353 Historic Events for December 5
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1972 Sahara)
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Bruce E Melnick, NYC, Cmdr USCG/astronaut (STS 41, STS 49)
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| 1949 |
Birth |
Lewis Arlt, Kingston NY, actor (Littlest Victims, Ken-Another World)
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| 1949 |
Event |
Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
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| 1950 |
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Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
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| 1950 |
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Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Morgan Brittany, [Suzanne Cupito], LA Cal, actress (Katherine-Dallas)
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| 1951 |
Birth |
Thomas Warren Purtzer, Des Moines IA, PGA golfer (1977 Glen Campbell)
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| 1951 |
Death |
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies
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| 1951 |
Event |
"Dragnet" premieres
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| 1952 |
Event |
-8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die
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| 1952 |
Birth |
Bobby Barth, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Axe)
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| 1953 |
Birth |
Jonathan Lewis, trombonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
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| 1953 |
Birth |
Larry Zbyszko, [Living Legend, Whistler], wrestler (WCW/AWA/NWA/WWF)
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| 1954 |
Event |
KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
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| 1954 |
Birth |
Kathryn Young, LPGA golfer
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| 1955 |
Event |
Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks
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| 1955 |
Death |
Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73
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| 1955 |
Event |
AFL and CIO merge, with George Meany as president
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| 1956 |
Event |
Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in NYC
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| 1957 |
Birth |
Charlene Morett, Darby Pa, field hockey left wing (Oly-bronze-1984)
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| 1957 |
Birth |
Art Monk, NFL wide receiver (Wash Redskins, Phila Eagles)
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| 1957 |
Event |
NYC is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
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| 1957 |
Birth |
Phil Collen, English heavy-metal guitarist (Def Leppard-Love Bites)
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| 1957 |
Event |
William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC
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