Nelson Mandela dies at 95 and Aircraft squadron disappears on this day in History , page 1

The Gentleman who gave his name to the Mandela effect officially dies today or did he

On December 5, 2013, Nelson Mandela, the former activist who overcame a nearly three-decade prison stint to become president of South Africa, passes away after years of struggling with health issues. He was 95.

The Bermuda Triangle ....

At 2:10 p.m., five U.S. Navy Avenger torpedo-bombers comprising Flight 19 take off from the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station in Florida on a routine three-hour training mission. Flight 19 was scheduled to take them due east for 120 miles, north for 73 miles, and then back over a final 120-mile leg that would return them to the naval base. They never returned.

a search and rescue Mariner aircraft took off with a 13-man crew The Mariner was never heard from again The disappearance of the 14 men of Flight 19 and the 13 men of the Mariner led to one of the largest air and seas searches to that date, and hundreds of ships and aircraft combed thousands of square miles of the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and remote locations within the interior of Florida. No trace of the bodies or aircraft was ever found.
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GOVERNMENT
1933
21st amendment is ratified; Prohibition ends
The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, repealing the 18th Amendment and bringing an end to the era of national prohibition of alcohol in America.

1978
U.S.S.R. and Afghanistan sign “friendship treaty”
In an effort to prop up an unpopular pro-Soviet regime in Afghanistan, the Soviet Union signs a “friendship treaty” with the Afghan government agreeing to provide economic and military assistance. The treaty moved the Russians another step closer to their disastrous involvement ...read more

1872
The Mary Celeste, a ship whose crew mysteriously disappeared, is spotted at sea

Quite a day for conspiracy theorists