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 - John Quincy Adams
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Library of Congress

1831: Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives, becoming the only president later elected to the U.S. House.

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