A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 5th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 5, 63 BC, Roman politician and famed orator Cicero delivered the 4th of his famous Catiline Orations to the Roman Senate, warning of a plot to overthrow the Roman government. On December 5, 1831, former President of the US, John Quincy Adams, took his seat in the House of Representatives as a Congressman. On December 5, 1847, Jefferson Finis Davis…
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A Brief History On December 5, 1831, former President of the US, John Quincy Adams, took his seat in the House of Representatives as a Congressman. He had served as a US Senator and as Secretary of State before becoming President, and he died while still serving in the House in 1848. Digging Deeper Some of the activities of other former US Presidents include: Grover Cleveland, after leaving the White House in 1889, was again elected President and served a second term from 1893 to 1897. Teddy Roosevelt, after serving as Commander in Chief from 1901 to 1909, went on…
A Brief History On December 5, 1847, Jefferson Finis Davis of Mississippi was elected to the United States Senate. He had been appointed to the Senate by the Governor of Mississippi in August of 1847. Davis went on to serve as the US Secretary of War (1853-1857) and was reelected to the Senate in 1857, serving until he resigned in 1861 due to the onset of the American Civil War. Davis went on to the notoriety of being the only President of the Confederate States of America, the leader of a movement that would see the United States torn apart. …
A Brief History On December 5, 1955, the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO, the largest confederation of trade and labor unions in the world. By 1979 the AFL-CIO claimed to represent 20 million union workers, but today has only 12 million members. Are union jobs going the way of the dinosaurs and Dodo birds? Today we take a brief look at the history of labor unions in the United States and the trends that have developed regarding working people. Workers represented by unions almost always have better pay and benefits…
A Brief History On December 5, 63 BC, Roman politician and famed orator Cicero delivered the 4th of his famous Catiline Orations to the Roman Senate, warning of a plot to overthrow the Roman government. Cicero is usually considered one of Rome’s greatest orators, and also one of the best speakers in History. Today we list 10 of those people that delivered inspirational messages via the spoken medium, whether we agree with their messages or not, and some of these people we admit we do not even like. (Note: There is no significance to the order listed.) Digging Deeper 1. Cicero,…