Historical Events In December - 05
Sunday, 28 May 2023
1940 Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
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 David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire on December - 05.
1942 CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto on this day in history.
1942 On December - 05 buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
1943 On December - 05 nFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves
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 On this day in history "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)
1946 Pres Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808 on this day in history.
1947 Jersey Joe Walcott beats Joe Louis on this day in history.
1947 Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.
1948 On December - 05 nY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
1949 On December - 05 ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
1950 On December - 05 ships of the RAN participate in the evacuation of Chinnampo, Korea
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on December - 05.
1951 On December - 05 "Dragnet" premiers
1951 "Dragnet" premieres on this day in history.
1951 On December - 05 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies
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 On December - 05 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
1955 AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president on December - 05.
1955 Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73 on December - 05.
1956 On December - 05 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 On December - 05 ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67
1959 K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies on December - 05.
1963 Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies on this day in history.
1964 On this day in history 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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