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What happened in history on this day: December 5?
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- 1212 - Derek II of Are Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies.
- 1244 - Johanna of Constantinople countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies.
- 1301 - Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee).
- 1349 - 500 Jews are massacred at Nüremberg in Black death riots.
- 1355 - Jan III duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies.
- 1360 - In Compiègne, King Jean II the Good of France signs a decree creating the franc gold coin to pay a ransom of 200,000 livres for his release from England.
- 1448 - Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication.
- 1456 - Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die.
- 1496 - Jews are expelled from Portugal by order of King Manuel I.
- 1547 - Birth of Ubbo Emmius [van Embden] Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian.
- 1560 - François II King of France (1559-60), dies at age 16.
- 1576 - Death of Georg Joachim Rheticus in Kassa, Hungary; astronomer and mathematician, first to accept the heliocentric theory of Copernicus, professor at the University of Wittenberg.
- 1590 - Niccolò Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV.
- 1594 - Gerardus Mercator Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at age 82.
- 1602 - Giulio Caccini's "Euridice" premieres in Florence.
- 1661 - Birth of Robert Haley earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14).
- 1663 - Severo Bonini composer, dies at age 80.
- 1666 - Birth of Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti composer.
- 1675 - John Lightfoot English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at age 73.
- 1697 - Birth of Carlo Arrigoni composer.
- 1697 - Birth of Giuseppe de Majo composer.
- 1757 - Battle at Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians.
- 1766 - London auctioneers Christie's hold their first sale.
- 1770 - James Stirling Scottish mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at age 78.
- 1776 - Phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity (William and Mary College), is founded.
- 1777 - Horace Walpole writes to Countess of Upper Ossory "I rejoice that the Americans are to be free, as they had a right to be, and as I am sure they have shown they deserve to be."
- 1782 - Birth of Martin Van Buren in Kinderhook, New York, USA; American lawyer, Senator for New York (1821-28), governor of New York (1829), Secretary of State (1829-31), US vice president (1833-37), 8th US President (1837-41) (dies 1862).
- 1792 - George Washington is re-elected as US President, with John Adams as Vice-President.
- 1798 - Government troops occupy Hasselt.
- 1804 - Thomas Jefferson is re-elected US President, with George Clinton as Vice-President.
- 1813 - Lübeck surrenders to allied armies.
- 1818 - Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, Secretary of High Council Adel, dies at age 60.
- 1824 - Birth of Titian James Coffey; US Attorney General (Union) (dies 1867).
- 1826 - Birth of John Benjamin Sanborn; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1904).
- 1830 - Birth of Christina Rossetti in London, England; poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away).
- 1831 - Former President John Quincy Adams takes his seat as member of House of Representatives.
- 1832 - Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US, with Martin Van Buren as Vice-President.
- 1837 - Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada.
- 1838 - 1500 French marines row ashore to Veracruz, Mexico, seize the fort's bastions, pack the fortress with gunpowder, and blow it up, retreating back to ships. Antonio López de Santa Anna is shot in the leg. Both sides lose about 8 dead and 60 wounded.
- 1839 - Birth of George Armstrong Custer; US Major General (Union volunteers, of Little Big Horn fame) (dies 1876).
- 1846 - C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive.
- 1848 - US President James Polk confirms to Congress the discovery of gold in California.
- 1854 - Aaron Allen of Boston, Massachusetts, USA patents folding theater chair.
- 1859 - Birth of John Jellicoe in Southampton, England; admiral, commander of British Grand Fleet, governor-general of New Zealand.
- 1861 - Birth of Armando V Diaz; Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24).
- 1863 - Birth of Paul Prudent Painlevé in Paris, France; French mathematician, Prime Minister (1917, 1925).
- 1867 - Birth of Antti Aarne; Finnish sociologist (Verzeichnis is der Märchentypen).
- 1870 - Alexandre Dumas, writer (The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo), dies at age 68.
- 1870 - Birth of Viteslav Augustin Rudolf Novák; Slovak composer (Quasi una ballata).
- 1876 - Daniel Stillson (Massachusetts, USA) patents first practical pipe wrench.
- 1876 - Fire at Brooklyn Theater, New York, kills 295, trampled or burned to death.
- 1879 - First automatic telephone switching system is patented.
- 1885 - Birth of Dirk H W Filarski; Dutch painter/lithographer (Bergense School).
- 1886 - Birth of Pieter J Oud; lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52).
- 1890 - Birth of Fritz Lang in Germany; director (M, Metropolis).
- 1891 - Pedro II of Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89), dies.
- 1892 - Birth of Cyril Ring in Massachusetts, USA; actor (Body and Soul).
- 1893 - First electric car (built in Toronto, Ontario, Canada); could go 15 miles between charges.
- 1896 - Birth of Willem F M Lampe; Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles.
- 1901 - Birth of Grace Moore; US soprano ("One Night to Live").
- 1901 - Birth of Walter Elias Disney in Chicago, Illinois, USA; animator (Mickey Mouse).
- 1901 - Birth of Werner Heisenberg; German physicist/discovered uncertainty (Nobel Prize 1932).
- 1902 - Birth of James Strom Thurmond in Edgefield, South Carolina, USA; US Army Major General (1924-64), Governor (South Carolina 1946-50), US Senator (South Carolina 1947-51, 1954-2003) (dies 2003).
- 1903 - Birth of Cecil Frank Powell in England; physicist, discovered pion (Nobel Prize 1950).
- 1905 - Birth of Otto Preminger in Austria; director/producer (Laura, Exodus).
- 1905 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) becomes Prime Minister of England.
- 1908 - First football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh).
- 1910 - Birth of Abraham L Polonsky; US writer/director (Tell them Willie Boy is Here).
- 1911 - Birth of Alfred Manessier; French painter (leaded windows).
- 1914 - 6th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats University of Toronto, 14-2.
- 1915 - Birth of Margaret Hayes in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actress (Robert Montgomery Presents).
- 1918 - Oil refinery on Curaçao opens.
- 1920 - Pro football playoff game: Akron and Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided.
- 1921 - Birth of Alvy Moore; actor (Mr Kimball - Green Acres).
- 1921 - Birth of Peter Hansen in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Mr Parkson - Mr Novak, General Hospital).
- 1924 - Hamilton Tigers' Red Green scores five goals to beat Toronto Maple Leafs 10-5.
- 1925 - 13th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Winnipeg Tammany Tigers, 24-1.
- 1925 - Birth of Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle; President of Nicaragua (1967-79).
- 1925 - German government of Luther falls.
- 1926 - Birth of George Savalas in Bronx, New York, USA; actor/brother of Telly Savalas (Kojak).
- 1927 - Birth of Rama IX [Bhumibol Adulyadej] in Massachusetts, USA; king of Thailand (1946-).
- 1928 - England defeats Australia in cricket by record 675 runs at Brisbane.
- 1928 - MW Miklas elected President of Austria.
- 1929 - First US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, New York City, New York).
- 1931 - Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Montréal AAA beats Regina Roughriders, 22-0 at Montréal, Quebec.
- 1932 - Birth of Little Richard [Wayne Penniman] in Macon, Georgia, USA; rocker ("Tutti Frutti", "Lucille").
- 1932 - German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa.
- 1933 - US 21st Amendment ratified, only amendment adopted to repeal an earlier amendment [18th Amendment (Prohibition)].
- 1934 - Birth of Joan Didion; American novelist/journalist (Salvador).
- 1935 - First commercial hydroponics operation established (Montebello, California).
- 1935 - Birth of Calvin Trillin; author (New Yorker).
- 1935 - Frans [MJ François] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at age 78.
- 1935 - National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (New York City, New York).
- 1935 - Troops clash between Ethiopia and Italy at Wal Wal.
- 1936 - 24th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeat Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20.
- 1936 - Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakhstan SSR and Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of the Soviet Union.
- 1938 - Birth of [John] J J Cale in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; rock guitarist ("After Midnight").
- 1941 - Football Writers Association of America is organized.
- 1941 - Russian anti-offensive in Moscow drives out German army.
- 1941 - Sister Elizabeth Kenny's new treatment for infantile paralysis is approved.
- 1941 - US aircraft carrier Lexington and five heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor.
- 1942 - Birth of Randy Kirby in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Randy - Girl From UNCLE).
- 1942 - Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg RCAF, 8-5 at Toronto.
- 1942 - Seyss-Inquart orders students in Nazi-Germany to go work.
- 1942 - West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherlands.
- 1943 - NFL Philadelphia Eagle-Pittsburgh Steelers merger dissolves.
- 1944 - Birth of Jeroen Krabbé in Amsterdam, Netherlands; actor (The Fugitive).
- 1944 - German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht.
- 1945 - Five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers with 14 crew from Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida disappear over the Atlantic Ocean, in what becomes known as The Bermuda Triangle. A search and rescue Mariner aircraft with a 13-man crew also disappears.
- 1945 - Birth of J W "Corkey" Fornof in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; stunt coordinator (Octopussy movie).
- 1945 - Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl.
- 1946 - Birth of José Carreras in Barcelona, Spain; opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors).
- 1946 - US President Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order #9808.
- 1947 - Birth of Jim Messina; rocker (Loggins and Messina - "Your Mamma Don't Dance").
- 1947 - Birth of Jim Plunkett in San Jose, California, USA; NFL quarterback (New England Patriots, Oakland Raiders).
- 1947 - Birth of Jugderdemidiin Gurragcha; first Mongolian space traveler (Soyuz 39).
- 1947 - Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1948 - New York Giants' Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions.
- 1949 - Birth of Bruce E Melnick in New York City, New York, USA; Commander US Coast Guard/astronaut (STS 41, STS 49).
- 1949 - Birth of Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins in Richmond, Virginia, USA; PGA golfer (1972 Sahara).
- 1949 - Birth of Lewis Arlt in Kingston, New York, USA; actor (Littlest Victims, Ken - Another World).
- 1949 - Birth of Pamela Blair; actress (Loving).
- 1949 - Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1950 - American forces abandon Pyongyang.
- 1950 - Ezzard Charles knocks out Nick Barone in 11 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1950 - Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
- 1951 - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson of baseball's black sox scandal, dies.
- 1951 - Birth of Morgan Brittany [Suzanne Cupito] in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Katherine - Dallas).
- 1951 - Birth of Thomas Warren Purtzer in Des Moines, Iowa, USA; PGA golfer (1977 Glen Campbell).
- 1952 - Birth of Bobby Barth; rocker vocalist/guitarist (Axe).
- 1952 - TV show The Abbott and Costello Show begins airing in syndication.
- 1953 - Birth of Jonathan Lewis; trombonist (Atlantic Star - "Touch a Four Leaf Clover").
- 1953 - Birth of Larry Zbyszko [Living Legend Whistler]; wrestler (WCW/AWA/NWA/WWF).
- 1955 - AFL and CIO merge, with George Meany as president.
- 1955 - Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery, Alabama, by Rosa Parks.
- 1955 - Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at age 73.
- 1957 - Birth of Art Monk; NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1957 - Birth of Charlene Morett in Darby, Pennsylvania, USA; field hockey left wing (Olympics-bronze-1984).
- 1957 - New York City becomes first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law).
- 1958 - Philadelphia Phillies drop plans for New York sportcast as New York Yankees threat to do same in Philadelphia.
- 1958 - Canadian aircraft company Avro completes the first VZ-9Z Avrocar prototype.
- 1959 - Birth of Nikki Gianulias in Vallejo, California, USA; bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1979).
- 1959 - Birth of Shirley Furlong in San Antonio, Texas, USA; LPGA golfer (1988 Lady Keystone Open).
- 1959 - Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with first ball in Tests.
- 1959 - K S Duleepsinhji, cricket player (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies.
- 1960 - Birth of Andrzej Chylinski in New York City, New York, USA; 50km walker (Olympics-26th-1996).
- 1960 - Birth of Darryl James in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (Glenco-1992, 1993).
- 1960 - Birth of Jack Russell; rocker (Great White - "Twice Shy").
- 1960 - Birth of John Felton in Kyogle, Australia; canoeist (Olympics-1996).
- 1960 - Birth of Les Nemes; rock bassist (Haircut 100).
- 1960 - Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium.
- 1962 - Birth of Connie Needham Newton in Anaheim, California, USA; actress (Elizabeth - Eight is Enough).
- 1963 - Birth of Bob Friend in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Nike golfer (1991 Fort Wayne Open).
- 1963 - Birth of Carrie Hamilton, Carol Burnett's daughter; actress (Fame).
- 1963 - Herbert H Lehman (Governor-Democrat-New York), dies.
- 1964 - Birth of Pablo Morales in Chicago, Illinois, USA; butterfly swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-1984, 1992).
- 1964 - Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at age 70.
- 1966 - Birth of Bruce Deacon in Ottawa, Canada; marathon runner (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Joseph Barbara in New Symrna, Florida, USA; actor (Joe Carlino - Another World).
- 1966 - Birth of Patricia Kaas; French pop singer (Mademoiselle Chant).
- 1967 - The Beatles' clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, England, opens.
- 1967 - Birth of Ann Schirman in San Diego, California, USA; WPVA volleyball player (National-17th-1994).
- 1968 - Birth of Lisa Marie [Sliwa] in New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA; actress (Mars Attacks).
- 1968 - Birth of Rhett Hall; NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1968 - Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at age 54.
- 1969 - Birth of Mark Dekker in Zimbabwe; cricket opening batsman (1993-).
- 1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1969 - Death of Claudius Dornier in Zug, Switzerland. Dornier designed the first all-metal plane (1911) and founded the Dornier Aircraft Company.
- 1970 - Birth of Heather Crickard; Miss Oklahoma USA (1996).
- 1970 - Birth of Kevin Haller, Trochu, Alberta, Canada; NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers).
- 1970 - Birth of Thomas Smith; NFL cornerback (Buffalo Bills).
- 1970 - Los Angeles Rams' Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing.
- 1970 - Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy, and Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame.
- 1971 - Birth of Bryan Schwartz; NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars).
- 1971 - Birth of Joe Fleming; Canadian Football League defensive end (British Columbia Lions).
- 1971 - Birth of Marrio Grier; fullback (New England Patriots).
- 1971 - Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies.
- 1972 - 38th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL).
- 1972 - Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election.
- 1972 - Birth of Cliff Floyd in Chicago, Illinois, USA; outfielder/first base (Montreal Expos).
- 1972 - Birth of Kevin Sally in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada; archer (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Randolph Ross in Shelby, North Carolina, USA; 110 metre hurdler.
- 1972 - Birth of Roderick Mullen; NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1972 - Birth of Stanislav Jasecko; hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998).
- 1973 - Birth of Corissa Yasen; WNBA forward/guard (Sacramento Monarchs).
- 1973 - Birth of Shalom Harlow in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; model (House of Style, Harper's Bazaar).
- 1973 - Chicago Cubs' Ron Santo became first baseball player to veto his trade.
- 1973 - Los Angeles Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Montreal Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall.
- 1974 - The BBC airs the final episode of TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus in the UK.
- 1974 - First World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida.
- 1974 - Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran, Iran).
- 1974 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at age 87.
- 1974 - Henry Wadsworth, actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at age 72.
- 1974 - NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms.
- 1974 - Pietro Germi, actor/director (Serafino, Climax), dies at age 60.
- 1975 - Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies.
- 1975 - NASA launches space vehicle S-196; it fails.
- 1976 - Buffalo Bill's OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards.
- 1977 - Birth of Michelle Marie Jefferson; Miss Wyoming Teen USA (1996).
- 1977 - Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq, and South Yemen.
- 1978 - European Union establishes EMS, European Monetary System.
- 1978 - Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, US$32 million contract with Philadelphia Phillies, making Rose highest paid baseball player.
- 1978 - New York Islanders take 28 shots in one period versus Pittsburgh Penguins; Penguins' Ross Lonsberry fails on 7th penalty shot against Islanders.
- 1979 - Jack Lynch resigns as Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland; he is succeeded by Charles Haughey.
- 1980 - Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens.
- 1980 - Don Taylor, cricket player (3 Tests for New Zealand 1947-56, 159 runs), dies.
- 1981 - American general James Lee Dozier is kidnapped in Verona by Italian Red Brigades.
- 1981 - 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern California (Running Back).
- 1981 - 56th Australian Women Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert (6-7, 6-4, 7-5).
- 1981 - France performs nuclear test.
- 1982 - Ingrid Berghmans (Netherlands) retains judo's world championship.
- 1982 - Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions.
- 1982 - Seattle University Baptist Church declares sanctuary for Central American refugees.
- 1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1982 - Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions.
- 1983 - ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
- 1983 - Twelve killed by a car bomb shattering nine-story building in west Beirut, Lebanon.
- 1983 - Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for one year for cocaine use.
- 1983 - Robert Aldrich, director/producer (Last Sunset), dies at age 65.
- 1984 - Oakland Athletics trade Rickey Henderson to New York Yankees for Jay Howell and Jose Rijo.
- 1984 - In Cuneo, Italy, a bright daytime fireball is reported, resulting in a strong explosion, breaking windows.
- 1984 - French colonies kill ten Kanaken in New Caledonia.
- 1984 - Paramount releases the film Beverly Hills Cop to theaters.
- 1984 - New York Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Atlanta Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher.
- 1985 - Dow Jones Industrial Average rises above the 1500 level for first time.
- 1985 - Christie's auctions off a bottle of 1787 Château Lafite Bordeaux for a record price of US$156,000 to Malcolm Forbes.
- 1985 - Great Britain performs nuclear test.
- 1987 - Death of "Fat" Larry James at age 38; US drummer (Fat Larry's Band - "Zoom").
- 1987 - 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (world record).
- 1987 - David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 versus New Zealand at Brisbane.
- 1987 - Schönbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76).
- 1988 - North Carolina federal grand jury indicts PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy.
- 1988 - Shuttle Atlantis (STS-27) launches world's first nuclear-war-fighting satellite.
- 1989 - Birth of Ross Bagley, actor (Nicky - Fresh Prince Of Bel Air).
- 1989 - France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph.
- 1990 - Salman Rushdie, author (ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy), appears in public for first time in two years.
- 1990 - Toronto Blue Jays trade Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez to San Diego Padres for Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter.
- 1991 - Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies.
- 1991 - Charles Keating Junior (Lincoln Savings and Loan fraud), found guilty.
- 1991 - New York Daily News files for bankruptcy protection under chapter 11.
- 1991 - Richard Speck, mass murderer, dies a day before his 50th birthday.
- 1992 - Hilary Tindall, actress (Dominique - Max Headroom), dies of cancer at age 54.
- 1992 - Kent Conrad of North Dakota resigns his seat in the United States Senate and is sworn into the other seat from North Dakota, becoming the only U.S. Senator ever to have held two seats on the same day.
- 1993 - 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1).
- 1993 - Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at age 87.
- 1993 - Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at age 86.
- 1993 - Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space.
- 1993 - Douglas Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at age 32 (born 1961).
- 1993 - Melissa Mcnamara/Mike Sopringer win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1993 - Rafael Caldera elected President of Venezuela.
- 1994 - Harry Horner, Czechoslovakian/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at age 84.
- 1994 - Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at age 78.
- 1995 - Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at age 79.
- 1996 - Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player.
- 1996 - The A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, Japan, is named a World Heritage site. The dome and main structure of the Hiroshima Promotion Hall survived the atomic bomb blast of 1945.
- 1997 - First game at Washington Capitals' MCI Center versus Florida Panthers.
- 1997 - Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at age 67.
- 1997 - Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer, dies at age 93.
- 1997 - Texas Instruments announces that it has created a manufacturing technique to create integrated circuits using copper wiring. This approach could lead to processors that are ten times faster than today's chips, while using less power.
- 1997 - Near the East Coast of Kamchatka, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs.
- 1998 - D.C. United defeats Vasco da Gama 2 - 1 on aggregate to win the Interamerican Cup (one of the greatest triumphs in the history of U.S. club soccer).
- 2000 - The Fireball Network of cameras in Europe records a fireball of estimated weight 270kg over Germany.
- 2002 - A small general cargo vessel collides with a heavily-laden single-hulled tanker in the middle of the Singapore Straits, spilling 408,000 litres of oil.
- 2002 - Death of Ne Win, Burmese dictator.
- 2002 - Death of Roone Arledge at age 71 of prostate cancer; TV executive (head of ABC News and Sports, Wide World of Sports, Monday Night Football, 20/20, Nightline, World News Tonight).
- 2003 - Death of Jack Keller, 1984 World Series of Poker champion.
- 2003 - A suicide bombing on a commuter train in southern Russia kills 44 people. President Vladimir Putin condemns the attack as a bid to destabilize the country two days before parliamentary elections.
- 2003 - Warner Bros. releases the film The Last Samurai to theaters.
- 2004 - Death of Seymour Ginsburg, American computer scientist (born 1928).
- 2005 - The Los Angeles Dodgers and Rafael Furcal agree to a US$39 million, three-year contract to play shortstop.
- 2006 - Death of David Bronstein, Soviet Union chess grandmaster (born 1924).
- 2006 - The military seizes power in Fiji by means of a coup d'état led by Commodore Josaia Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama.
- 2007 - 19-year old Robert A. Hawkins shoots eight people dead and injures five at the Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, then commits suicide.
- 2008 - The US White House and congressional democrats agree on a plan to provide a US$15 billion emergency loan to the country's automakers.
- 2008 - Patriarch Alexiy II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, dies at age 79, outside Moscow.
- 2008 - Human remains found in 1991 are finally identified as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, using DNA analysis.
- 2008 - Armed robbers steal at least US$102 million worth of jewels from Harry Winston's jewellery shops in Paris, France.
- 2009 - In the Russian city of Perm, an explosion caused by fireworks in a nightclub kills 112 people and injures another 130.
- 2013 - Death of Nelson Mandela, 1st President of South Africa and Nobel laureate (born 1918).
- 2014 - Death of Queen Fabiola of Belgium (born 1928).
- 2017 - Russia is banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang by the International Olympic Committee, following an investigation into state-sponsored doping.
- 2017 - Death of Michael I, King of Romania (born 1921).
- 2020 - Russia begins mass vaccination against COVID-19 with the Sputnik V vaccine.
- 2021 - Death of Bob Dole at age 98 of lung cancer; US Senator (Republican, 27 years), Medal of Freedom recipient.
- 2022 - Death of Kirstie Alley at age 71 of colon cancer; actor (Rebecca Howe - Cheers TV show (1987-1993), Veronica's Closet TV show (1997-2000)Look Who's Talking movie (1989), Lieutenant Saavik - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan movie (1982), Emmy award winner (1991 - Best Actress in a Comedy)).
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