Page 6: Historical Events In December - 05

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

1941  On December - 05 uSS Lexington (CV-2) sails with Task Force 12 to ferry Marine aircraft to Midway, leaving no carriers at Pearl Harbor.   

1941  Football Writers Association of America organized on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history david Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire   

1942  On this day in history cFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto   

1942  Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history nFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves   

1944  German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht on December - 05.   

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

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

1945  "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle) on this day in history.   

1946  On December - 05 pres Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808   

1947  On this day in history jersey Joe Walcott beats Joe Louis   

1947  Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on December - 05.   

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

1949  Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history ships of the RAN participate in the evacuation of Chinnampo, Korea   

1950  Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history "Dragnet" premiers   

1951  "Dragnet" premieres on December - 05.   

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

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  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 on December - 05.   

1955  On December - 05 aFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president   

1955  On December - 05 paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73   

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

1957  NYC becomes first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) on December - 05.   

1957  On December - 05 william Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC   

1958  On December - 05 ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67   

1959  On December - 05 k S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies   

1963  Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies on this day in history.   

1964  On December - 05 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  Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on December - 05.   

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

1547  On this day in history birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

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 this day in history.   

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

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on this day in history.   

1244  Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on December - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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