Historical Events In December - 05
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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