On This Very Day
December 5th
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- 63
Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations in 63 BC.
- 1792
George Washington re-elected as US President.
- 1848
President Polk's confirmation of California gold discovery sparks 1849 Gold Rush.
- 1876
Fire at Brooklyn Theater kills 295, in a tragic trampling or burning.
- 1941
US aircraft carrier Lexington and 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor.
- 1970
Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson Trophy stolen from Hockey Hall of Fame.
- 2017
Russia banned from Winter Olympics in South Korea for state-sponsored doping.
- 2018
Einstein's letter on religion sells for $2.9 million at Christie's, New York. View Post →
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- 2019
Saudi Aramco raises record $25.6 billion in IPO, valued at $1.7 trillion.
- 1933
Prohibition ends in the US with the ratification of the 21st amendment.
- 1782
Martin Van Buren, first native US president, born in Kinderhook, NY.
- 1901
Walt Disney, movie producer and creator of Mickey Mouse, born in Chicago.
- 1945
Aircraft squadron mysteriously disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
- 1776
Phi Beta Kappa fraternity founded.
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