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Movie events on the 5th December
Martin Van Buren is born. (Kinderhook, New York) (Amistad)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies. (Amadeus)
Union General George Armstrong Custer is born. (Harrison County, Ohio) (They Died with Their Boots On )
Otto Preminger is born. (Vienna, Austria) (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge)
The U.S.S. Lexington makes its way across the Pacific in order to carry a squadron of dive bombers to defend Midway Island from an anticipated Japanese attack. (Tora! Tora! Tora!)
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson dies. (Greenville, South Carolina) (Eight Men Out)
The Toad is adopted by Prince Charles as a pet. (London) (Flushed Away)
Thomas Marcano and John Reilly kill Sean Nokes. (New York City) (Sleepers)
Novalee Nation's daughter Americus is kidnapped. (Sequoia, OK) (Where The Heart Is)