Page 5: Historical Events In December - 05
Friday, 09 January 2026
1925 On December - 05 canadian comedian David Broadfoot, a star of the Royal Canadian Air FArce is born 

1925 On December - 05 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1 

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

1925 On this day in history wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78 

1926 On this day in history 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 On this day in history england defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane 

1928 Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61 on December - 05. 

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 1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC) on December - 05. 

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

1932 German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa on December - 05. 

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 On this day in history little Richard [Wayne Penniman], Macon Ga, rocker (Tutty Fruity) 

1933 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed on this day in history. 

1933 On this day in history in America, prohibition is repealed after over 13 years 

1933 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST) on this day in history. 

1933 On this day in history bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator 

1934 On December - 05 joan Didion, US novelist/journalist (Salvador) 

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

1935 Commercial hydroponics operation established (Montebello CA) on this day in history. 

1935 1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello Calif) on this day in history. 

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

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

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 On this day in history john J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist (After Midnight) 

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

1939 A Sunderland aircraft of 10 Squadron RAAF, part of the RAF Coastal Command, flies on the first official RAAF operation of World War Two on this day in history. 

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

1940 On this day in history hMCS Saguenay (Destroyer) first Canadian Warship torpedoed, limps into a British port 

1940 Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager on this day in history. 

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