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| Birthday December 05, 1782 Martin Van Buren, (D), 8th pres (1837-41) |
| Birthday December 05, 1782 Van Buren is born |
| Birthday December 05, 1839 George Armstrong Custer, of Little Big Horn fame |
| Birthday December 05, 1839 George Custer born |
| Birthday December 05, 1871 Rodeo star Bill Pickett born in Texas |
| Birthday December 05, 1901 Walter Elias Disney, father of Mickey Mouse |
| Birthday December 05, 1901 Werner Heisenberg, discoverer of uncertainty (Nobel 1932) |
| Birthday December 05, 1902 Strom Thurmond, (D/R-Sen-SC) |
| Birthday December 05, 1903 Cecil Frank Powell, English physicist, discovered pion (Nobel 1950) |
| Birthday December 05, 1905 Otto Preminger, movie director, producer (Laura, Exodus) |
| Birthday December 05, 1947 Jugderdemidyin Gurragcha, 1st Mongolian space traveler (Soyuz 39) |
| Birthday December 05, 1947 Jim Plunkett, NFL quarterback |
| Birthday December 05, 1951 Morgan Brittany |
| History December 05, 1492 Columbus discovers Hispaniola |
| History December 05, 1776 Phi Beta Kappa is founded while army flounders |
| History December 05, 1776 Phi Beta Kappa 1st American scholastic fraternity founded |
| History December 05, 1791 Mozart dies |
| History December 05, 1873 The Boston Belfry Murderer kills his first victim |
| History December 05, 1876 Daniel C Stillson patents pipe wrench |
| History December 05, 1876 Hundreds die in Brooklyn theater fire |
| History December 05, 1915 Siege of British-occupied Kut, Mesopotamia begins |
| History December 05, 1933 21st Amendment ratified 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed |
| History December 05, 1933 Prohibition ends |
| History December 05, 1935 1st coml hydroponics operation established Montebello Ca |
| History December 05, 1941 American carrier Lexington heads to Midway |
| History December 05, 1941 Steinbeck's Sea of Cortez is published |
| History December 05, 1947 Joe Wolcott beats Joe Louis |
| History December 05, 1951 Dragnet premiers |
| History December 05, 1955 AFL & CIO merge |
| History December 05, 1964 Army Captain awarded first Medal of Honor for action in Vietnam |
| History December 05, 1970 North Vietnam announces it will not be intimidated by U.S. bombing |
| History December 05, 1970 Last segment of the Dan Ryan Expressway opens in Chicago |
| History December 05, 1973 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album |
| History December 05, 1974 Seattle Seahawks formed |
| History December 05, 1978 USSR and Afghanistan sign friendship treaty |
| History December 05, 1978 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus |
| History December 05, 1982 University Baptist Church Seattle declares sanctuary for refugees |
| History December 05, 1984 Eddie Murphy stars in Beverly Hills Cop |
| History December 05, 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack released |
| History December 05, 2002 Roone Arledge dies |