Historical Events In December - 05

1940  On this day in history jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60  

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

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

1941  David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire on December - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1943  On December - 05 nFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves  

1944  German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht on this day in history.  

1945  Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle on this day in history.  

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

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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  On December - 05 jersey Joe Walcott beats Joe Louis  

1947  On December - 05 joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title  

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

1949  On this day in history ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title  

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

1950  Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title on December - 05.  

1951  "Dragnet" premiers on December - 05.  

1951  On this day in history "Dragnet" premieres  

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

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 December - 05.  

1955  AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president on this day in history.  

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  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  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 December - 05.  

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  On this day in history birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet  

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  On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian  

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

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