December 05, 2016 : Malta becomes the 1st country in Europe to outlaw conversion therapy
December 05, 2013 : 52 people are killed and 167 are injured in a militant attack on a defense ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen
December 05, 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
December 05, 2012 : 8 people are killed and 12 injured by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in South Korea
December 05, 2010 : 99th Davis Cup: Serbia beats France in Belgrade (3-2)
December 05, 2009 : 5th ACC Championship Game: #12 Georgia Tech beats #25 Clemson, 39-34
December 05, 2009 : 18th SEC Championship Game: #2 Alabama beats #1 Florida, 32-13
December 05, 2009 : 14th Big 12 Championship Game: #3 Texas beats #21 Nebraska, 13-12
December 05, 2008 : O.J. Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery
December 05, 2008 : Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II
December 05, 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.
December 05, 2006 : Greg Maddux signs a one-year deal with the San Diego Padres worth $10 million
December 05, 2006 : Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
December 05, 2005 : The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
December 05, 2004 : 93rd Davis Cup: Spain beats USA in Seville (3-2)
December 05, 2002 : "The Two Towers" 2nd Lord of the Rings film directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen premieres in New York
December 05, 2000 : "O Brother, Where Art Thou" soundtrack to the film of the same name released
December 05, 1999 : 88th Davis Cup: Australia beats France in Nice (3-2)
December 05, 1998 : 7th SEC Championship Game: #1 Tennessee beats #23 Mississippi State, 24-14
December 05, 1998 : 3rd Big 12 Championship Game: #10 Texas A&M beats #2 Kansas State, 36-33 (2 OT)
December 05, 1997 : STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands
December 05, 1997 : 1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers
December 05, 1996 : Portland's Jermaine O'Neal at 18 becomes the youngest NBA player
December 05, 1996 : "Dreams & Nightmares" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
December 05, 1995 : The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
December 05, 1993 : The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb.
December 05, 1993 : Rafael Caldera elected President of Venezuela
December 05, 1993 : Melissa Mcnamara/Mike Sopringer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
December 05, 1993 : Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
December 05, 1993 : 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
December 05, 1993 : "Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
December 05, 1992 : 1st SEC Championship Game: #2 Alabama beats #12 Florida, 28-21
December 05, 1991 : NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
December 05, 1991 : Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
December 05, 1991 : "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 performances
December 05, 1990 : Iraq announces willingness to speak with US about resolving the Persian Gulf crisis
December 05, 1990 : Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty
December 05, 1990 : British Indian novelist Salman Rushdie appears in public for 1st time in 2 years after Iran called for his assassination
December 05, 1989 : France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
December 05, 1988 : Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
December 05, 1988 : NC federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy
December 05, 1987 : Schonbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76)
December 05, 1987 : David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane
December 05, 1987 : 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR)
December 05, 1985 : Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind" premieres in NYC
December 05, 1985 : Great Britain performs nuclear test
December 05, 1985 : Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time
December 05, 1984 : Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
December 05, 1984 : French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
December 05, 1984 : A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo
December 05, 1983 : LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
December 05, 1983 : ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
December 05, 1982 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
December 05, 1982 : Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am refugees
December 05, 1982 : Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
December 05, 1982 : Ingrid Berghmans (Neth) retains judo's world championship
December 05, 1982 : Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
December 05, 1982 : 15th NAACP Image Awards: "An Officer and a Gentleman" wins Outstanding Motion Picture
December 05, 1981 : France performs nuclear test
December 05, 1981 : 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern Cal (RB)
December 05, 1980 : Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens
December 05, 1979 : Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns
December 05, 1978 : Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" premieres in NYC
December 05, 1978 : Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
December 05, 1978 : Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
December 05, 1977 : Egypt breaks off diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & South Yemen
December 05, 1976 : Buffalo Bill O.J. Simpson rushes 203 yards
December 05, 1975 : NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed
December 05, 1975 : "Me & Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances
December 05, 1974 : Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Wash Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot
December 05, 1974 : Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
December 05, 1974 : NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms
December 05, 1974 : Final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC TV
December 05, 1974 : Birmingham Americans defeat the Florida Blazers 22-21 in the WFL's World Bowl
December 05, 1974 : Airport terminal roof in Tehran collapses killing 17
December 05, 1974 : 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida
December 05, 1974 : 1st Wash Cap penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres
December 05, 1973 : Paul McCartney & Wings release album "Band on the Run"
December 05, 1973 : Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall
December 05, 1973 : Chicago Cubs Ron Santo becomes 1st baseball player to invoke 10-5 rule and veto his trade (with the California Angels)
December 05, 1972 : Joseph A Walker's "River Niger" premieres in NYC
December 05, 1972 : Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election
December 05, 1972 : 38th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL)
December 05, 1971 : KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
December 05, 1970 : Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson Trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame
December 05, 1970 : Premiere of Dario Fo's Morte accidentale di un anarchico
December 05, 1970 : LA Rams Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing
December 05, 1969 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
December 05, 1969 : Four-node ARPANET network is established
December 05, 1968 : Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP
December 05, 1967 : The Beatles' clothing store "Apple" opens at 94 Baker Street, London
December 05, 1967 : Pediatrician Benjamin Spock and poet Allen Ginsberg arrested in New York while protesting against the Vietnam War
December 05, 1966 : "I Do! I Do!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 561 performances
December 05, 1964 : Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War for successfully repelling a large Viet Cong attack
December 05, 1960 : Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
December 05, 1959 : Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
December 05, 1958 : WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
December 05, 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.
December 05, 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.
December 05, 1957 : William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" premieres in NYC
December 05, 1957 : President Sukarno of Indonesia expels all Dutch people.
December 05, 1957 : NYC is first US city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
December 05, 1956 : Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker" premieres in NYC
December 05, 1955 : The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
December 05, 1955 : Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks
December 05, 1955 : American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merge, with George Meany as President
December 05, 1954 : KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
December 05, 1952 : -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die
December 05, 1950 : Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
December 05, 1950 : Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
December 05, 1949 : Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
December 05, 1948 : NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
December 05, 1947 : Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
December 05, 1946 : US President Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808
December 05, 1945 : Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl
December 05, 1945 : Flight 19 the "Lost Squadron" of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle
December 05, 1944 : German troops steal all the silver coin in Utrecht
December 05, 1943 : NFL Philadelphia Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger dissolves
December 05, 1942 : Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to work
December 05, 1942 : CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto
December 05, 1941 : US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
December 05, 1941 : Soviet anti-offensive in Moscow drives out Nazi army
December 05, 1941 : Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
December 05, 1941 : Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street" premieres in NYC
December 05, 1941 : Football Writers Association of America organized
December 05, 1941 : "Sullivan's Travels", directed by Preston Sturges and starring Joel McCrea and Veronica Lake, is released
December 05, 1936 : Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union
December 05, 1936 : 24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20
December 05, 1935 : National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)
December 05, 1935 : First commercial hydroponics operation established (Montebello, California)
December 05, 1933 : 21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition of alcohol) repealed (5:32 PM EST)
December 05, 1932 : German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa to enter America
December 05, 1931 : CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal
December 05, 1929 : 1st US nudist organization, the American League for Physical Culture in New York City
December 05, 1928 : MW Miklas elected president of Austria
December 05, 1925 : Hans Luther forced to resign as Chancellor and head of the German Weimar government
December 05, 1925 : 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1
December 05, 1924 : Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Tor Maple Leafs 10-5
December 05, 1920 : Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
December 05, 1920 : Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.
December 05, 1918 : Oil refinery on Curacao opens
December 05, 1917 : Austro-German Forces launch an offensive against the Italians on the western end of their line, around Asiago
December 05, 1914 : The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.
December 05, 1914 : 6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats U of Toronto, 14-2
December 05, 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
December 05, 1908 : 1st US football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
December 05, 1905 : Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes UK PM
December 05, 1896 : Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer" premieres in Leipzig
December 05, 1894 : Georges Feydeaus' "L'hôtel du libre échange" premieres in Paris
December 05, 1893 : Electric car built at the Dixon Carriage works in Toronto, could go 15 miles between charges
December 05, 1892 : Sir John Thompson becomes the fourth Prime Minister of Canada.
December 05, 1892 : Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag
December 05, 1890 : Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens" premieres in Karlsruhe
December 05, 1887 : Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
December 05, 1881 : 47th Congress (1881-83) convenes
December 05, 1879 : 1st automatic telephone switching system patented
December 05, 1876 : Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death
December 05, 1876 : Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
December 05, 1865 : Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
December 05, 1862 : Battle of Coffeeville, MS
December 05, 1859 : Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon" premieres in NYC
December 05, 1854 : Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
December 05, 1848 : US President Polk triggers Gold Rush of 1849 by confirming gold discovery in California
December 05, 1847 : Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.
December 05, 1846 : C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
December 05, 1837 : Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
December 05, 1837 : Hector Berlioz' "Requiem" premieres
December 05, 1835 : - 10th: Assault on Mexican-held San Antonio by Texan rebels
December 05, 1832 : Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US
December 05, 1831 : Former US President John Q Adams takes his seat as a member of House of Representatives
December 05, 1830 : Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique Fantastique" premieres in Paris
December 05, 1815 : Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
December 05, 1813 : Lübeck surrenders to allied armies
December 05, 1804 : Thomas Jefferson re-elected US President, George Clinton Vice President
December 05, 1798 : Dutch troops occupy Hasselt
December 05, 1792 : George Washington re-elected as US President
December 05, 1776 : First US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms
December 05, 1775 : At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
December 05, 1766 : World's largest auction house - Christie's hold their first sale in their permanent saleroom in Pall Mall,London
December 05, 1746 : Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule.
December 05, 1741 : -6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
December 05, 1717 : English pirate Blackbeard ransacks the merchant sloop "Margaret" and keeps her captain, Henry Bostock prisoner for 8 hours before releasing him. Bostock later provides 1st record of Blackbeard's appearance, and the source for his name
December 05, 1602 : Giulio Caccini's "Euridice" premieres in Florence
December 05, 1590 : Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV
December 05, 1496 : Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I
December 05, 1492 : Christopher Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti)
December 05, 1456 : Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
December 05, 1448 : Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
December 05, 1408 : Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow
December 05, 1360 : The French Franc is created
December 05, 1349 : 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacred during Black Death riots
December 05, 1301 : Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
December 05, 1082 : Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated
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