Historical Events In December - 05

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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1377  On December - 05 birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)  

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

1495  On December - 05 birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)  

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.  

1539  On December - 05 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  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on this day in history.  

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

0749  On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian  

1082  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona  

1212  On this day in history derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies  

1244  On this day in history johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies  

1355  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on December - 05.  

1560  On December - 05 francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16  

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on December - 05.  

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