Historical Events In December - 05

1925  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts  

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

1927  Rama IX, [Bhumibol Adulyadej], Mass, king of Thailand (1946- ) on December - 05.  

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

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

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

1929  On this day in history 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.  

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

1931  On this day in history cFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal  

1932  German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa on this day in history.  

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1933  18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed on this day in history.  

1933  On December - 05 in America, prohibition is repealed after over 13 years  

1933  On this day in history 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST)  

1933  Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator on this day in history.  

1934  Joan Didion, US novelist/journalist (Salvador) on December - 05.  

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

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

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

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

1935  On December - 05 frans, [MJ Francois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78  

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

1936  On December - 05 james Lee Burke, American writer  

1938  John J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist (After Midnight) on this day in history.  

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 December - 05.  

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  On December - 05 boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager  

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

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

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on December - 05.  

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

1539  On December - 05 birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)  

1545  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on this day in history.  

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  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  Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on this day in history.  

1355  On this day in history jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies  

1560  Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on this day in history.  

1570  On December - 05 death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)  

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