On This Day in History December 1, 2019

Historical Events 1913  Ford Motor Company institutes world's 1st moving assembly line for the Model T Ford 1934  Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov is assassinated and Joseph Stalin uses it as an excuse to begin his Great Purge of 1934-38 1955  Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama 1988  Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslim country (Pakistan) More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Bette Midler 74th Birthday Georgy Zhukov (1896 - 1974) Pablo Escobar (1949 - 1993) Richard Pryor (1940 - 2005) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths David Ben-Gurion (1886 - 1973) Leo X (1475 - 1521) More Famous Deaths