Volume 13 , Issue 49

On This Day In History (December 5)

On this date in history, 5 December 1933, the headlines in The New York Times read: Lindberghs At Sea On Brazil Flight; "O.K." She Reports and Prohibition Repeal Is Ratified At 5:32PM; Roosevelt Asks Nation To Bar the Saloon; New York Celebrates With Quiet Restraint.

On 5 Dec. 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. Go to article.

On 5 Dec. 1901, Walt Disney, the pioneer of animated cartoon films and founder of the Disney theme parks, was born. Following his death on 15 Dec. 1966, his obituary appeared in The Times. Go to obituary.

On This Date - 5 December . . .

• 1776 - The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
• 1782 - Martin Van Buren, the eighth U.S. president and the first to be born after the country was formed, was born in Kinderhook, N.Y.
• 1791 - Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna at age 35.
• 1792 - George Washington was re-elected president and John Adams was re-elected vice president.
• 1831 - Former President John Quincy Adams took his seat as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
• 1848 - President James K. Polk triggered the Gold Rush of '49 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
• 1901 - Movie producer Walt Disney was born in Chicago.
• 1955 - The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.

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