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63Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations.

771Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman.

1492Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti)

1717Blackbeard 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

1792George Washington re-elected as US president

1804Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President, George Clinton Vice President

1832Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US

1840Napoleon Bonaparte receives a french state funeral in Paris 19 years after his death

1847Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.

1892Sir John Thompson becomes the fourth Prime Minister of Canada.

1932German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa to enter America

1946Pres Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808

1947Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1949Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title

1950Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

1955Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks

1958Subscriber 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.

1967Benjamin Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting against Vietnam war

1973Paul McCartney releases album "Band on the Run" album

1976Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards

1978Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies becoming highest paid baseball player

198156th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)

1984A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo

2006Greg Maddux signs a one-year deal with the San Diego Padres worth $10 million

2008Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II.

2008OJ Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery

On This Day In History
Date Event
Dec 5, 63 BC
Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. 
Dec 5, 663
Fourth Council of Toledo takes place. 
Dec 5, 771
Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman. 
Dec 5, 1082
Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated. 
Dec 5, 1301
Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee) 
Dec 5, 1349
500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots 
Dec 5, 1360
The French Franc is created. 
Dec 5, 1408
Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow. 
Dec 5, 1448
Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication 
Dec 5, 1456
Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die 
Dec 5, 1492
Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti) 
Dec 5, 1496
Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I 
Dec 5, 1590
Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV 
Dec 5, 1602
Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence 
Dec 5, 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 
Dec 5, 1741
-6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers 
Dec 5, 1746
Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule. 
Dec 5, 1757
Battle of Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians 
Dec 5, 1766
London auctioneers Christie's hold their first sale 
Dec 5, 1775
At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
Dec 5, 1776
1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms 
Dec 5, 1792
George Washington re-elected as US president 
Dec 5, 1798
Dutch troops occupy Hasselt 
Dec 5, 1804
Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President, George Clinton Vice President 
Dec 5, 1813
Lübeck surrenders to allied armies 
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