In 1942: During World War II, nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States; the goal was not so much to save on gas, but to conserve rubber that was desperately needed for the war effort by reducing the use of tires.
David Bowie
FILE - This is a Dec. 1, 1972 file photo of David Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust period pictured in Philadelphia. Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, nonconformity, striking visuals and a genre-bending persona he christened Ziggy Stardust, died of cancer Sunday Jan. 10, 2016. He was 69 and had just released a new album. (AP Photo, Brian Horton, File)
Martin Luther King Jr., Andrew Young
The Rev. Martin Luther King makes a statement at the Justice Department in Washington on Dec. 1, 1964 after a meeting with FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. King termed the 1¼-hour talk “quite amicable” Andrew Young, assistant to King, is at left. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)
Jetliner Crash Test
A Boeing 720 jetliner bursts into flames during the FAA/NASA Controlled Impact Demonstration at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Dec. 1, 1984. The remotely controlled aircraft was crashed to test an anti-misting fuel that is supposed to resist the fireball effect. The plane was destroyed. (AP Photo)
Susette Kehs
Phoenixville police dispatcher Susette Kehs zooms in on one of the close-circuit television cameras that the police use to monitor the downtown district of the Penn. town, Dec. 1, 1978. The police have been using cameras as a crime control aid for the past five years. (AP Photo/Steven M. Falk)
Robert Dole 1979
Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas, left, and his wife Elizabeth, talk with Iowa Republicans at the party's state council meeting in Des Moines on Saturday, Dec. 1, 1979. Dole is one of several GOP presidential candidates campaigning in Iowa for support in the state's Jan. 21 precinct caucuses. (AP Photo/Robert Jarboe)