5th December: Today In History

Today is 5th December,  the 339 day of 2015. There are 26 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight In History;
Birthdays:
1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer
1839 George Armstrong Custer, Killed at the battle of 'The Little Bighorn'
1901 Walt Disney, US cartoon film producer; 'Mickey Mouse' & 'Donald Duck'
1902 Emeric Pressburger, Film maker
1906 Otto Preminger, Film director; 'Carmen Jones'
1935 Little Richard, Singer/songwriter and pianist
1941 Sheridan Morley, Drama critic, and son of the actor Robert Morley
1946 Jose Carreras, Spanish operatic tenor

Events:
1766 The founder of the famous London auctioneers, James Christie, held his first sale
1870 Alexandre Dumas, the French author of 'The Three Musketeers', died in Dieppe
1872 The vessel 'Marie Celeste' was found abandoned in the Atlantic, no trace of her crew was ever found
1926 The French painter Claude Monet died as a recluse, in Giverny
1933 In America, prohibition was repealed after over 13 years
1945 In the 'Bermuda Triangle' five US Navy bombers, on a training flight, disappeared without trace
1956 Britains first woman judge, Miss Rose Heilbron, was appointed
1973 During a petrol shortage, the British government imposed a 50mph speed limit on roads to save fuel
1983 Former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon flies into Nigeria after eight years in exile.
1992 Names of the 27 members of a new care-taker government, called the Transitional Council, are released.
1999 All Peoples Party (APP) holds first post-election national convention; elects Yusuf Ali as new party chairman.