Historical Events In December - 05

1940  On December - 05 jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60   

1941  On December - 05 uSS Lexington (CV-2) sails with Task Force 12 to ferry Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor.   

1941  On this day in history football Writers Association of America organized   

1941  David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire on December - 05.   

1942  On December - 05 cFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto   

1942  On December - 05 buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried   

1943  NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves on this day in history.   

1944  On December - 05 german troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht   

1945  Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle on this day in history.   

1945  On December - 05 in the 'Bermuda Triangle' five US Navy bombers, on a training flight, disappear without trace   

1945  On December - 05 "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)   

1946  On this day in history pres Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808   

1947  Jersey Joe Walcott beats Joe Louis on this day in history.   

1947  On December - 05 joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title   

1948  On December - 05 nY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions   

1949  Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history ships of the RAN participate in the evacuation of Chinnampo, Korea   

1950  On December - 05 ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1951  On December - 05 "Dragnet" premiers   

1951  On this day in history "Dragnet" premieres   

1951  On December - 05 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies   

1952  On December - 05 -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die   

1954  On December - 05 kTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1955  The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), a federation of autonomous trade unions in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, is formed on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history aFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president   

1955  Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73 on December - 05.   

1956  On this day in history thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in NYC   

1957  On December - 05 nYC becomes first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)   

1957  On December - 05 william Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC   

1958  Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1959  On December - 05 k S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies   

1963  On this day in history herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies   

1964  The first Medal of Honor awarded to a U.S. serviceman for action in Vietnam is presented to Capt. Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York, for his heroic action earlier in the year on December - 05.   

1964  Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70 on December - 05.   

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on this day in history.   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on December - 05.   

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on December - 05.   

1537  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)   

1539  On December - 05 birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on December - 05.   

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on December - 05.   

0749  On December - 05 death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

1082  On December - 05 death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona   

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on this day in history.   

1244  On this day in history johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies   

1355  On this day in history jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies   

1560  On this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16   

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.