On this day: December 5

POSTED: 10:00 PM PST Dec 04, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 04, 2012 

Mozart and Monet die, the 21st Amendment repealing prohibition is ratified, the Montgomery Bus Boycott begins, and O.J. Simpson heads to prison, all on this day.

OTD December 5 - World Bowl
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World Football League

1974: The Birmingham Americans win what would eventually be the only World Bowl in World Football League history, beating the Florida Blazers by a score of 22-21. The short-lived football league would fold midway through its second season in 1975.

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