WHAT HAPPENED ON 5. DECEMBER
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The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR. (5. December 1936)

World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army, with the biggest offensive launched against Army Group Centre. (5. December 1941)

World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania. (5. December 1941)

World War II: U.S. Army Air Force begins attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow. (5. December 1943)

Flight 19 is lost in the Bermuda Triangle. (5. December 1945)

Great Smog of 1952: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow. (5. December 1952)

The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO. (5. December 1955)

E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. (5. December 1955)

Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia. (5. December 1957)

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. (5. December 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.) (5. December 1958)

Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war. (5. December 1964)

The four node ARPANET network is established. (5. December 1969)

Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt. (5. December 1977)

The Soviet Union signs a "friendship treaty" with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. (5. December 1978)

Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina. (5. December 1983)

The mayor of Vienna, Helmut Zilk, is injured by a letter bomb. (5. December 1993)

Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna. (5. December 1995)

The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there. (5. December 2004)

The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (5. December 2005)