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Today in History: Monday, December\u00a0 05, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Dec. 5, 1933, national Prohibition came to an end as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment.
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1776<\/td>\nThe first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1782<\/td>\nMartin Van Buren, the eighth U.S. president and the first to be born after the country was formed, was born in Kinderhook, N.Y.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1791<\/td>\nComposer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna at age 35.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1792<\/td>\nGeorge Washington was re-elected president and John Adams was re-elected vice president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1831<\/td>\nFormer President John Quincy Adams took his seat as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1848<\/td>\nPresident James K. Polk triggered the Gold Rush of ’49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1901<\/td>\nMovie producer Walt Disney was born in Chicago.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1955<\/td>\nThe American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nRepublicans chose Newt Gingrich to be the first GOP speaker of the House in four decades.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1996<\/td>\nFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan questioned whether the stock market was overvalued due to investors’ “irrational exuberance.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nSenate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Strom Thurmond’s pro-segregation 1948 presidential campaign. The ensuing uproar led to Lott’s resignation from the Senate leadership.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nNew York became the first city in the nation to ban artery-clogging trans fats at restaurants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nA judge in Las Vegas sentenced O.J. Simpson to 33 years in prison (with eligibility for parole after nine) for an armed robbery at a hotel room.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Author Joan Didion turns 82 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Little Richard<\/td>\nRock singer, musician<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calvin Trillin<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jose Carreras<\/td>\nOpera singer<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jim Messina<\/td>\nRock singer (Loggins and Messina, Poco)<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Morgan Brittany<\/td>\nActress (“Dallas”)<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art Monk<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Margaret Cho<\/td>\nComedian, actress<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cliff Floyd<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paula Patton<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Acker<\/td>\nActress (“Angel,” “Dollhouse”)<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frankie Muniz<\/td>\nActor (“Malcolm in the Middle”)<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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R&B singer Keri Hilson turns 34 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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