In 1918, the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs unite with the Kingdom of Serbia becoming the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
In 1935, Woody Allen, the American film director, is born.
In 1981, 180 people died when a Slovenian airplane crashes on the island of Corsica.
Today is World AIDS Day, held annually on December 1 since 1988.
In 2002, Janez Drnovšek is elected President of the Republic of Slovenia.
MUSIC HISTORY
1966 - in Great Britain No 1 on the singles chart is Tom Jones with 'Green Green Grass Of Home'.
1984 - Jim Diamond with the romantic ballad 'I Should Have Known Better' is at the top of the British charts.
1990 - Vanilla Ice started a four-week run at No. 1 in the UK with the single 'Ice Ice Baby'.
1990 - Whitney Houston is No. 1 in the USA with the song 'I'm Your Baby Tonight'.
2008 - Wham's Last Christmas is the most played festive track of the last five years. Band Aid comes second with Do They Know It's Christmas. The Pogues come third with Fairytale of New York.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1934 - American soul singer Billy Paul (1972 'Me and Mrs Jones').
1944 - American singer, actress Bette Midler (1989 'Wind Beneath my Wings').
1946 - Irish singer Gilbert O'Sullivan (1972 'Clair').
1965 - Slovene singer Robert Pešut, better known as Magnifico ('Hir aj kam hir aj go').
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NA DANAŠNJI DAN
Leta 1761 se je rodila Madame Tussaud, ustanoviteljica muzeja voščenih lutk v Londonu.
Leta 1918 se združita Država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov s Kraljevino Srbijo v Kraljevino Srbov, Hrvatov in Slovencev.
Leta 1981 je 180 ljudi umrlo v nesreči slovenskega letala pri korziškem Ajacciu.
Leta 1935 se je rodil Woody Allen, ameriški filmski režiser.
Leta 1988 je Svetovna zdravstvena organizacija današnji dan razglasila za Svetovni dan boja proti aidsu.
Leta 2002 je bil Janez Drnovšek izvoljen za predsednika Republike Slovenije.
GLASBENA ZGODOVINA
1966 - v Veliki Britaniji je na vrhu lestvice Tom Jones s pesmijo 'Green Green Grass Of Home'.
1984 - Jim Diamond je z romantično balado 'I Should Have Known Better' na vrhu britanske lestvice.
1990 - Vanilla Ice je na vrhu britanske lestvice s pesmijo 'Ice Ice Baby'.
1990 - hit št. 1 v ZDA je pesem Whitney Houston 'I'm Your Baby Tonight'.
2008 - Last Christmas dueta Wham postane največkrat predvajana praznična pesem zadnjih petih let. Sledita ji 'Do They Know It's Christmas' zasedbe Band Aid in 'Fairytale of New York' skupine The Pogues.
ROJENI NA DANAŠNJI DAN
1934 - ameriški soul pevec Billy Paul (1972 'Me and Mrs Jones').
1944 - ameriška pevka, igralka Bette Midler (1989 'Wind Beneath my Wings').
1946 - irski pevec Gilbert O'Sullivan (1972 'Clair').
1965 - slovenski pevec Robert Pešut - Magnifico ('Hir aj kam hir aj go').
