Historical Events In December - 05

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

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

1925  Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1967..79) on this day in history.  

1925  Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78 on December - 05.  

1926  Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts on this day in history.  

1926  George Savalas, Bronx NY, actor (Kojak) on this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history rama IX, [Bhumibol Adulyadej], Mass, king of Thailand (1946- )  

1928  On December - 05 england defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane  

1928  On December - 05 johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61  

1929  First US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC) on this day in history.  

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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 December - 05.  

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

1932  On this day in history the first Ford Model C automobile was introduced. It boasted the first four-cylinder engine made by Ford with a counter-balanced crankshaft.  

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

1933  On December - 05 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed  

1933  In America, prohibition is repealed after over 13 years on December - 05.  

1933  21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST) on December - 05.  

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 December - 05.  

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

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

1935  On this day in history calvin Trillin, author (New Yorker)  

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

1936  24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20 on December - 05.  

1936  James Lee Burke, American writer on December - 05.  

1938  On December - 05 john J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist (After Midnight)  

1938  On this day in history christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54  

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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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on December - 05.  

1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)  

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet  

1547  On December - 05 birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian  

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 December - 05.  

1244  On December - 05 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 December - 05.  

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on December - 05.