Historical Events on December 5

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• 633 Visigothic King Sisenand convenes Fourth Council of Toledo at the church of Saint Leocadia in Toledo; all bishops of Hispania agree to establish seminaries in cathedral cities and implement educational standards

• 1082 Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated
• 1301 Pope Boniface VIII's decree Ausculta fili (only nominee)

• 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, killing an estimated 35,000 people

• 1496 Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
• 1590 Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV
• 1602 Giulio Caccini and Ottario Rinuccini's opera "Euridice" premieres at the Pitti Palace, in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy)

• 1741 -6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
• 1746 Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule.
• 1757 Battle of Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians
• 1766 World's largest auction house - Christie's hold their first sale in their permanent saleroom in Pall Mall, London
• 1776 First US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms

• 1798 Dutch troops occupy Hasselt

• 1813 Lübeck surrenders to allied armies
• 1815 Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.

• 1831 Former US President John Q Adams takes his seat as a member of House of Representatives

• 1835 - 10th: Assault on Mexican-held San Antonio by Texan rebels
• 1837 Hector Berlioz's "Requiem" premiere at Les Invalides, conducted by François Habeneck
• 1837 Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
• 1846 German-Swiss chemist Christian Freidrich Schoenbein obtains a patent for cellulose nitrate explosive

• 1854 Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair

• 1865 Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
• 1868 1st American bicycle college opens (NY)
• 1872 Ship the Mary Celeste is discovered mysteriously abandoned by her crew in the Atlantic Ocean
• 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 Hector Berlioz's opera "Les Troyens" premieres in Karlsruhe, Germany
• 1892 Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag

• 1893 Electric car built at the Dixon Carriage works in Toronto, could go 15 miles between charges
• 1894 Georges Feydeaus' "L'hôtel du libre échange" premieres in Paris

• 1905 Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes UK PM
• 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 The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.
• 1917 Austro-German Forces launch an offensive against the Italians on the western end of their line, around Asiago
• 1918 Oil refinery on Curacao opens
• 1920 Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.
• 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

• 1928 England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
• 1928 Wilhelm Miklas elected president of Austria
• 1929 1st US nudist organization, the American League for Physical Culture in New York City

• 1933 Prohibition ends in the US when 21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, 18th Amendment repealed (5:32 PM EST)
• 1935 First commercial hydroponics operation established (Montebello, California)
• 1935 National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)
• 1936 Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union
• 1941 "Sullivan's Travels", directed by Preston Sturges and starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake, is released
• 1941 Football Writers Association of America organized
• 1941 Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street" premieres in NYC
• 1941 Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
• 1941 Soviet anti-offensive in Moscow drives out Nazi army

• 1942 Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to work
• 1942 West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland
• 1943 NFL Philadelphia Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger dissolves
• 1944 German troops steal all the silver coin in Utrecht
• 1945 Dutch Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of radio presenter Max Blokzijl for broadcasting Nazi propaganda
• 1945 Flight 19 the "Lost Squadron" of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle

• 1948 NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions

• 1950 Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
• 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 8,000 deaths attributed to conditions [1] [2]
• 1954 KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 1955 American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merge to form the AFL-CIO, with George Meany as President

• 1956 17-year-old British swimmer Judy Grinham and American Carin Cone both swim world record 1:12.9 in the women's 100m backstroke at the Melbourne Olympics; Grinham is awarded gold medal
• 1956 Danish yachtsman Paul Elvstrøm wins the Finn class gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics; his 2nd straight Finn gold and 3rd consecutive Olympic gold in sailing

• 1957 NYC is first US city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)

• 1957 William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" premieres in NYC
• 1958 Phils drop plans for NY sportcast as Yanks threat to do same in Philadelphia

• 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.
• 1958 WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 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
• 1960 Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
• 1964 Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War for successfully repelling a large Viet Cong attack
• 1965 Brunswick Records releases "My Generation", the debut album of British rock group The Who, in the UK and Australia

• 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
• 1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1970 NFL Los Angeles Rams running back Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing
• 1970 Premiere of Dario Fo's Morte accidentale di un anarchico
• 1970 Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson Trophy stolen from Hockey Hall of Fame
• 1971 Ian Dury performs his first gig with Kilburn and the High Roads at Croydon School of Art
• 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 Chicago Cubs Ron Santo becomes 1st baseball player to invoke 10-5 rule and veto his trade (with the California Angels)
• 1974 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida
• 1974 Airport terminal roof in Tehran collapses killing 17

• 1974 NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms
• 1974 Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
• 1975 NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed
• 1977 Egypt breaks off diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & South Yemen

• 1978 New York Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Pittsburgh Penguins; Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
• 1978 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
• 1978 Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" premieres in NYC

• 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 Dutch judoka Ingrid Berghmans retains judo's world championship
• 1982 Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
• 1982 NFL Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
• 1982 Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am refugees
• 1982 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
• 1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
• 1983 ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
• 1983 LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
• 1984 French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
• 1984 New York Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Atlanta 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 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 Iraq announces willingness to speak with US about resolving the Persian Gulf crisis
• 1991 Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
• 1991 NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
• 1993 Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
• 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 at 18 becomes the youngest NBA player
• 1997 1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers
• 1997 STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands
• 2000 "O Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack to the film of the same name released

• 2005 The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
• 2005 The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• 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.

• 2012 8 people are killed and 12 injured by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in South Korea
• 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
• 2013 52 people are killed and 167 are injured in a militant attack on a defense ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen
• 2016 Malta becomes the 1st country in Europe to outlaw conversion therapy
• 2017 Artist Lubaina Himid wins Britain's Turner Prize, oldest person at 63 and first nonwhite woman
• 2017 Austrian courts rule in favour of same-sex marriage from 2019
• 2017 Democratic representative John Conyers resigns from US Congress after allegations of sexual harassment
• 2017 Netflix fires actor Danny Masterson from "The Ranch" after allegations of rape filed against him by 3 women
• 2017 Online store Amazon begins operations in Australia
• 2017 Russia is banned from the next Winter Olympics in South Korea over state-sponsored doping

• 2018 Arrest of Huawei Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou for possible violation of Iran sanctions in Canada
• 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

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