On December 5th, 1776, the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity was founded, making it the first scholastic fraternity in the United States.
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Other Notable Events, December 5
In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at William and Mary College in Virginia.
More...Classic Quotes by Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) 8th President of the United States
"To avoid the necessity of a permanent debt and its inevitable
consequences, I have advocated and endeavored to carry into effect the
policy of confining the appropriations for the public service to such
objects only as are clearly with the constitutional authority of the
Federal Government."
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Notable Birthdays for December 5
Those born on this date include:
- Martin Van Buren, eighth
president of the United States, in 1782
- U.S. Army Gen. George
Custer in 1839
- Film director Fritz Lang in 1890
- Walt
Disney in 1901
- U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., in 1902
- Film director Otto
A thought for the day
Archibald MacLeish said of Americans, "They were the first self-constituted, self-declared, self-created People in the history of the world."
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