Historical Events for 5th December 2022

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1360 - The French Franc is created
1456 - Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
1920 - Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.
1935 - First commercial hydroponics operation established (Montebello, California)
1945 - Flight 19 the "Lost Squadron" of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle
1967 - Pediatrician Benjamin Spock and poet Allen Ginsberg arrested in New York while protesting against the Vietnam War
1988 - Boris Becker beats defending champion Ivan Lendl 5–7, 7–6, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6 in a classic final to win his first of 3 ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC
1993 - The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb.
2017 - Netflix fires actor Danny Masterson from "The Ranch" after allegations of rape
2019 - Saudi state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco raises a record $25.6 billion in its first public share offering, makes it the world's most valuable company at $1.7 trillion

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