Page 6: Historical Events In December - 05

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

1941  USS Lexington (CV-2) sails with Task Force 12 to ferry Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor on this day in history.   

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

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

1942  CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history 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  German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht on this day in history.   

1945  On December - 05 aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle   

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

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

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

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

1947  Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history nY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions   

1949  On this day in history ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title   

1950  On December - 05 ships of the RAN participate in the evacuation of Chinnampo, Korea   

1950  Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on December - 05.   

1951  On December - 05 "Dragnet" premiers   

1951  On December - 05 "Dragnet" premieres   

1951  On this day in history "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies   

1952  -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die on this day in history.   

1954  KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting on December - 05.   

1955  On December - 05 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   

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

1955  On this day in history paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73   

1956  Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67   

1959  K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies on December - 05.   

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

1964  On this day in history 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.   

1964  On December - 05 remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70   

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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  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

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  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on this day in history.   

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on December - 05.   

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

1212  On December - 05 derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

1244  On December - 05 johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies   

1355  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on December - 05.   

1560  On December - 05 francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16   

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on December - 05.   

1594  On this day in history gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82