December 5th, 1933:

Prohibition ends in the United States after more than a dozen years, as Utah ratifies the 21st Amendment to the Constitution.

That measure repeals the 18th Amendment, which had banned the manufacture, sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages.

1791:

One of the world's great classical composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, dies in Vienna, Austria. He was just 35 years old.

1901:

Walt Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and an entertainment empire including major theme parks, is born in Chicago.

And, 1932:

Little Richard, one of the early stars, and shapers, of rock ’n’ roll, is born Richard Wayne Penniman in Macon, Georgia.

Today in History, December 5th,_______,The Associated Press.