29thNovember1929-American explorer Richard Byrd and three companions
make the first flight over the South Pole, flying from their base on the Ross Ice Shelf
to the pole and back in 18 hours and 41 minutes.
30thNovember1950–US President Harry S. Truman is seen addressing a news
conference where he is outlining new foreign policy in South East Asia.
1stDecember1913-Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line for the mass
production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car
from more than 12 hours to two hours and 30 minutes.
2ndDecember1804-In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned
Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years.
3rdDecember1947-On this day in 1947, Marlon Brando’s famous cry of
“STELLA!” first booms across a Broadway stage, electrifying the audience at the
Ethel Barrymore Theatre during the first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams’
tony award winning play A Streetcar Named Desire.