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Saturday, 5 December 2026

Day 339 of 2026  ·  26 days remaining in the year  ·  Week 49
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Geography & Exploration Military & War Miscellaneous Politics & Government Science & Technology
5 Births
3 Events
8 Total entries

★ Born on this day 5 entries

1782
Martin Van Buren, 8th President from (1837 - 1841).
US Politics & Government 244 yrs ago
1839
General George A. Custer, lost to Indians.
IN Military & War 187 yrs ago
1901
Walter Elias Disney, father of Mickey Mouse.
US 125 yrs ago
1902
Strom Thermond
US 124 yrs ago
1906
Otto Perminger
US 120 yrs ago

► Events on this day 3 entries

1776
Phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded.
US Geography & Exploration 250 yrs ago
1880
Blue Jeans are invented.
US Science & Technology 146 yrs ago
1933
Prohibition is ended in U.S. by ratification of 21st Amendment.
US Politics & Government 93 yrs ago