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 December - 05 football Writers Association of America organized   

1941  David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire on this day in history.   

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

1942  Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried on December - 05.   

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

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

1947  On December - 05 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  Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title on December - 05.   

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  On December - 05 "Dragnet" premieres   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history aFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president   

1955  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history william Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC   

1958  Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67 on December - 05.   

1959  K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies on this day in history.   

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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1377  On this day in history birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)   

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.   

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  On December - 05 birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

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  Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

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 December - 05.   

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

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