What Happened on December 5, 1901

Day of the Week: Thursday

Famous Birthdays

  • Hanns Jelinek, Austrian composer, born in Vienna (d. 1969)
  • Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and psychologist, born in Aurum, Nevada (d. 1980)

Person of interestWalt Disney

Walt [Walter Elias] Disney, American animator, (Mickey Mouse), producer and co-founder of Walt Disney Co., born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)

Animator Walt Disney
Animator
Walt Disney
  • Werner Heisenberg, German physicist who discovered the uncertainty principle (Nobel 1932), born in Würzburg, Germany (d. 1976)