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Events from History on December 05

1301 : Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
1349 : 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
1448 : Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
1456 : Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
1492 : Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espa¤ola/Haiti)
1496 : Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
1590 : Niccol• Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV
1602 : Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence
1741 : -6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
1757 : Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians
1766 : London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale
1776 : 1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms
1792 : George Washington re-elected US pres
1798 : Govt troops occupy Hasselt
1804 : Thomas Jefferson re-elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres
1813 : Lbeck surrenders to allied armies
1830 : Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique fantastique," premieres in Paris
1831 : Former Pres John Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
1832 : Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US
1837 : Hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres
1837 : Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
1846 : C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
1848 : Pres Polk triggers Gold Rush of '49, confirms Calif gold discovery
1854 : Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
1859 : Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC
1861 : Gatling gun patented
1862 : Battle of Coffeeville, MS
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
1893 : 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1894 : Georges Feydeaus' "L'h“tel du libre ‚change," premieres in Paris
1896 : Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer," premieres in Leipzig
1905 : Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes PM of England
1906 : British govt-Balfour resigns
1908 : 1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
1918 : Oil refinery on Cura‡ao opens
1920 : Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
1924 : Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Tor Maple Leafs 10-5
1925 : German govt 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)
1932 : German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa
1933 : 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST)
1935 : 1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello Calif)
1935 : National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)
1936 : Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR
1936 : 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/5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1942 : Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to go work
1942 : West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland
1944 : German troops rob 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 Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808
1947 : Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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
1956 : Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in NYC
1957 : NYC is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious
1957 : William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC
1957 : discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
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
1959 : Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
1960 : Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
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 Vietnam war
1968 : Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP
1969 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 : KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1972 : 38th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL)
1972 : Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election
1972 : Joseph A Walkers "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 "Band on the Run" album
1974 : "Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC
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 final episode airs on BBC
1974 : Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
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
1978 : Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins
1978 : Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 : Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player
1978 : Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
1978 : Sam Shepard's "Buried Child," premieres in NYC
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 : France performs nuclear test
1982 : Cleve 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 : 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
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 : Sch”nbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76)
1988 : NC fed 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,
1990 : appears in public for 1st time in 2 years
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 : Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
1993 : Newhart actor William Sanderson (47) weds Sharon Wix (39)
1993 : Rafael Caldera elected president of Venezuela
1996 : "Dreams & Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1996 : Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement
1997 : 1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers
1997 : STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands

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