December 1

**December 1** is known in checkiday.com and daysoftheyear.com as the 2nd "National Pie Day" and "National Christmas Lights Day".

## People

### Births

* 1929 - David Doyle (live-action/voice actor and comedian)
* 1933 - Lou Rawls (soul, jazz and blues singer)
* 1935 - Woody Allen (actor, director, screenwriter, comedian, musician and playwright)
* 1940 - Richard Pryor (stand-up comedian, actor, social critic, writer and emcee)
* 1945 - Bette Midler (singer, songwriter, actress, comedian and producer)
* 1957 - Deep Roy (actor, stuntman, puppeteer and comedian)
* 1967 - Nestor Carbonell (live-action/voice actor)
* 1970 - Sarah Silverman (stand-up comedian, live-action/voice actress, producer and writer)
* 1971 - Emily Mortimer (live-action/voice actress)
* 1973 - Lombardo Boyar (stand-up comedian and live-action/voice actor)
* 1977 - Nate Torrence (live-action/voice actor and comedian)
* 1982 - Riz Ahmed (actor and rapper)
* 1985 - Janelle Monáe (actress, singer, songwriter, model, rapper and record producer)

### Deaths

* 2018 - Ken Berry (actor, dancer and singer)

## Films

* 1966 - *Follow Me, Boys!* (Disney)
* 1989 - *National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation* was released in the U.S.A. (Warner Bros.)
* 2000 - *How the Grinch Stole Christmas* was released to Denmark, Spain, Finland, the United Kingdom, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay and South Africa. (Universal Studios)

## Television

* 1978 - The final episode of *The New Mickey Mouse Club* premieres on ABC.
* 1987 - The *DuckTales* episode "Duck to the Future" premieres in syndication.
* 1992 - *Frosty Returns* was premiered in CBS.
* 1995 - The *Timon & Pumbaa* episode "Be More Pacific/Going Uruguay" and the *Bill Nye the Science Guy* episode "NTV Top 11 Video Countdown" premiere in syndication.
* 1998 - The *Bear in the Big Blue House* episode "I Was Just Thinking/Wish You Were Here" premieres on Playhouse Disney.
* 2000 - *The Ultimate Christmas Present*, a Disney Channel Original Movie, premieres on Disney Channel.
* 2003 - The *Lilo & Stitch: The Series* episode "The Asteroid" premieres on Disney Channel.
* 2006 - The *Hannah Montana* episode "Debt it Be" premieres on Disney Channel.
* 2007 - *My Friends Tigger & Pooh* premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Darby's Tooth and Nothin' But the Tooth/Snow Problem, Roo".
* 2009 - *My Friends Tigger & Pooh* premieres on Playhouse Disney with the episode "Bursting Pooh's Bubble/Beaver Gets Skunked".
* 2013
	+ *Sofia the First* premieres on Disney Channel with the episode "Holiday in Enchancia".
	+ The *Doc McStuffins* episode "A Very McStuffins Christmas" premieres on Disney Junior.
* 2015
	+ The *Evermoor Chronicles* episode *The Labours of Bella* premieres on Disney Channel.
	+ *The Muppets* episode "Going, Going, Gonzo" premieres on ABC.
* 2016 - *Whisker Haven* ended its second season on Disney Junior.
* 2017 - The two-part, season five premiere *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* episode "Orientation" premieres on ABC.
* 2018 - Chinese *Lilo & Stitch* spin-off series *Stitch & Ai* makes its American debut on DisneyNOW, with twelve of the show's thirteen episodes quietly released on there for completely free viewing (without the need of a separate TV provider login).

## Video Games

* 1995 - *Animated StoryBook: Pocahontas*

## Disney Theme Park Happenings

* 2001 - The TriceraTop Spin opens at Disney's Animal Kingdom.

## VHS & DVD releases

* 2009 - *Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo-Choo Express*