This day in History - December 5

353 Historic Events for December 5
1941 Event Football Writers Association of America organized
1941 Event Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street," premieres in NYC
1941 Event Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
1941 Event Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
1941 Event US aircraft carrier Lexington/5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1942 Event CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto
1942 Event Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to go work
1942 Event West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland
1942 Birth Randy Kirby, Chicago Ill, actor (Randy-Girl From UNCLE)
1942 Death Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
1943 Event NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves
1944 Event German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht
1944 Birth Jeroen Krabb‚, Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Fugitive)
1945 Birth Jocelyn, Italian entertainer
1945 Birth J W "Corkey" Fornof, New Orleans, stunt coordinator (Octopussy)
1945 Event Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl
1945 Event "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)
1946 Birth Andy Kim, [Andrew Joachim], rocker
1946 Birth Jos‚ Carreras, Barcelona Spain opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors)
1946 Event Pres Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808
1947 Birth Jim Plunkett, San Jose, CA, NFL quarterback (New England, Oakland)
1947 Event Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1947 Birth Jim Messina, rocker (Loggins and Messina-Your Mamma Don't Dance)
1947 Birth Jugderdemidjin Gurragcha, Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39)
1948 Event NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions