1955 - AFL-CIO: American Federation of Labor merges w/ Congress of Industrial Organizations.
1955 - E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1951 - Dragnet TV show premieres on NBC
1893 - First appearance of an electric car.
0771 - Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman.
This Day In Business
1933 - Prohibition in the United States officially ends as Utah ratifies the 21st Amendment.
1973 - Monty Python's final episode airs on BBC
1492 - Columbus discovers Hispaniola, which is now known as Haiti.
1908 - The University of Pittsburgh is the first have Uniform Numbers used in a football game
December 5th Holiday
Discovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic) - Commemorates the day when Haiti and the Dominican Republic were discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
Today's Birthday Trivia
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Today's Birthday Horoscope
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