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| December 5th |
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| About December 5th 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 calendar year. Births 1782 - Martin Van Buren, 8th U.S. President 1901 - Walt Disney, entrepreneur, actor, animator 1902 - Strom Thurmond, U.S. Senator (South Carolina) 1932 - Little Richard, singer, songwriter, pianist 1934 - Joan Didion, author (The Year of Magical Thinking) 1951 - Morgan Brittany, actress (Dallas) 1957 - Art Monk, Hall of Fame wide receiver 1968 - Margaret Cho, comedian, actress 1982 - Keri Hilson, singer, songwriter 1985 - Frankie Muniz, actor (Malcolm in the Middle) Deaths 1983 - Robert Aldrich, film director (The Dirty Dozen) 2003 - Jack Keller, Hall of Fame poker player 2007 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, influential composer Events 1792 - George Washington was re-elected president and John Adams was re-elected vice president. 1848 - President James K. Polk triggered the Gold Rush of '49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California. 1933 - Prohibition is ended with the ratification of the 21st Amendment. 1945 - Five United States Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 are lost in the Bermuda Triangle. 1955 - The Montgomery bus boycott begins prompted by the arrest of Rosa Parks. 1988 - Jim Bakker and Richard Dortch are indicted by a federal grand jury in NC on charges of fraud and conspiracy. 1994 - Newt Gingrich is chosen to be the first GOP speaker of the House in four decades. 1998 - James Hoffa, son of Jimmy Hoffa, becomes the head of the Teamsters union. 2002 - Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Strom Thurmond's pro-segregation 1948 presidential campaign, leading to Lott's resignation from the Senate leadership. 2006 - New York City became the first city to ban trans fats at public restaurants. 2008 - O.J. Simpsons is sentenced to 33 years by a Las Vegas judge for armed robbery at a hotel room. |
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