Page 6: Historical Events In December - 05

1940  On this day in history jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60   

1941  On December - 05 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 December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

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

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

1945  On December - 05 "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 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 December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

1954  KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting on December - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1955  On December - 05 aFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president   

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

1956  Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in NYC on December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history 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  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history 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  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on December - 05.   

1547  On this day in history birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

1661  On this day in history birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)   

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on this day in history.   

1082  On December - 05 death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona   

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on this day in history.   

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

1355  On December - 05 jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies   

1560  On this day in history 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.