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December 5 Historical Events

The following events took place on December 5. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 48 events. Showing 31 - 48.

  • 1957
    Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia.
  • 1958
    Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
  • 1958
    The Preston By-pass, the UK’s first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
  • 1964
    Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
  • 1964
    Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
  • 1969
    The four node ARPANET network is established.
  • 1977
    Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
  • 1978
    The Soviet Union signs a “friendship treaty” with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
  • 1983
    Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
  • 1993
    The mayor of Vienna, Helmut Zilk, is injured by a letter bomb.
  • 1995
    Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
  • 2004
    The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
  • 2005
    The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • 2006
    Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
  • 2007
    Westroads Mall shooting: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Nebraska, mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.
  • 2012
    At least 8 people are killed and 12 others injured after a 5.6 earthquake strikes Iran’s South Khorasan Province.
  • 2013
    Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
  • 2014
    The first flight test of NASA’s Orion spacecraft launches successfully.

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