Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
On this day in 63 BCE, Cicero read the last of his Catiline Orations. In 1349 on this day, 500 Jews of Nuremberg were massacred during the Black Death riots.The French currency known as the "Franc" was created on this day in 1360. In 1456 on this day, an earthquake strick Naples; with about 35,000 killed as a result. On this day in 1560, Charles IX succeeded as King of France following the death of Francis II. Prohibition ended in the United States on this day in 1933. The "Battle of Moscow" started on this day in 1941, with the Soviet Red Army ultimately driving out the Nazi German army. An aircraft squadron was lost in the Bermuda Triangle on this day in 1945. In 1989 on this day, East Germany's former leaders were placed under house arrest. On this day in 1992, Russian President Boris Yeltsin kept the power to appoint Cabinet ministers, defeating a constitutional amendment that would have put his team of reformers under the control of Russia's Congress.In 2001 on this day in Germany, Afghan leaders signed a pact to create a temporary administration for post-Taliban Afghanistan. Two women were included in the cabinet structure. Hamid Karzai and his Cabinet planned to take over power in Afghanistan on December 22.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
• On this day in 63 BCE, Cicero read the last of his Catiline Orations.
• 663 - Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
Statue of Charlemagne in front of Notre Dame Cathdral in Paris
Pictures of the statue of Charlemagne outside of the Notre Dame de Paris
• On this day in 771, Charlemagne became the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman.
• 1082 - Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
• 1301 - Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
• 1349 - 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
• 1360 - The French Franc is created.
1408 - Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
1448 - Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
1456 - Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
1492 - Columbus discovers Hispaniola (El Espanola/Haiti)
• Jews were expelled from Portugal on this day in 1496 by order of King Manuel I.
• 1590 - Niccolo Sfondrati chosen as Pope Gregory XIV
• 1602 - Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence
• 1741 - -6] Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
• 1746 - Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule.
• 1757 - Battle of Leuthen: Prussian army beats Austrians
• 1766 - London auctioneers Christie's hold their first sale
• 1775 - At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1776 - 1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms
Statue of George Washington in Morristown, New Jersey
• George Washington was re-elected to a second term as US President on this day in 1792.
Picture of a statue of Louis XVI taken at the Basilique cathédrale Saint-Denis, near Paris
• In 1792 on this day during the French Revolution, the trial of France's King Louis XVI began in the Assemblée nationale (the National Convention) in Paris. He was officially stripped of his former royal title after France had recently abolished the monarchy and systematically referred to as "Citizen Louis Capet." Ultimately, they would vote in favor of his execution by the guillotine.
French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
• Napoleon Bonaparte, fresh from his successful campaign in Italy, arrived in Paris to command forces for the invasion of England on this day in 1797. Napoleon had successfully negotiated the Treaty of Campo Formio, which for all intents and purposes ended the War of the First Coalition and redrew the map of Europe. it also secured French dominance, creating new Italian republics while also cementing Napoleon's status as a national hero and key political figure.
• 1798 - Dutch troops occupy Hasselt
A picture I took of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington during a visit with my son back in 2013.
• In 1804 on this day, Thomas Jefferson was re-elected to a second term of US President, with George Clinton to be the Vice-President.
• 1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte left his army as they were retreating from Russia.
• 1813 - Lübeck surrenders to allied armies
1815 - Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
1830 - Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique Fantastique" premieres in Paris
1831 - Former US President John Q Adams takes his seat as a member of House of Representatives
1832 - Andrew Jackson re-elected President of US
1835 - - 10th: Assault on Mexican-held San Antonio by Texan rebels
1837 - Hector Berlioz' "Requiem" premieres
1837 - Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
Bust of General George Custer at the site of the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Montana
• General George Armstrong Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, on this day in 1839.
1846 - C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
1847 - Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.
• On this day in 1848, American President James Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1849 after he confirmed that gold had been discovered in California.
1854 - Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
1859 - Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon" premieres in NYC
1862 - Battle of Coffeeville, MS
• 1865 - Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
1868 - 1st American bicycle college opens (NY)
1876 - Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
1876 - Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, trampled or burned to death
1879 - 1st automatic telephone switching system patented
1881 - 47th Congress (1881-83) convenes
1887 - Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
• 1890 - Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens" premieres in Karlsruhe
• 1892 - Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag
• 1892 - Sir John Thompson becomes the fourth Prime Minister of Canada.
1893 - 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1894 - Georges Feydeaus' "L'hôtel du libre échange" premieres in Paris
1896 - Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer" premieres in Leipzig
1905 - Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes UK PM
1906 - British government of Balfour resigns
1908 - 1st US football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
1914 - 6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats U of Toronto, 14-2
1914 - The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.
1918 - Oil refinery on Curacao opens
1920 - Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
1920 - Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.
1924 - Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Tor Maple Leafs 10-5
1925 - 13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1
1925 - German government of Luther falls
1926 - Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin" debuts
1928 - England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
1928 - MW Miklas elected president of Austria
1929 - 1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC)
1931 - CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal
Theoretical Physicist Albert EinsteinTheoretical Physicist Albert Einstein
Bust of Albert Einstein in Princeton, New Jersey, where he lived his final years.
• In 1932 on this day, German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa which made it possible for him to travel to the U.S.
An image of the iconic "We the People" wording of the Constitution.
• On this day in 1933, the Prohibition officially came to an end when Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment at 5:32: PM EST.
The flag of the USSR (Soviet Union)
• On this day in 1934, 66 people charged with plotting against Joseph Stalin's government were executed in the Soviet Union..
The Lion of Judah Emblem of the Ethiopian Empire
• Fighting broke out between Italian and Ethiopian troops on the Somalian border on this day in 1934.
• 1935 - 1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello California)
1935 - National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)
1936 - 24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20
1936 - Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union
1941 - Football Writers Association of America organized
1941 - Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street" premieres in NYC
• 1941 - Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
1941 - Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
1941 - US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1942 - CFL Grey Cup: Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto
1942 - Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to work
1942 - West Indies chocolate/coffee drop above Netherland
1943 - NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves
1944 - German troops steal all the silver coin in Utrecht
1945 - "Lost Squadron" crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)
1945 - Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl
33rd US President Harry Truman33rd US President Harry Truman
Bust of American President Harry Truman
• In 1946 on this day, American President Harry Truman created the Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order #9808.
1947 - Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1948 - NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
1949 - Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
1950 - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 - Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
1951 - "Dragnet" premieres
1952 - -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die
1954 - KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 - AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president
1955 - Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks
1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
1956 - Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker" premieres in NYC
1957 - William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs" premieres in NYC
1957 - NYC is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
Civil Rights Activist Rosa Lee ParksCivil Rights Activist Rosa Lee Parks 1957 - Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia.
1958 - Phils drop plans for NY sportcast as Yanks threat to do same in Phila
1958 - WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 - Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
1958 - The Preston bypass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.
1959 - Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
1960 - Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
1962 - The U.S. and the Soviet Union agreed to cooperate in the peaceful uses of outer space.
1964 - Vietnam War: for his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
1966 - "I Do! I Do!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 561 performances
• 1967 - Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens
• 1967 - Benjamin Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting against Vietnam war
1968 - Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP
1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 - LA Rams Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing
1970 - Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame
Pediatrician Benjamin SpockPediatrician Benjamin Spock 1970 - Premiere of Dario Fo's Morte accidentale di un anarchico.
1971 - KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1971 - The Soviet Union, at United Nations Security Council, vetoed a resolution calling for a cease-fire in hostilities between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
1972 - 38th Heisman Trophy Award: Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL)
1972 - Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election
1972 - Joseph A Walker's "River Niger" premieres in NYC
1973 - Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade
1973 - Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall
• 1973 - Paul McCartney releases album "Band on the Run" album
1974 - 1st Wash Cap penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres
1974 - 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida
• 1974 - Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)
1974 - Monty Python's Flying Circus final episode airs on BBC
1974 - NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms
1974 - Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
1974 - Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Wash Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot
Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartneyMusician& amp; member of the Beatles Paul McCartney 1974 - Birmingham Americans defeat the Florida Blazers 22-21 in the WFL's World Bowl
1975 - "Me & Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances
1975 - NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed
1976 - Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 203 yards
1976 - Jacques Chirac re-founded the Gaullist party as the RPR (Rassemblement pour la République).
• 1977 - Egypt breaks dipl relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq & S Yemen
1978 - EG decides establishes EMS, European Monetary System
1978 - Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies
1978 - Phillies Pete Rose becomes highest paid baseball player
1978 - Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
1978 - Sam Shepard's "Buried Child" premieres in NYC
1978 - Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
1979 - Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns
1980 - Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens
1981 - 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern Cal (RB)
1981 - 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)
NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal OJ SimpsonNFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal OJ Simpson 1981 - France performs nuclear test
1982 - Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
1982 - Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy
1982 - Ingrid Berghmans (Neth) retains judo's world championship
1982 - Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
1982 - Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am refugees
1982 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1983 - 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
• 1983 - ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
• 1984 - French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
1984 - Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
1985 - Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time
1985 - Great Britain performs nuclear test
1985 - Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind" premieres in NYC
1987 - 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR)
1987 - David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane
1987 - Schonbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76)
1988 - NC federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy
1988 - Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
• On this day in 1989, not quite one month after the fall of the Berlin Wall, East Germany's former leaders were placed under house arrest.
1989 - France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
1990 - Blue Jays trade F McGriff & T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar & J Carter
• 1990 - Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty
• 1990 - Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years
1991 - "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 perfs
1991 - Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
1991 - NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
1993 - "Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
1993 - 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
1993 - Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
1993 - Melissa Mcnamara/Mike Sopringer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1993 - Rafael Caldera elected president of Venezuela
• 1993 - The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb.
1995 - The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
1996 - "Dreams & Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1996 - Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement
1996 - Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player
1997 - 1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers
1997 - STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands
2005 - The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2005 - The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
2006 - Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
2007 - Westroads Mall massacre: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Nebraska mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.
Absolute monarch Nicholas IIAbsolute monarch Nicholas II
• 2008 - Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II.
2008 - OJ Simpson is sentenced to 33 years in prison for kidnapping and armed robbery
• 2012 - 8 people are killed and 12 injured by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in South Korea
1492 - Christopher Columbus discovered Hispaniola (now Haiti). 1560 - Charles IX succeeded as King of France on the death of Francis II. 1766 - James Christie, founder of the famous auctioneers, held his first sale in London. 1776 - In Williamsburg, VA, at the College of William and Mary the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized. 1782 - The first native U.S. president, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook, NY. 1876 - The Stillson wrench was patented by D.C. Stillson. The device was the first practical pipe wrench. 1901 - Movie producer Walt Disney was born in Chicago. He created his first Mickey Mouse cartoon at the age of 27. Disney movies, music and books 1904 - The Russian fleet was destroyed by the Japanese at Port Arthur, during the Russo-Japanese War. 1908 - At the University of Pittsburgh, numerals were first used on football uniforms worn by college football players. 1913 - Britain outlawed the sending of arms to Ireland.
1935 - In Montebello, CA, the first commercial hydrophonics operation was established. 1936 - The Soviet Union adopted a new Constitution under a Supreme Council. 1944 - During World War II, Allied troops took Ravenna, Italy. 1945 - The so-called "Lost Squadron" disappeared. The five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers carrying 14 Navy flyers began a training mission at the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station. They were never heard from again. 1951 - The first push button-controlled garage opened in Washington, DC. 1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO. 1956 - British and French forces began a withdrawal from Egypt during the Suez War. 1958 - Britain's first motorway, the Preston by-pass, was opened by Prime Minister Macmillan. 1961 - United Nations forces launched an attack in Katanga, the Congo, near Elizabethville. 1962 - The U.S. and the Soviet Union agreed to cooperate in the peaceful uses of outer space. 1971 - The Soviet Union, at United Nations Security Council, vetoed a resolution calling for a cease-fire in hostilities between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. 1976 - Jacques Chirac re-founded the Gaullist party as the RPR (Rassemblement pour la République). 1977 - Egypt broke diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen due to peaceful relations with Israel. 1978 - The American space probe Pioneer Venus I, orbiting Venus, began beaming back its first information and picture of the planet. 1979 - Sonia Johnson was formally excommunicated by the Mormon Church due to her outspoken support for the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution. 1983 - In west Beirut, Lebanon, more than a dozen people were killed when a car bomb shattered a nine-story apartment building. 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. 1984 - Iran's official news agency quoted the hijackers of a Kuwaiti jetliner parked at Tehran airport as saying they would blow up the plane unless Kuwait released 14 imprisoned extremists. 1985 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 for the first time. 1986 - The Soviet Union said it would continue to abide by the SALT II treaty limits on nuclear weapons. This was despite the decision by the U.S. to exceed them. 1988 - Jim Bakker and former aide Richard Dortch were indicted by a federal grand jury in North Carolina on fraud and conspiracy charges. 1989 - Israeli soldiers killed five heavily armed Arab guerrillas who crossed the border from Egypt. The guerrillas were allegedly going to launch a terrorist attack commemorating the anniversary of the Palestinian uprising. 1992 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin kept the power to appoint Cabinet ministers, defeating a constitutional amendment that would have put his team of reformers under the control of Russia's Congress. 1998 - James P. Hoffa became the head of the Teamsters union, 23 years after his father was the head. His father disappeared and was presumed dead. 2001 - In Germany, Afghan leaders signed a pact to create a temporary administration for post-Taliban Afghanistan. Two women were included in the cabinet structure. Hamid Karzai and his Cabinet were planned to take over power in Afghanistan on December 22. 2008 - The iTunes Music Store reached 300 million applications downloaded.
1776 The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va. 1791 Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, at age 35. 1848 President 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 Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing. 1933 The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, was ratified. 1955 The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO. 2002 At Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential bid. Lott subsequently resigned his leadership position.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/dec05.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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