December 5 - The Day in History

December 5 : General Interest 1945: Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle At 2:10 p.m., five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 take off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida on a routine three-hour training mission... read more American Revolution 1776 : Phi Beta Kappa is founded while army flounders http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/phi-beta-kappa-is-founded-while-army-flounders Automotive 1970 : Last segment of the Dan Ryan Expressway opens in Chicago http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-segment-of-the-dan-ryan-expressway-opens-in-chicago Civil War 1839 : Union General George Custer is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-custer-born Cold War 1978 : USSR and Afghanistan sign "friendship treaty" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ussr-and-afghanistan-sign-friendship-treaty Crime 1873 : The Boston Belfry Murderer kills his first victim http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-boston-belfry-murderer-kills-his-first-victim Disaster 1876 : Hundreds die in Brooklyn theater fire http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hundreds-die-in-brooklyn-theater-fire General Interest 1933 : Prohibition ends http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/prohibition-ends Hollywood 1984 : Eddie Murphy stars in Beverly Hills Cop http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eddie-murphy-stars-in-beverly-hills-cop Literary 1941 : Steinbeck's Sea of Cortez is published http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/steinbecks-sea-of-cortez-is-published Music 2000 : O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack released http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/o-brother-where-art-thou-soundtrack-released Old West 1871 : Rodeo star Bill Pickett born in Texas http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rodeo-star-bill-pickett-born-in-texas Presidential 1782 : Van Buren is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/van-buren-is-born Sports 2002 : Roone Arledge dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roone-arledge-dies Vietnam War 1964 : Army Captain awarded first Medal of Honor for action in Vietnam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/army-captain-awarded-first-medal-of-honor-for-action-in-vietnam 1970 : North Vietnam announces it will not be intimidated by U.S. bombing http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnam-announces-it-will-not-be-intimidated-by-us-bombing World War I 1915 : Siege of British-occupied Kut, Mesopotamia begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/siege-of-british-occupied-kut-mesopotamia-begins World War II 1941 : American carrier Lexington heads to Midway http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-carrier-lexington-heads-to-midway

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