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Today in History for 5th December 2025
Historical Events1914 - CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts win first Championship; beat U of Toronto Blues, 14-21941 - Soviet anti-offensive in Moscow drives out Nazi army1982 - Dutch judoka Ingrid Berghmans retains judo's world championship1991 - "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 performances2006 - Audrey Hepburn's Givenchy little black dress from film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is auctioned for charity for a record 467,200 ($923,187) at Christie's, LondonMore Historical Events Famous Birthdays1855 - Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist, born in New York City (d. 1942)1901 - Hanns Jelinek, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1969)1936 - James Lee Burke, American writer (Dave Robicheaux series), born in Houston, Texas1960 - Brian Bromberg, American jazz bass player (You Know That Feeling), born in Tucson, Arizona1969 - Morgan J. Freeman, American film director (Hurricane Streets), born in Long Beach, CaliforniaMore Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths1955 - Paul Harvey, American actor (Spellbound, Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 731958 - Ferdinand Bruckner [Theodor Tagger], Austrian-German playwright (Races), dies at 671979 - Sonia Delaunay, Russian-born French artist (Orphism), dies at 941991 - Jill Browne, dies at 542024 - Bill Melton, American baseball third baseman. 1968-77 (MLB All-Star and AL home run leader, 1971; Chicago White Sox, and 2 other teams) and broadcaster,1998-2020 (NBC, Comcast, Chicago White Sox), dies at 79More Famous Deaths
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