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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 5
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Titian James Coffey; US Attorney General (Union) (dies 1867).
- 100th: 1924 - Hamilton Tigers' Red Green scores five goals to beat Toronto Maple Leafs 10-5.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Joan Didion; American novelist/journalist (Salvador).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Jeroen Krabbé in Amsterdam, Netherlands; actor (The Fugitive).
- 80th: 1944 - German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Pablo Morales in Chicago, Illinois, USA; butterfly swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-1984, 1992).
- 60th: 1964 - Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at age 70.
- 50th: 1974 - The BBC airs the final episode of TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus in the UK.
- 50th: 1974 - First World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida.
- 50th: 1974 - Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran, Iran).
- 50th: 1974 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at age 87.
- 50th: 1974 - Henry Wadsworth, actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at age 72.
- 50th: 1974 - NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms.
- 50th: 1974 - Pietro Germi, actor/director (Serafino, Climax), dies at age 60.
- 40th: 1984 - Oakland Athletics trade Rickey Henderson to New York Yankees for Jay Howell and Jose Rijo.
- 40th: 1984 - In Cuneo, Italy, a bright daytime fireball is reported, resulting in a strong explosion, breaking windows.
- 40th: 1984 - French colonies kill ten Kanaken in New Caledonia.
- 40th: 1984 - Paramount releases the film Beverly Hills Cop to theaters.
- 40th: 1984 - New York Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Atlanta Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher.
- 30th: 1994 - Harry Horner, Czechoslovakian/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at age 84.
- 30th: 1994 - Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at age 78.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Seymour Ginsburg, American computer scientist (born 1928).
- 15th: 2009 - In the Russian city of Perm, an explosion caused by fireworks in a nightclub kills 112 people and injures another 130.
- 10th: 2014 - Death of Queen Fabiola of Belgium (born 1928).
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