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05 Dec 1082
Ramon Berenguer II Count of Barcelona is assassinated
05 Dec 1301
Pope Boniface VIIIs degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
05 Dec 1349
500 Jews of Nuremberg massacred during Black Death riots
05 Dec 1448
Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of KievIntoxication
05 Dec 1496
Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
05 Dec 1602
Giulio Caccinis Euridice premieres in Florence
05 Dec 1741
-6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
05 Dec 1757
Battle of Leuthen Prussian army beats Austrians
05 Dec 1766
Worlds largest auction house - Christies hold their first sale in their permanent saleroom in Pall MallLondon
05 Dec 1775
At Fort Ticonderoga Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge Massachusetts.
05 Dec 1776
First US fraternity Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College) forms
05 Dec 1830
Hector Berlioz Symphonique Fantastique premieres in Paris
05 Dec 1831
Former US President John Q Adams takes his seat as a member of House of Representatives
05 Dec 1835
- 10th Assault on Mexican-held San Antonio by Texan rebels
05 Dec 1837
Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
05 Dec 1846
C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
05 Dec 1848
US President Polk triggers Gold Rush of 1849 by confirming gold discovery in California
05 Dec 1854
Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
05 Dec 1865
Chincha Islands War Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
05 Dec 1872
Ship the Mary Celeste is discovered mysteriously abandoned by her crew in the Atlantic Ocean
05 Dec 1876
Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
05 Dec 1876
Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295 trampled or burned to death
05 Dec 1879
1st automatic telephone switching system patented
05 Dec 1887
Stanleys expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
05 Dec 1890
Berlioz opera Les Troyens premieres in Karlsruhe
05 Dec 1892
Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germanys Reichstag
05 Dec 1893
Electric car built at the Dixon Carriage works in Toronto could go 15 miles between charges
05 Dec 1894
Georges Feydeaus Lhtel du libre change premieres in Paris
05 Dec 1896
Henrik Ibsens Kejsor og Galileer premieres in Leipzig
05 Dec 1908
1st US football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
05 Dec 1912
The Triple Alliance among Italy Austria and Germany (originally signed in 1882) is renewed for six years beginning in 1914 a move inspired by instability in the Balkans
05 Dec 1914
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Toronto Argonauts win first Championship beat U of Toronto Blues 14-2
05 Dec 1914
The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.
05 Dec 1917
Austro-German Forces launch an offensive against the Italians on the western end of their line around Asiago
05 Dec 1920
Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie title undecided
05 Dec 1920
Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.
05 Dec 1924
Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Tor Maple Leafs 10-5
05 Dec 1925
CFL Grey Cup Landsdowne Park Ottawa Ottawa Senators win first title beat Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 24-1
05 Dec 1925
Hans Luther forced to resign as Chancellor and head of the German Weimar government
05 Dec 1928
England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
05 Dec 1929
1st US nudist organization the American League for Physical Culture in New York City
05 Dec 1931
CFL Grey Cup Molson Stadium Montreal Montreal AAA Winged Wheelers shutout Regina Roughriders 22-0 for their first title
05 Dec 1933
21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified 18th Amendment (Prohibition of alcohol) repealed (532 PM EST)
05 Dec 1935
First commercial hydroponics operation established (Montebello California)
05 Dec 1935
National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)
05 Dec 1936
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Sarnia Imperials defeat Ottawa Rough Riders 26-20 for their 2nd Championship
05 Dec 1936
Armenian SSR Azerbaijan SSR Georgian SSR Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union
05 Dec 1941
Football Writers Association of America organized
05 Dec 1941
Patrick Hamiltons Angel Street premieres in NYC
05 Dec 1941
Soviet anti-offensive in Moscow drives out Nazi army
05 Dec 1941
Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
05 Dec 1941
Sullivans Travels directed by Preston Sturges and starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake is released
05 Dec 1942
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Toronto RCAF Hurricanes beat Winnipeg RCAF Bombers 8-5
05 Dec 1942
Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to work
05 Dec 1942
West Indies chocolatecoffee drop above Netherland
05 Dec 1943
NFL Philadelphia Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger dissolves
05 Dec 1944
German troops steal all the silver coin in Utrecht
05 Dec 1945
Flight 19 the Lost Squadron of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle
05 Dec 1945
Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl
05 Dec 1948
NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
05 Dec 1950
Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
05 Dec 1954
KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
05 Dec 1955
American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merge to form the AFL-CIO with George Meany as President
05 Dec 1956
Thornton Wilders Matchmaker premieres in NYC
05 Dec 1956
17 year old British swimmer Judy Grinham and American Carin Cone both swim world record 112.9 in the womens 100m backstroke at the Melbourne Olympics Grinham is awarded gold medal
05 Dec 1956
Soviet artistic gymnast Larisa Latynina wins the womens vault and ties for gold in the floor exercise section at the Melbourne Olympics later takes gold total to 4 with teams and individual all-round titles
05 Dec 1956
Danish sailer Paul Elvstrm wins the Finn class gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics his 2nd straight Finn gold and 3rd consecutive Olympic gold in sailing
05 Dec 1957
William Inges Dark at the Top of the Stairs premieres in NYC
05 Dec 1957
NYC is first US city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
05 Dec 1958
Phils drop plans for NY sportcast as Yanks threat to do same in Philadelphia
05 Dec 1958
WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
05 Dec 1958
The Preston bypass the UKs first stretch of motorway opens to traffic for the first time. It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.
05 Dec 1959
Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
05 Dec 1964
Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War for successfully repelling a large Viet Cong attack
05 Dec 1966
I Do I Do opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 561 performances
05 Dec 1968
Future Hockey Hall of Fame center Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins scores 2 goals in his goaltender brother Tonys (also HOF) NHL debut for the Montreal Canadiens 2-2 tie
05 Dec 1970
LA Rams Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing
05 Dec 1970
Stanley Cup Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson Trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame
05 Dec 1970
Premiere of Dario Fos Morte accidentale di un anarchico
05 Dec 1971
KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
05 Dec 1971
Libya nationalizes British Petroleum concession
05 Dec 1972
38th Heisman Trophy Award Johnny Rodgers Nebraska (FL)
05 Dec 1972
Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election
05 Dec 1972
Joseph A Walkers River Niger premieres in NYC
05 Dec 1973
Chicago Cubs Ron Santo becomes 1st baseball player to invoke 10-5 rule and veto his trade (with the California Angels)
05 Dec 1973
Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall
05 Dec 1974
1st Wash Cap penalty shot Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres
05 Dec 1974
1st World Football League Bowl Birmingham Americans beat Florida
05 Dec 1974
Airport terminal roof in Tehran collapses killing 17
05 Dec 1974
Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Wash Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot
05 Dec 1974
Birmingham Americans defeat the Florida Blazers 22-21 in the WFLs World Bowl
05 Dec 1975
Me & Bessie closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances
05 Dec 1977
Egypt breaks off diplomatic relations with Syria Libya Algeria Iraq & South Yemen
05 Dec 1978
Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
05 Dec 1979
Ex-World Series Cricket combatants Greg Chappell (124) and Kim Hughes (130no) rescue Australia on last day of the drawn 1st Test v West Indies in Brisbane WSC players return in this Test
05 Dec 1980
Bank of Canadas Canadian Currency Museum opens
05 Dec 1981
47th Heisman Trophy Award Marcus Allen Southern Cal (RB)
05 Dec 1982
Cleveland Browns Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
05 Dec 1982
Ingrid Berghmans (Neth) retains judos world championship
05 Dec 1982
Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
05 Dec 1982
Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am refugees
05 Dec 1982
15th NAACP Image Awards An Officer and a Gentleman wins Outstanding Motion Picture
05 Dec 1983
12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
05 Dec 1983
LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
05 Dec 1983
ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu Nepal and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
05 Dec 1984
French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
05 Dec 1984
Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
05 Dec 1985
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1500 level for 1st time
05 Dec 1985
Sam Shepards Lie of the Mind premieres in NYC
05 Dec 1987
53rd Heisman Trophy Award Tim Brown Notre Dame (WR)
05 Dec 1987
David Boons 5th Test Cricket century 143 v NZ at Brisbane
05 Dec 1987
Schonbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (416.76)
05 Dec 1988
NC federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy
05 Dec 1988
Shuttle Atlantis launches worlds 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
05 Dec 1988
Boris Becker beats defending champion Ivan Lendl 57 76 36 62 76 in a classic final to win his first of 3 ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles at Madison Square Garden NYC
05 Dec 1989
France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
05 Dec 1990
Blue Jays trade F McGriff & T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar & J Carter
05 Dec 1990
Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty
05 Dec 1990
British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie appears in public for 1st time in 2 years after Iran called for his assassination
05 Dec 1990
Iraq announces willingness to speak with US about resolving the Persian Gulf crisis
05 Dec 1991
Catskills on Broadway opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 performances
05 Dec 1991
Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud) found guilty
05 Dec 1991
NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
05 Dec 1992
1st SEC Championship Game 2 Alabama beats 12 Florida 28-21
05 Dec 1993
Timon of Athens closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
05 Dec 1993
82nd Davis Cup Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
05 Dec 1993
Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
05 Dec 1993
Melissa McnamaraMike Sopringer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
05 Dec 1993
The mayor of Wien (Vienna) Helmut Zilk is wounded by a letter bomb.
05 Dec 1995
The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
05 Dec 1996
Dreams & Nightmares opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
05 Dec 1996
Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement
05 Dec 1996
Portlands Jermaine ONeal at 18 becomes the youngest NBA player
05 Dec 1997
1st Game at Wash Capitals MCI Center vs Fla Panthers
05 Dec 1999
88th Davis Cup Australia beats France in Nice (3-2)
05 Dec 2000
O Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack to the film of the same name released
05 Dec 2004
93rd Davis Cup Spain beats USA in Seville (3-2)
05 Dec 2005
The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
05 Dec 2005
The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom and the first civil partnership is registered there.
05 Dec 2006
Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
05 Dec 1933
Prohibition ends in the US when 21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified 18th Amendment repealed (532 PM EST)
05 Dec 1970
Stanley Cup Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson Trophy stolen from Hockey Hall of Fame
05 Dec 1982
Senior PGA Championship Mens Golf PGA National GC Don January wins his lone Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke over Julius Boros
05 Dec 1988
Federal grand jury indicts The PTL Club founder and Christian evangelist Jim Bakker for fraud after he paid hush money to cover up an alleged rape
05 Dec 1766
Worlds largest auction house - Christies hold their first sale in their permanent saleroom in Pall Mall London
05 Dec 1956
Danish yachtsman Paul Elvstrm wins the Finn class gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics his 2nd straight Finn gold and 3rd consecutive Olympic gold in sailing
05 Dec 1982
PGA Seniors Championship Mens Golf PGA National GC Don January wins his lone Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke over Julius Boros
05 Dec 1301
Pope Boniface VIIIs decree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
05 Dec 1982
NFL Cleveland Browns Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
05 Dec 1984
New York Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Atlanta Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
05 Dec 1837
Hector Berliozs Requiem premiere at Les Invalides conducted by Franois Habeneck
05 Dec 1890
Hector Berliozs opera Les Troyens premieres in Karlsruhe Germany
05 Dec 1952
Great Smog of London (England) Killer fog creeps in as still winds and cold temperatures cause pollution fueled by coal smoke to stagnate lasting 4 days over 8000 deaths attributed to conditions [1] [2]
05 Dec 1959
Future Pakistan cricket captain Intikhab Alam bowls Australian opener Colin McDonald with his first ball in Test cricket in drawn 3rd Test in Karachi
05 Dec 1456
Earthquake strikes Naples killing an estimated 35000 people
05 Dec 1602
Giulio Caccini and Ottario Rinuccinis opera Euridice premieres at the Pitti Palace in Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy)
05 Dec 1947
Samuel L. Manning and Adolph Thensteads musical revue Caribbean Carnival opens at International Theater NYC runs for 11 performances
05 Dec 1965
Brunswick Records releases My Generation the debut album of British rock group The Who in the UK and Australia
05 Dec 1969
Four-node ARPANET network is established between the University of California Los Angeles Stanford Research Institute U.C. Santa Barbara and the University of Utah
05 Dec 1970
NFL Los Angeles Rams running back Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing
05 Dec 1982
Senior PGA Championship PGA National GC Don January wins his lone Champions Tour major title by 1 stroke over Julius Boros
05 Dec 1360
The French Franc is created to pay the ransom of King John II of France captured by the English during the Hundred Years War
05 Dec 1590
Italian bishop Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV
05 Dec 1741
Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna seizes power from the infant Ivan VI with the help of the military
05 Dec 1757
Battle of Leuthen Prussian army beats an Austrian force
05 Dec 1846
German-Swiss chemist Christian Freidrich Schoenbein obtains a patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
05 Dec 1876
Daniel Stillson of Massachusetts patents 1st practical pipe wrench
05 Dec 1894
Georges Feydeaus comedic play Lhtel du libre change premieres in Paris
05 Dec 1905
Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes UK Prime Minister
05 Dec 1945
Dutch Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of radio presenter Max Blokzijl for broadcasting Nazi propaganda
05 Dec 1956
17-year-old British swimmer Judy Grinham and American Carin Cone both swim world record 112.9 in the womens 100m backstroke at the Melbourne Olympics Grinham is awarded gold medal
05 Dec 1978
New York Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Pittsburgh Penguins Penguins Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
05 Dec 1982
Dutch judoka Ingrid Berghmans retains judos world championship
05 Dec 1997
Space Shuttle mission STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands back on Earth
05 Dec 2007
Westroads Mall massacre A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha Nebraska mall killing eight people before taking his own life.
05 Dec 2012
8 people are killed and 12 injured by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in South Korea
05 Dec 2012
In his Autumn Statement Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne cuts the UK growth forecast for 2013 to 1.2% from the 2% forecast in the budget
05 Dec 2013
52 people are killed and 167 are injured in a militant attack on a defense ministry compound in Sanaa Yemen
05 Dec 2016
Malta becomes the 1st country in Europe to outlaw conversion therapy
05 Dec 2017
Artist Lubaina Himid wins Britains Turner Prize oldest person at 63 and first nonwhite woman
05 Dec 2017
Austrian courts rule in favour of same-sex marriage from 2019
05 Dec 2017
Democratic representative John Conyers resigns from US Congress after allegations of sexual harassment
05 Dec 2017
Netflix fires actor Danny Masterson from The Ranch after allegations of rape filed against him by 3 women
05 Dec 2017
Online store Amazon begins operations in Australia
05 Dec 2017
Russia is banned from the next Winter Olympics in South Korea over state-sponsored doping
05 Dec 2018
Arrest of Huawei Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou for possible violation of Iran sanctions in Canada
05 Dec 2018
CO2 emissions reach all-time high (up 2.7%) driven by coal use in China and consumption of oil in Global Carbon Project report
05 Dec 2018
Letter by Albert Einstein from 1954 on concept of religion sells for 2.9 million at Christies in New York
05 Dec 2018
US state funeral for former president George H. W. Bush eulogy by George W. Bush attended by President Donald Trump predecessors Barack Obama Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter
05 Dec 1766
Christies the worlds largest auction house holds its first sale in its permanent saleroom in Pall Mall London
05 Dec 1776
First US academic honor society Phi Beta Kappa forms at William & Mary College in Williamsburg Virginia
05 Dec 1813
City of Lbeck surrenders to anti-Napoleonic allied armies
05 Dec 1854
Aaron Allen of Boston patents the folding theater chair
05 Dec 1872
The ship Mary Celeste is discovered mysteriously abandoned by her crew in the Atlantic Ocean
05 Dec 1879
First automatic telephone switching system is patented
05 Dec 1882
US Patent Office grants patent 268503 for the exclusive right to make use or sell animal-shaped buildings to James V. Lafferty of Philadelphia three novelty elephants are built Elephant Bazaar in South Atlantic City New Jersey (1881) Light of Asia in South Cape May New Jersey (1884) and Elephantine Colossus in Coney Island New York (1885) [1]
05 Dec 1908
The University of Pittsburgh is the first US college football team to use numerals on their uniform
05 Dec 1933
Prohibition ends in the US at 532 PM EST when the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified repealing the 18th Amendment
05 Dec 1945
Flight 19 the Lost Squadron of five torpedo bombers and 14 airmen disappears east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle
05 Dec 1955
Thornton Wilders play The Matchmaker premieres on Broadway in NYC
05 Dec 1958
MLB Philadelphia Phillies drop plans for NY sportscast as NEW York Yankees threaten to do same in Philadelphia
05 Dec 1971
Ian Dury performs his first gig with Kilburn and the High Roads at Croydon School of Art
05 Dec 1975
NASA launches a pair of atmospheric probing satellites dubbed Dual Air Density Explorers (DADE-A and DADE-B) from Vandenberg air base in California they fil to get into orbit [1]
05 Dec 1984
Oakland Athletics trade outfielder Rickey Henderson and pitcher Bert Bradley to the New York Yankees for Tim Birtsas Jay Howell Stan Javier Eric Plunk and Jos Rijo.
05 Dec 1985
Sam Shepards stage drama A Lie of the Mind opens off-Broadway at the Promenade Theatre NYC
05 Dec 1989
Frances TGV train reaches a world record speed of 482.4 kmh (299.75 mph)
05 Dec 1993
Mayor of Vienna Helmut Zilk is injured by a letter bomb
05 Dec 1995
Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil Tigers Jaffna stronghold
05 Dec 2003
Mexican singer Thalia the Queen of Latin Pop is awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles
05 Dec 2005
Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom allowing the countrys first civil partnerships to be registered
05 Dec 2006
Greg Maddux signs a one-year deal with the San Diego Padres worth 10 million
05 Dec 2017
Artist Lubaina Himid wins Britains Turner Prize as the oldest person at 63 and the first woman of color
05 Dec 2017
Russia is banned from the next Winter Olympics in South Korea for state-sponsored doping
05 Dec 2018
Letter by Albert Einstein from 1954 on the concept of religion sells for 2.9 million at Christies in New York
05 Dec 2018
Wisconsin Republican senate passes bills restricting power of new Democratic governor Tony Evers
05 Dec 2019
National strike in France more than 800000 people in 100 cities protest against proposed pension reform
05 Dec 2019
WHO says 142000 people died of the measles around the world in 2018 nearly 20000 more than in 2017
05 Dec 2020
Russia begins vaccinating people with its Sputnik V vaccine in Moscow despite the vaccine not finishing clinical trials
05 Dec 2021
First known hippos test positive for COVID-19 at Antwerp Zoo in Belgium with staff putting Imani (14) and Hermien (41) into isolation [1]
05 Dec 2022
Construction begins on the worlds biggest radio telescope the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in South Africa and Australia with a collection area of nearly 500000 square meters built to test Einsteins theories and search for extraterrestrial life [1]
05 Dec 2022
Fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) opens in Montreal Canada
05 Dec 2022
Iranian senior official confirms the countrys Morality Police has been shut down in a concession to three months of nationwide protests though may take on a different form [1]
05 Dec 2023
Sculptor Jesse Darling wins the Turner Prize for his sculptures made of everyday objects [1]
05 Dec 2024
Mathematicians solve a 122-year-old puzzle known as Dudeneys dissection on how to dissect an equilateral triangle into a square using the smallest number of pieces [1]