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