| 12/1/2001 | Brazilian triple jumper Adhemar Ferreira da Silva dies aged 73. He was the only Brazilian to win gold medal in two consecutive Olympics (Helsinki 1952, Melbourne 1956) |
| 12/1/1992 | Former Olympiacos striker 28 year-old Juan Gilberto Funes dies of heart attack in Argentina |
| 12/1/1986 | Denis Savard of the Black Hawks equals Claude Provost's NHL record (1957) when he scores 4 second after kick-off |
| 12/1/1977 | Demonstrations take place in Israel against France's decision to release Abou Daoud, who is believed to be the man that organized the Munich massacre in 1972 |
| 12/1/1966 | AEK's Central Board grants 36-year-old Costas Nestoridis demand to transfer to a foreign team. Nestoridis, who played 250 games with AEK scoring 224 goals, will return from Melbourne in a year and will play for Vyzantas Megaron |
| 12/1/1966 | Red Auerbach of the Boston Celtics recorded his 1,000th career victory (regular season and playoffs), 114-102 over the Los Angeles Lakers in Boston |
| 12/1/1960 | Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals becomes the first professional basketball player to score more than 15.000 points in his career |
| 12/1/1957 | Wham-O produces the first frisbee |
| 12/1/1957 | Carol Mandel becomes the first athlete to set 3 world records in skeet shooting |
| 12/1/1906 | NFL legalizes the forward pass |
