December 5, 1997 1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers December 5, 1997 Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67 December 5, 1997 Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer, dies at 93 December 5, 1997 STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands December 5, 1996 Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60 December 5, 1996 Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement December 5, 1996 Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player December 5, 1996 Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at 91 December 5, 1995 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77 December 5, 1995 Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79 December 5, 1995 Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday December 5, 1994 Emily Marie Estefan, daughter of Gloria & Emilio December 5, 1994 Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84 December 5, 1994 Richard Brian Waring Barton-Chapple, writer, dies at 69 December 5, 1994 Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at 78 December 5, 1993 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1) December 5, 1993 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87 December 5, 1993 Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86 December 5, 1993 Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space December 5, 1993 Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32