Page 6: Historical Events In December - 05

1940  Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60 on December - 05.   

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

1941  On December - 05 football Writers Association of America organized   

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

1942  CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto on December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

1945  On this day in history aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle   

1945  In the 'Bermuda Triangle' five US Navy bombers, on a training flight, disappear without trace on this day in history.   

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

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

1947  On December - 05 jersey Joe Walcott beats Joe Louis   

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

1948  NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions on December - 05.   

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

1950  Ships of the RAN participate in the evacuation of Chinnampo, Korea on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1951  "Dragnet" premiers on December - 05.   

1951  "Dragnet" premieres on December - 05.   

1951  "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies on December - 05.   

1952  On December - 05 -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die   

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  Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73 on December - 05.   

1956  On this day in history thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in NYC   

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

1957  William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1958  Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1963  Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies on December - 05.   

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  On this day in history 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  On December - 05 birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

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

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 December - 05.   

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on December - 05.   

1661  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)   

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 December - 05.   

1244  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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