Page 6: 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  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 this day in history.   

1943  NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves on December - 05.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1947  Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1948  NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions on this day in history.   

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 December - 05 ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1951  On December - 05 "Dragnet" premiers   

1951  "Dragnet" premieres on this day in history.   

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

1952  -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history kTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting   

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 this day in history 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  On December - 05 william Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC   

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 December - 05.   

1963  Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies on December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on December - 05.   

1545  On this day in history birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

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

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

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