Historical Events In December - 05

1940  Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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 December - 05.   

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

1944  German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht on December - 05.   

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   

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 December - 05.   

1947  On this day in history 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 December - 05 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  On this day in history ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title   

1951  "Dragnet" premiers on this day in history.   

1951  "Dragnet" premieres on this day in history.   

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

1952  -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die on December - 05.   

1954  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1958  Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 December - 05 remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70   

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1377  On this day in history birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  On December - 05 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  On December - 05 death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

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

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