What happend on 1st December

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1975

The long-running soap opera The Edge of Night switches networks to ABC after 19 years on CBS.

1974

A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on-board.

1973

Papua New Guinea gains self government from Australia.

1971

Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.

1969

Vietnam War: The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II.

1965

The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the borders

1964

Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.

1963

Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India

1961

The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea.

1959

Cold War: Antarctic Treaty signed , which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on that continent.