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger and was arrested. Her stand sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and became a turning point for the civil rights movement.

Wikipedia: Rosa Parks

Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

More from 1 December

1. 

   1865

   Shaw University is founded

   Shaw University opened in Raleigh, North Carolina, the first historically black university in the southern United States.

   Wikipedia: Shaw UniversityWikipedia: Historically black colleges and universities

   Photo: Unknown author / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

2. 

   1913

   Buenos Aires opens its metro

   The Buenos Aires Metro began running, the first underground railway in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America.

   Wikipedia: Buenos Aires Underground

   Photo: GCBA / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.5 ar)

3. 

   1919

   Lady Astor takes her seat in Parliament

   Nancy Astor became the first woman to take her seat as a Member of Parliament in the UK House of Commons.

   Wikipedia: Nancy Astor, Viscountess AstorWikipedia: House of Commons of the United Kingdom

   Photo: Bassano Ltd / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

4. 

   1990

   The Channel Tunnel crews meet

   Tunnel sections dug from Britain and from France met deep beneath the seabed of the English Channel.

   Wikipedia: Channel Tunnel

   Photo: Billy69150 (voir les conditions d'utilisation / see licensing below) / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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