Page 6: Historical Events In December - 05

1940  Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60 on December - 05.   

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 December - 05.   

1941  On this day in history 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  On December - 05 nFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves   

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

1945  Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle on December - 05.   

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  On December - 05 pres Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808   

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  Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title on December - 05.   

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  "Dragnet" premiers on December - 05.   

1951  On December - 05 "Dragnet" premieres   

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

1952  On this day in history -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  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 December - 05.   

1957  William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC on December - 05.   

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

1959  On this day in history k S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies   

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

1964  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)   

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

1082  On this day in history 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  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on this day in history.   

1560  On this day in history 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