Notable Historical Events on December 5th
December 5th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
63 |
Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. |
BC AD | |
663 |
Fourth Council of Toledo takes place. |
771 |
Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. |
1082 |
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated. |
1301 |
Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee) |
1349 |
500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots |
1360 |
The French Franc is created. |
1408 |
Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow. |
1448 |
Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication |
1456 |
Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die |
1492 |
Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) |
1496 |
Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I |
1590 |
Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV |
1602 |
Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence |
1717 |
Blackbeard ransacks the merchant sloop "Margaret" and keeps her captain, Henry Bostock, prisoner for 8 hours before releasing him. Bostock would later provide the first recorded of Blackbeard's appearance, with specific reference to his "very black beard", providing the source for his name |
1741 |
-6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers |
1746 |
Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule. |
1757 |
Battle of Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians |
1766 |
London auctioneers Christie's hold their first sale |
1775 |
At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
1776 |
1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms |
1792 |
George Washington re-elected as US president |
1798 |
Dutch troops occupy Hasselt |
1804 |
Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President, George Clinton Vice President |
1813 |
Lübeck surrenders to allied armies |
1815 |
Foundation of Maceió in Brazil. |
1830 |
Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique Fantastique" premieres in Paris |
1831 |
Former US President John Q Adams takes his seat as a member of House of Representatives |
1832 |
Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US |
1835 |
- 10th: Assault on Mexican-held San Antonio by Texan rebels |
1837 |
Hector Berlioz' "Requiem" premieres |
1837 |
Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada |
1840 |
Napoleon Bonaparte receives a french state funeral in Paris 19 years after his death |
1846 |
C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive |
1847 |
Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post. |
1848 |
President Polk triggers Gold Rush of 1849 by confirming gold discovery in California |
1854 |
Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair |
1859 |
Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon" premieres in NYC |
1862 |
Battle of Coffeeville, MS |
1865 |
Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain. |
1868 |
1st American bicycle college opens (NY) |
1876 |
Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench |
1876 |
Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death |
1879 |
1st automatic telephone switching system patented |
1881 |
47th Congress (1881-83) convenes |
1887 |
Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo |
1890 |
Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens" premieres in Karlsruhe |
1892 |
Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag |
1892 |
Sir John Thompson becomes the fourth Prime Minister of Canada. |
1893 |
1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges |
1894 |
Georges Feydeaus' "L'hôtel du libre échange" premieres in Paris |
1896 |
Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer" premieres in Leipzig |
1905 |
Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes UK PM |
1906 |
British government of Balfour resigns |
1908 |
1st US football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh) |
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 |
1914 |
6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats U of Toronto, 14-2 |
1914 |
The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country. |
1918 |
Oil refinery on Curacao opens |
1920 |
Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided |
1920 |
Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece. |
1924 |
Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Tor Maple Leafs 10-5 |
1925 |
13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1 |
1925 |
German government of Luther falls |
1926 |
Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" debuts |
1928 |
England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane |
1928 |
MW Miklas elected president of Austria |
1929 |
1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC) |
1931 |
CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal |
1932 |
German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa to enter America |
1933 |
21st Amendment ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST) |
1935 |
1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello California) |
1935 |
National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC) |
1936 |
24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20 |
1936 |
Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union |
1941 |
Football Writers Association of America organized |
1941 |
Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street" premieres in NYC |
1941 |
Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army |
1941 |
Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved |
1941 |
US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor |
1942 |
CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto |
1942 |
Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to work |
1942 |
West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland |
1943 |
NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves |
1944 |
German troops steal all the silver coin in Utrecht |
1945 |
"Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle) |
1945 |
Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl |
1946 |
Pres Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808 |
1947 |
Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
1948 |
NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions |
1949 |
Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title |
1950 |
Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title |
1950 |
Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India |
1951 |
"Dragnet" premieres |
1952 |
-8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die |
1954 |
KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1955 |
AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president |
1955 |
Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks |
1955 |
The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO. |
1956 |
Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker" premieres in NYC |
1957 |
William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" premieres in NYC |
1957 |
NYC is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) |
1957 |
Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia. |
1958 |
Phils drop plans for NY sportcast as Yanks threat to do same in Phila |
1958 |
WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1958 |
Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh. |
1958 |
The Preston bypass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways. |
1959 |
Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests |
1960 |
Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium |
1964 |
Vietnam War: for his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war. |
1966 |
"I Do! I Do!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 561 performances |
1967 |
Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens |
1967 |
Benjamin Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting against Vietnam war |
1968 |
Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP |
1969 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1970 |
LA Rams Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing |
1970 |
Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame |
1970 |
Premiere of Dario Fo's Morte accidentale di un anarchico. |
1971 |
KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast |
1971 |
Libya nationalizes British Petroleum concession |
1972 |
38th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL) |
1972 |
Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election |
1972 |
Joseph A Walker's "River Niger" premieres in NYC |
1973 |
Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade |
1973 |
Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall |
1973 |
Paul McCartney releases album "Band on the Run" album |
1974 |
1st Wash Cap penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres |
1974 |
1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida |
1974 |
Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran) |
1974 |
Monty Python's Flying Circus final episode airs on BBC |
1974 |
NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms |
1974 |
Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named |
1974 |
Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Wash Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot |
1974 |
Birmingham Americans defeat the Florida Blazers 22-21 in the WFL's World Bowl |
1975 |
"Me & Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances |
1975 |
NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed |
1976 |
Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards |
1977 |
Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen |
1978 |
EG decides establishes EMS, European Monetary System |
1978 |
Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies becoming highest paid baseball player |
1978 |
Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus |
1978 |
Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" premieres in NYC |
1978 |
Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders |
1979 |
Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns |
1980 |
Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens |
1981 |
47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern Cal (RB) |
1981 |
56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75) |
1981 |
France performs nuclear test |
1982 |
Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions |
1982 |
Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy |
1982 |
Ingrid Berghmans (Neth) retains judo's world championship |
1982 |
Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions |
1982 |
Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am refugees |
1982 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1983 |
12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut |
1983 |
LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use |
1983 |
ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year. |
1984 |
A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo |
1984 |
French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia |
1984 |
Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher |
1985 |
Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time |
1985 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test |
1985 |
Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind" premieres in NYC |
1987 |
53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR) |
1987 |
David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane |
1987 |
Schonbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76) |
1988 |
NC federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy |
1988 |
Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite |
1989 |
France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph |
1990 |
Blue Jays trade F McGriff & T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar & J Carter |
1990 |
Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty |
1990 |
Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years |
1990 |
Iraq announces willingness to speak with US about resolving the Persian Gulf crisis |
1991 |
"Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 perfs |
1991 |
Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty |
1991 |
NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11 |
1993 |
"Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances |
1993 |
82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1) |
1993 |
Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space |
1993 |
Melissa Mcnamara/Mike Sopringer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic |
1993 |
Rafael Caldera elected president of Venezuela |
1993 |
The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb. |
1995 |
The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna. |
1996 |
"Dreams & Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC |
1996 |
Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement |
1996 |
Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player |
1997 |
1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers |
1997 |
STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands |
1999 |
88th Davis Cup: Australia beats France in Nice (3-2) |
2004 |
93rd Davis Cup: Spain beats USA in Seville (3-2) |
2005 |
The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
2005 |
The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there. |
2006 |
Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji. |
2006 |
Greg Maddux signs a one-year deal with the San Diego Padres worth $10 million |
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. |
2008 |
Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II. |
2008 |
OJ Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery |
2010 |
99th Davis Cup: Serbia beats France in Belgrade (3-2) |
2012 |
8 people are killed and 12 injured by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in South Korea |
2012 |
In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor George Osborne cuts the UK growth forecast for 2013 to 1.2% from the 2% forecast in the budget |
2013 |
52 people are killed and 167 are injured in a militant attack on a defense ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen |
2015 |
NASA releases clearest images of Pluto world might see for decades |
2015 |
3 stabbed at London tube station in terror attack, police say |
2016 |
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key Resigns After 8 Years |
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