CoM Moderators Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 1919 - German Workers' Party forms, precursor to the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi) 1927 - MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis begins 3-day public hearing on charges that 4 games played between Chicago and Detroit in 1917 had been thrown to White Sox 1929 - Coup by King Alexander in South Slavia 1960 - Continental League, a proposed third baseball major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating 1969 - "Maggie Flynn" closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 82 performances 1976 - Cambodia is renamed "Democratic Kampuchea" 1992 - Revival of Arthur Miller's dramatic play "The Crucible" closes at Belasco Theater, NYC, after 32 performances 1993 - Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (first legal hanging in America since 1965) 1996 - Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone 2018 - Kitwe in Zambia bans shaking hands and the sale of fresh food in attempt to prevent a cholera outbreak More Historical Events » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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