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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1943  NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves on December - 05.   

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

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

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

1947  Jersey Joe Walcott beats Joe Louis on December - 05.   

1947  On this day in history joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title   

1948  On this day in history 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 this day in history ships of the RAN participate in the evacuation of Chinnampo, Korea   

1950  On December - 05 ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1951  On this day in history "Dragnet" premiers   

1951  On December - 05 "Dragnet" premieres   

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

1952  On this day in history -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die   

1954  KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1955  AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president on December - 05.   

1955  On this day in history paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73   

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

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

1957  William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC on December - 05.   

1958  On this day in history 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 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

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  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  On this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16   

1570  On this day in history death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)   

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.