THIS DAY IN HISTORY ― DECEMBER 5
December 5 is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Wednesday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Thursday or Friday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Tuesday or Sunday (56).
BATHTUB PARTY DAY
BATHTUB PARTY DAY
1717 — Blackbeard the pirate 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.
1776 — On this day in Williamsburg, Virginia, a group of five students at the College of William and Mary gather at Raleigh's Tavern to found a new fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa.
1792 — George Washington re-elected as President.
1792 — George Washington re-elected as President.
1804 — Thomas Jefferson re-elected President and George Clinton Vice President.
1832 — Andrew Jackson re-elected President.
1876 — A fire at the Brooklyn Theater in New York kills nearly 300 people and injures hundreds more on this day in 1876. Some victims perished from a combination of burns and smoke inhalation; others were trampled to death in the general panic that ensued.
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.
1933 — The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America.
1946 — President Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808.
1955 — American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge forming the AFLCIO, with George Meany as president.
1964 — The first Medal of Honor awarded to a U.S. serviceman for action in Vietnam is presented to Capt. Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York, for his heroic action earlier in the year.
1974 — The final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC.
1978 — In an effort to prop up an unpopular pro-Soviet regime in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union signs a "friendship treaty" with the Afghan government agreeing to provide economic and military assistance.
1978 — Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies becoming, at the time, the highest paid baseball player in MLB history.
1990 — Salman Rushdie, author of THE SATANIC VERSES, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for the first time in 2 years.
2008 — O.J. Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery
2013 - 52 people are killed and 167 are injured in a militant attack on a defense ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1666 – Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1782 – Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United Statem, first president born an American citizen (d. 1862)
1839 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876)
1901 – Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966)
1906 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1986)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
1832 — Andrew Jackson re-elected President.
1876 — A fire at the Brooklyn Theater in New York kills nearly 300 people and injures hundreds more on this day in 1876. Some victims perished from a combination of burns and smoke inhalation; others were trampled to death in the general panic that ensued.
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.
1933 — The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America.
1946 — President Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808.
1955 — American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge forming the AFLCIO, with George Meany as president.
1964 — The first Medal of Honor awarded to a U.S. serviceman for action in Vietnam is presented to Capt. Roger Donlon of Saugerties, New York, for his heroic action earlier in the year.
1974 — The final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus airs on BBC.
1978 — In an effort to prop up an unpopular pro-Soviet regime in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union signs a "friendship treaty" with the Afghan government agreeing to provide economic and military assistance.
1978 — Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies becoming, at the time, the highest paid baseball player in MLB history.
1990 — Salman Rushdie, author of THE SATANIC VERSES, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for the first time in 2 years.
2008 — O.J. Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery
2013 - 52 people are killed and 167 are injured in a militant attack on a defense ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1666 – Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1782 – Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United Statem, first president born an American citizen (d. 1862)
1839 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876)
1901 – Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966)
1906 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1986)
From Wikipedia and Google, except as noted.
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