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December 5
1776 - The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
1782 - Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States and the first to be born after the country was formed, was born in Kinderhook, New York.
1791 - Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria at age 35.
1792 - George Washington was re-elected president and John Adams was re-elected vice president.
1831 - Former President John Quincy Adams took his seat as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
1848 - President James K. Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
1872 - Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off the coast of Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.
1901 - Walt Disney was born in Chicago.
1932 - German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa, making it possible for him to travel to the United States.
1933 - The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which repealed prohibition, was ratified when Utah became the 36th state to approve it.
1945 - Five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers mysteriously disappeared after taking off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a training mission with the loss of all 14 crew members; "The Lost Squadron" continued the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.
1952 - The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital; the unusually thick fog, which contained toxic pollutants, lasted five days and was blamed for ultimately causing thousands of deaths.
1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.
1994 - Republicans chose Newt Gingrich to be the first GOP Speaker of the House in four decades.
1996 - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan questioned whether the stock market was overvalued due to investors' "irrational exuberance".
2002 - Strom Thurmond, the oldest and (until Robert Byrd overtook him) longest-serving senator in history, celebrated his 100th birthday on Capitol Hill. (In toasting the South Carolina lawmaker, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott seemed to express nostalgia for Thurmond’s segregationist past; the resulting political firestorm prompted Lott to resign his leadership position.)
2004 - Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.
2006 - New York City became the first city in the nation to ban artery-clogging trans fats at restaurants.
2008 - A judge in Las Vegas sentenced O.J. Simpson to 33 years in prison (with eligibility for parole after nine years) for an armed robbery at a hotel room.
2008 - The Labor Department reported that an alarming half-million jobs had vanished in Nov. 2008 as unemployment hit a 15-year high of 6.7 percent.
2009 - An Italian jury convicted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her former roommate, British student Meredith Kercher, in 2007.
2013 - Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, died at age 95.
2014 - NASA’s newest space vehicle, Orion, accomplished its first test flight, shooting out more than 3,600 miles from Earth for a hyperfast, hot return.
2014 - Rolling Stone magazine issued an apology and cast doubt on its story of a young woman who said she’d been gang-raped at a fraternity party at the University of Virginia. The magazine said it had since learned of “discrepancies” in her account.
2018 - Former President George H.W. Bush was mourned at a memorial service at Washington National Cathedral attended by President Donald Trump and former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter along with their spouses; former President George W. Bush was among the speakers, eulogizing his dad as "the brightest of a thousand points of light."
Birthdays
22 - Lexi Hensler (model)
25 - Alexandra Beaton (actress)
28 - Christian Yelich (baseball player)
31 - Ross Bagley (actor)
34 - Frankie Muniz (actor)
35 - Lauren London (actress)
37 - Gabriel Luna (actor)
37 - Keri Hilson (singer)
38 - Adan Canto (actor)
40 - Nick Stahl (actor)
43 - Amy Acker (actress)
44 - Paula Patton (actress)
48 - Kali Rocha (actress)
50 - Alex Kapp Homer (actress)
51 - Margaret Cho (actress/comedian)
52 - Gary Allan (country singer)
56 - Ty England (country singer)
62 - Art Monk (football player)
63 - Brian Backer (actor)
68 - Morgan Brittany (actress)
72 - Jim Plunkett (football player)
72 - Jim Messina (singer)
75 - Jeroen Krabbe (actor)
87 - Little Richard (singer)
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Today in Sports History - December 5
1908 - At the University of Pittsburgh, numerals were first used on football uniforms worn by college football players.
1943 - The merger between the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers dissolved.
1970 - The Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy and the Bill Masterson trophy were stolen from the NHL Hall of Fame.
1972 - Nebraska receiver Johnny Rodgers wins the Heisman Trophy.
1973 - Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs became the first player in major league history to veto his trade. (The proposed trade would have sent him to the California Angels.)
1978 - Pete Rose signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in a four year deal worth $3.2 million, making him the highest-paid player in the game.
1981 - USC running back Marcus Allen wins the Heisman Trophy.
1983 - Steve Howe (Los Angeles Dodgers) was suspended for one year for cocaine use.
1983 - The video arcade game "NFL Football" was unveiled in Chicago. It was the first video arcade game to be licensed by the National Football League.
1987 - Notre Dame receiver Tim Brown wins the Heisman Trophy.
1992 - Alabama defeats Florida 28-21 in the inaugural SEC Championship Game, the first conference championship game in Division I football.
1995 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins set an NFL record with his 52nd career 300-yard passing game.
2000 - Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz passed Wilt Chamberlain and into second place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
2002 - Michal Handzus (Philadelphia Flyers) became only the second NHL player to score an overtime goal on a penalty shot. The Flyers beat the New York Rangers 3-2.
2006 - Greg Maddux signs a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres worth $10 million.
2017 - Russia is banned from the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea over allegations of state-sponsored doping.
1776 - The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
1782 - Martin Van Buren, the eighth president of the United States and the first to be born after the country was formed, was born in Kinderhook, New York.
1791 - Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria at age 35.
1792 - George Washington was re-elected president and John Adams was re-elected vice president.
1831 - Former President John Quincy Adams took his seat as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
1848 - President James K. Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
1872 - Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off the coast of Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.
1901 - Walt Disney was born in Chicago.
1932 - German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa, making it possible for him to travel to the United States.
1933 - The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which repealed prohibition, was ratified when Utah became the 36th state to approve it.
1945 - Five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers mysteriously disappeared after taking off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on a training mission with the loss of all 14 crew members; "The Lost Squadron" continued the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.
1952 - The Great Smog of London descended on the British capital; the unusually thick fog, which contained toxic pollutants, lasted five days and was blamed for ultimately causing thousands of deaths.
1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.
1994 - Republicans chose Newt Gingrich to be the first GOP Speaker of the House in four decades.
1996 - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan questioned whether the stock market was overvalued due to investors' "irrational exuberance".
2002 - Strom Thurmond, the oldest and (until Robert Byrd overtook him) longest-serving senator in history, celebrated his 100th birthday on Capitol Hill. (In toasting the South Carolina lawmaker, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott seemed to express nostalgia for Thurmond’s segregationist past; the resulting political firestorm prompted Lott to resign his leadership position.)
2004 - Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.
2006 - New York City became the first city in the nation to ban artery-clogging trans fats at restaurants.
2008 - A judge in Las Vegas sentenced O.J. Simpson to 33 years in prison (with eligibility for parole after nine years) for an armed robbery at a hotel room.
2008 - The Labor Department reported that an alarming half-million jobs had vanished in Nov. 2008 as unemployment hit a 15-year high of 6.7 percent.
2009 - An Italian jury convicted American student Amanda Knox of murdering her former roommate, British student Meredith Kercher, in 2007.
2013 - Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, died at age 95.
2014 - NASA’s newest space vehicle, Orion, accomplished its first test flight, shooting out more than 3,600 miles from Earth for a hyperfast, hot return.
2014 - Rolling Stone magazine issued an apology and cast doubt on its story of a young woman who said she’d been gang-raped at a fraternity party at the University of Virginia. The magazine said it had since learned of “discrepancies” in her account.
2018 - Former President George H.W. Bush was mourned at a memorial service at Washington National Cathedral attended by President Donald Trump and former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter along with their spouses; former President George W. Bush was among the speakers, eulogizing his dad as "the brightest of a thousand points of light."
Birthdays
22 - Lexi Hensler (model)
25 - Alexandra Beaton (actress)
28 - Christian Yelich (baseball player)
31 - Ross Bagley (actor)
34 - Frankie Muniz (actor)
35 - Lauren London (actress)
37 - Gabriel Luna (actor)
37 - Keri Hilson (singer)
38 - Adan Canto (actor)
40 - Nick Stahl (actor)
43 - Amy Acker (actress)
44 - Paula Patton (actress)
48 - Kali Rocha (actress)
50 - Alex Kapp Homer (actress)
51 - Margaret Cho (actress/comedian)
52 - Gary Allan (country singer)
56 - Ty England (country singer)
62 - Art Monk (football player)
63 - Brian Backer (actor)
68 - Morgan Brittany (actress)
72 - Jim Plunkett (football player)
72 - Jim Messina (singer)
75 - Jeroen Krabbe (actor)
87 - Little Richard (singer)
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Today in Sports History - December 5
1908 - At the University of Pittsburgh, numerals were first used on football uniforms worn by college football players.
1943 - The merger between the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers dissolved.
1970 - The Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy and the Bill Masterson trophy were stolen from the NHL Hall of Fame.
1972 - Nebraska receiver Johnny Rodgers wins the Heisman Trophy.
1973 - Ron Santo of the Chicago Cubs became the first player in major league history to veto his trade. (The proposed trade would have sent him to the California Angels.)
1978 - Pete Rose signed with the Philadelphia Phillies in a four year deal worth $3.2 million, making him the highest-paid player in the game.
1981 - USC running back Marcus Allen wins the Heisman Trophy.
1983 - Steve Howe (Los Angeles Dodgers) was suspended for one year for cocaine use.
1983 - The video arcade game "NFL Football" was unveiled in Chicago. It was the first video arcade game to be licensed by the National Football League.
1987 - Notre Dame receiver Tim Brown wins the Heisman Trophy.
1992 - Alabama defeats Florida 28-21 in the inaugural SEC Championship Game, the first conference championship game in Division I football.
1995 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins set an NFL record with his 52nd career 300-yard passing game.
2000 - Karl Malone of the Utah Jazz passed Wilt Chamberlain and into second place on the NBA's all-time scoring list.
2002 - Michal Handzus (Philadelphia Flyers) became only the second NHL player to score an overtime goal on a penalty shot. The Flyers beat the New York Rangers 3-2.
2006 - Greg Maddux signs a one-year contract with the San Diego Padres worth $10 million.
2017 - Russia is banned from the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea over allegations of state-sponsored doping.
