1. Francis Salvador, the first Jew elected to public office in America, was killed on December 1, 1776, during the Revolutionary War Battle of Ninety Six in present-day Greenwood County.

2. The Charleston Fire Department, established in 1882, experienced its first recorded on-duty death on December 1, 1904, when Captain Joseph J. Reilly died after being engulfed in flames while fighting a blaze on King Street.

3. On December 1, 1913, the South Carolina State House was illuminated with electric lights for the first time. Prior to this, the building had been illuminated by gas lights.

4. The state song of South Carolina, "Carolina," was officially adopted on December 1, 1911. The song was written by Henry Timrod in 1861 during the Civil War.

5. The College of Charleston, now a public liberal arts and sciences university, opened its doors on December 1, 1770, as one of the first institutions of higher education in America.