Page 6: Historical Events In December - 05

1940  On December - 05 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  On this day in history football Writers Association of America organized   

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

1942  On December - 05 cFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto   

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

1943  NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves on this day in history.   

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

1945  On December - 05 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  On this day in history pres Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808   

1947  Jersey Joe Walcott beats Joe Louis on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1950  On December - 05 ships of the RAN participate in the evacuation of Chinnampo, Korea   

1950  On this day in history ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

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

1954  On December - 05 kTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting   

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

1955  Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  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  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  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 December - 05.   

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

1545  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

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

1082  Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

1212  On December - 05 derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

1244  Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on December - 05.   

1355  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1594  On December - 05 gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82