Historical Events In December - 05

1925  Canadian comedian David Broadfoot, a star of the Royal Canadian Air FArce is born on December - 05.   

1925  On this day in history 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1   

1925  Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1967..79) on December - 05.   

1925  On December - 05 wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78   

1926  On December - 05 sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts   

1926  On December - 05 george Savalas, Bronx NY, actor (Kojak)   

1927  On December - 05 rama IX, [Bhumibol Adulyadej], Mass, king of Thailand (1946- )   

1928  England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane on December - 05.   

1928  Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1929  First US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC) on December - 05.   

1929  SS Frances Duncan, built 1907 by Palmers Newcastle on Tyne. Foundered off Lands End, Cornwall, while carrying coal from Barry, South Wales to Rouen, France. 16 lost out of the crew of 21 on December - 05.   

1929  On this day in history 1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC)   

1931  CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history german physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa   

1932  The first Ford Model C automobile was introduced. It boasted the first four-cylinder engine made by Ford with a counter-balanced crankshaft on December - 05.   

1932  Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], Macon Ga, rocker (Tutty Fruity) on December - 05.   

1933  On December - 05 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed   

1933  On December - 05 in America, prohibition is repealed after over 13 years   

1933  21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST) on December - 05.   

1933  On December - 05 bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator   

1934  Joan Didion, US novelist/journalist (Salvador) on this day in history.   

1935  At Challander, Ontartio, the infant Dionne quintuplets are filmed for a movie based on their birth on this day in history.   

1935  On December - 05 commercial hydroponics operation established (Montebello CA)   

1935  On December - 05 1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello Calif)   

1935  Calvin Trillin, author (New Yorker) on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78   

1936  On this day in history 24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20   

1936  On December - 05 james Lee Burke, American writer   

1938  John J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist (After Midnight) on December - 05.   

1938  Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1939  On December - 05 a Sunderland aircraft of 10 Squadron RAAF, part of the RAF Coastal Command, flies on the first official RAAF operation of World War Two   

1939  Frederik van Rossum, composer on this day in history.   

1940  HMCS Saguenay (Destroyer) first Canadian Warship torpedoed, limps into a British port on this day in history.   

1940  Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager on December - 05.   

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1377  On December - 05 birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  On December - 05 birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)   

1495  On December - 05 birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

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  On this day in history birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

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

1661  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)   

0749  On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

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

1212  On this day in history derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

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

1355  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on this day in history.   

1560  Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on December - 05.   

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

1594  On December - 05 gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82