Historical Events In December - 05

1940  On December - 05 jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60  

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

1941  On December - 05 david Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire  

1942  CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto on this day in history.  

1942  On this day in history buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried  

1943  On this day in history nFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves  

1944  On this day in history german troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht  

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

1945  On December - 05 in the 'Bermuda Triangle' five US Navy bombers, on a training flight, disappear without trace  

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1945  On December - 05 "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 this day in history jersey Joe Walcott beats Joe Louis  

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

1948  On December - 05 nY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions  

1949  Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.  

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 December - 05.  

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

1952  On December - 05 -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  On this day in history 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  On December - 05 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  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 December - 05.  

1958  On this day in history ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67  

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

1963  On December - 05 herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies  

1964  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 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 05.  

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  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on this day in history.  

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on December - 05.  

1082  Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on December - 05.  

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

1560  Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on this day in history.  

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