Once Upon A Time – Dec. 5 – 1848 – US President James K. Polk Triggers Gold Rush Of 1849 By Confirming Gold Discovery In California

771 Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman

1349 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacred during Black Death riots

1456 Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die

1848 US President James K. Polk triggers gold rush of 1849 by confirming a gold discovery in California

1933 Prohibition ends in the US when 21st Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, 18th Amendment repealed (5:32 PM EST)

1969 Four-node ARPANET network is established

Today’s Historical Events
Today in Film & TV
2001 “Ocean’s Eleven” directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts premieres in Westwood, California

Today in Music
1973 Paul McCartney & Wings release album “Band on the Run” in the US

Today in Sport
2017 Russia is banned from the next Winter Olympics in South Korea over state-sponsored doping

Do you know this fact about today? Did You Know?
1717 English pirate Blackbeard ransacks the merchant sloop “Margaret” and keeps her captain, Henry Bostock prisoner for 8 hours before releasing him. Bostock later provides 1st record of Blackbeard’s appearance, and the source for his name.

Would you believe this fact about today? Would You Believe?
1945 Flight 19 the “Lost Squadron” of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle