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On Dec. 1, 1959, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a treaty banning military activity on Antarctica.

Actor/singer Janelle Monae turns 35 and actor Sarah Silverman turns 50, among the famous birthdays for Dec. 1.

On Dec. 1, 1943, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Russian Premier Josef Stalin pledged to defeat Nazi Germany.

On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black woman, was arrested in Montgomery, Ala., for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a city bus, signaling, along with its resulting bus boycott and related events, the birth of the modern civil rights movement.

UPI Almanac for Monday, Dec. 1, 2014

A North Carolina woman is behind bars, charged with biting her newborn, breaking the infant's ribs and shoulder blades.

UPI Almanac for Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013.

A lawyer for the estate of Larry Hagman says in a court filing the late U.S. actor's granddaughter is in illegal possession of family jewelry.

The entertainment world mourned the loss of numerous titans and dozens of supporting players this year.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.