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633 — Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville

The Fourth Council of Toledo was held in 633. It was convened by Visigothic king Sisenand and took place at the church of Saint Leocadia in Toledo. Probably under the presidency of the noted Isidore of Seville, the council regulated many matters of discipline, decreed uniformity of liturgy throughout the Visigothic kingdom and took stringent measures against baptized Jews who had relapsed into their former faith.

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1033 — 1033 Jordan Valley earthquake

An earthquake struck the Jordan Rift Valley on December 5, AD 1033 and caused extreme devastation in the Levant region. It was part of a sequence of four strong earthquakes in the region between 1033 and 1035. Scholars have estimated the moment magnitude to be greater than 7.0 Mw and evaluated the Modified Mercalli intensity to X (Extreme). It triggered a tsunami along the Mediterranean coast, causing damage and fatalities.

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1110 — Siege of Sidon

The siege of Sidon occurred in 1110 in the aftermath of the First Crusade. The coastal city of Sidon was captured by the forces of Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd I of Norway, with assistance from the Ordelafo Faliero, Doge of Venice.

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1362 — Battle of Launac

The Battle of Launac took place on 5 December 1362. It was the culmination of a long running feud between the French aristocratic families of D'Armagnac and Foix-Béarn. The chief protagonists were Jean, Comte d'Armagnac and Gaston Fébus of Foix. The result was a major victory for Gaston Fébus.

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1437 — Battle of Belyov

The Battle of Belyov (Russian: Битва под Белёвом) was fought in 1437 near Belyov (Belev) between the troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow under the command of Dmitry Shemyaka and Tatars led by Ulugh Muhammad. The consensus is that the battle was a Tatar victory.

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1456 — A major earthquake sequence strikes central and southern Italy

Several strong shocks devastated communities across central and southern Italy. Historical research at Italy's national geophysics institute identifies several possible sources for the shaking that day.

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1496 — King Manuel I orders Jews and Muslims to leave Portugal

On December 5, 1496, King Manuel I of Portugal signed an order requiring Jews and free Muslims in his kingdoms to leave by the end of October 1497. Those who remained faced death and confiscation of their property under the decree. The deadline and later restrictions on departure led many Jews to be forcibly converted instead of leaving.

The decree was signed on December 5, 1496; its departure deadline fell at the end of October 1497.

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1520 — Battle of Tordesillas (1520)

The Battle of Tordesillas was an armed conflict fought during the Revolt of the Comuneros, that engaged the royalist forces commanded by the Count of Haro and the comuneros garrison of the Valladolid town of Tordesillas, the headquarters of the rebels, on December 5, 1520. At the end of November the army of the Santa Junta, led by Pedro Girón y Velasco, had advanced towards Medina de Rioseco, establishing its headquarters in the town of Villabrágima, only a league away from the royal army.

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1535 — Battle of Idano

The Battle of Idano (井田野合戦) was a battle during the Sengoku period (16th century) of Japan. The battle took place seven days after the murder of Matsudaira leader Kiyoyasu (grandfather of Tokugawa Ieyasu) at the hands of his vassal Abe Masatoyo. The forces of Matsudaira set out to take revenge against the rebel Masatoyo and his army, and were victorious.

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1560 — Charles IX is proclaimed king of France

Charles IX was proclaimed king of France on 5 December 1560, following the death of his brother Francis II.

This proclamation is distinct from his consecration at Reims on 15 May 1561.

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1683 — Battle of Chițcani (1683)

Battle of Chițcani (1683) was a battle of the united Cossack troops of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the command of the Right-bank Hetman Stefan Kunicki and Moldavian army Ștefan Petriceicu with detachments of the Budjak Horde on 5 December 1683 during Kunicki's campaign at the beginning of the Polish-Ottoman War (1683–1699).

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1711 — Battle of Wismar (1711)

The Battle of Wismar took place on December 5, 1711 close to Wismar, Swedish Empire during the Great Northern War. A 3,000 strong Danish force under the command of Jørgen Rantzau blocked the Swedish city of Wismar. The Swedes under Martin von Schoultz, sent out 2,500 men from their garrison in an attempt to surprise the Danish forces camping a distance away.

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1746 — Siege of Antibes

The siege of Antibes took place in the winter of 1746–47, during the War of the Austrian Succession. A combined Austro-Savoyard army, commanded by Maximilian Ulysses Browne, invaded France and laid siege to Antibes on the French Mediterranean coast. Despite having British naval support, the Allies failed to capture the town, and after two months Browne's army was forced to lift the siege and retreat back over the border into Savoy.

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1757 — Battle of Leuthen

In the Battle of Leuthen, fought on 5 December 1757, Frederick the Great's Prussian army used maneuver and terrain to decisively defeat a much larger Austrian army under Charles of Lorraine, thus ensuring Prussian (later German) control of Silesia during the Seven Years' War and for nearly two centuries afterward.

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1770 — Jury convicts two British soldiers of manslaughter in Boston Massacre trial

On December 5, 1770, a Boston jury delivered its verdict in the trial of eight British soldiers charged over the Boston Massacre. It acquitted six and found Hugh Montgomery and Matthew Kilroy guilty of manslaughter. Their captain, Thomas Preston, had been acquitted in a separate trial in October. The verdict came nine months after soldiers fired into a crowd and killed five civilians.

The soldiers’ jury verdict was December 5; the massacre itself occurred March 5, 1770.

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1775 — Raid on Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (1775)

The Raid on Yarmouth took place on 5 December 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. The raid involved American Privateers from Salem, Massachusetts attacking Yarmouth, Nova Scotia at Cape Forchu. The privateers intended to stop the export of supplies being sent from Nova Scotia to the loyalists in Boston.

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1789 — 1789 North Carolina gubernatorial special election

The 1789 North Carolina gubernatorial special election was held on December 5, 1789, in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina following the resignation of Federalist Governor Samuel Johnston after having been elected to the U.S. Senate. Former Federalist Governor Alexander Martin was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election is unknown.

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1792 — United States presidential election, 1792

The United States presidential election of 1792 was the second quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, November 2 to Wednesday, December 5, 1792. Incumbent President George Washington was elected to a second term by a unanimous vote in the electoral college. As in the first presidential election, Washington is considered to have run unopposed. Electoral rules of the time, however, required each presidential elector to cast two votes without distinguishing which was for president and which for vice president. The recipient of the most votes would then become president, and the runner-up vice president.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in Delaware

A presidential election was held in Delaware between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose three members of the Electoral College, each of whom, under the provisions of the Constitution prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, cast two votes for President.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in Kentucky

A presidential election was held in Kentucky between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. It was the first presidential election Kentucky participated in since being admitted to the Union on June 1, 1792.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

A presidential election was held in Massachusetts between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. In this election, two Congressional districts chose five electors each, the remaining two districts chose three electors. Each elector chosen by majority vote of voters in Congressional district. If an insufficient number of electors are chosen by majority vote from a Congressional district, remaining electors would be appointed by the state legislature.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in Connecticut

A presidential election was held in Connecticut between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose nine members of the Electoral College, each of whom, under the provisions of the Constitution prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, cast two votes for President. Connecticut's nine electors each cast one vote for incumbent George Washington and one for incumbent Vice President John Adams.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in South Carolina

A presidential election was held in South Carolina between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose eight members of the Electoral College, each of whom, under the provisions of the Constitution prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, cast two votes for President.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in Vermont

A presidential election was held in Vermont between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose four members of the Electoral College, each of whom, under the provisions of the Constitution prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, cast two votes for president. Vermont participated in its first ever presidential election, having admitted as the 14th state on March 4, 1791.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in New Jersey

A presidential election was held in New Jersey between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose seven members of the Electoral College, each of whom, under the provisions of the Constitution prior to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, cast two votes for President.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in Virginia

A presidential election was held in Virginia between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. Virginia's 21 electors each cast one vote for the incumbent, George Washington, and one vote for John Adams, the incumbent Vice President. Virginia unanimously voted for independent candidate and incumbent president, George Washington.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in Georgia

A presidential election was held in Georgia between November 2 and December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Georgia had lost one elector compared to the previous election in 1788–89. Georgia cast four electoral votes for the Independent candidate and incumbent President George Washington, as he ran effectively unopposed.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

A presidential election was held in New Hampshire between November 2 to December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election to elect the president. Voters chose five representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. New Hampshire voted for incumbent George Washington without any competitor.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

A presidential election was held in Rhode Island as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College who voted for President and Vice President. Rhode Island unanimously voted for the incumbent Independent President George Washington.

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1792 — 1792 United States presidential election in North Carolina

A presidential election was held in North Carolina between November 2 – December 5, 1792, as part of the 1792 United States presidential election. 12 members of the Electoral College were allocated to the presidential candidates. Incumbent Independent President George Washington won and carried the state. This was also the first presidential election in the state of North Carolina.

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1804 — Maryland’s electors vote in the 1804 US presidential election

Maryland’s presidential electors met on 5 December 1804. Thomas Jefferson received 9 of the state’s electoral votes.

This date records the Electoral College meeting in Maryland, rather than a single nationwide popular polling day.

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1808 — Siege of Roses (1808)

The Siege of Roses or Siege of Rosas from 7 November to 5 December 1808 saw an Imperial French corps led by Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr invest a Catalan and Spanish garrison commanded by Peter O'Daly. After a siege lasting a month in which the haven and town of Roses was captured and the nearby Trinity Castle invested by over 13,000 French and Italian infantry, artillery and cavalry with heavy siege trains on the hills above, the citadel was surrendered to the Napoleonic forces.

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1813 — Battle of Araure

The Battle of Araure was a battle fought during the short-lived reign of the Second Republic of Venezuela on December 5, 1813, in the city of Araure in Portuguesa State, Venezuela. Simon Bolivar's force defeated General Domingo de Monteverde to whom he had been forced to surrender the year before in July at the Siege of Puerto Cabello.

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1813 — Siege of Zara (1813)

The siege of Zara or siege of Zadar, also known as the blockade of Zara, was a military event that took place between 22 November and 5 December 1813, during the Adriatic Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. During the siege, an Anglo-Austrian force under command of George Cadogan in HMS Havannah blockaded and bombarded Zara (modern day Zadar) which was then held by a French garrison.

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1814 — 1814 South Carolina gubernatorial election

The 1814 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 5, 1814, in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from South Carolina's 3rd district David Rogerson Williams was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly against fellow Democratic-Republican candidate and former Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives John Geddes.

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1814 — Battle of Urica

The Battle of Urica took place during the War of Venezuelan Independence in the village of Urica (in modern-day Anzoátegui) on 5 December 1814, between the forces of Republican general in chief José Félix Ribas and Royalist caudillo José Tomás Boves. Although Boves died, the Royalists won the battle.

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1816 — 1816 South Carolina gubernatorial election

The 1816 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 5, 1816, in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate Andrew Pickens was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly against fellow Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives Thomas Bennett Jr.

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1820 — 1820 North Carolina gubernatorial election

The 1820 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 5, to elect the next of Governor of North Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and former United States Senator from North Carolina Jesse Franklin was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly against Democratic-Republican candidate and former state senator Gabriel Holmes and Democratic-Republican candidate and former United States Representative from North Carolina's 2nd congressional district, Joseph Hunter Bryan.

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1824 — Second siege of Callao

The second siege of Callao or Fall of Callao (Spanish: Caída del Callao) was the longest lasting siege that occurred on the Pacific coast during the Spanish American wars of independence. The siege was carried out by the combined Gran Colombian and Peruvian independence forces against the royalist soldiers defending the Real Felipe Fortress in the port of Callao, who refused to surrender, and refused to accept the capitulation of the Battle of Ayacucho. The siege took place from December 5, 1824 to January 23, 1826, when the royalist stronghold was defeated, ending the Spanish Empire's presence in South America.

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1827 — 1827 North Carolina gubernatorial election

The 1827 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 5, 1827, in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives James Iredell Jr. was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly against fellow Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 4th district Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.

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1831 — Battle of Cahuenga Pass

The Battle of Cahuenga Pass of 1831 was fought at Cahuenga Pass near Los Angeles between the unpopular Mexican Governor of California (Manuel Victoria), and a force assembled by wealthy local landowners. Only two men, the lancer Pacheco on the government side and a rebel Jose Avila, were killed. Victoria was severely wounded.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Vermont, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Vermont took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Vermont voted for the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, and the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson. Vermont was the only state in the country that Wirt carried in 1832, by a margin of 6.08%.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Maryland, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Maryland took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Maryland voted for the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, over the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson, by a mere four votes. A total of ten electoral votes were allocated, with five going to Clay, three to Jackson, and two to other candidates.

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1832 — United States presidential election, 1832

The United States presidential election of 1832 was the 12th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, November 2, to Wednesday, December 5, 1832. It saw incumbent President Andrew Jackson, candidate of the Democratic Party, easily win re-election against Henry Clay of Kentucky, candidate of the National Republican Party, and Anti-Masonic Party candidate William Wirt. Jackson won 219 of the 286 electoral votes cast. John Floyd, who was not a candidate, received the electoral votes of South Carolina. This was the first national election for Martin Van Buren of New York, who was put on the ticket to succeed John C. Calhoun as vice-president and four years later would succeed Jackson as president.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 30 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Pennsylvania voted for the Democratic candidate, Andrew Jackson, over the Anti-Masonic candidate, William Wirt. Jackson won Pennsylvania by a margin of 15.92%.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Alabama, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Alabama took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Alabama voted for the Democratic candidate, Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay. Jackson won Alabama by a margin of 99.94%.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Rhode Island, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Rhode Island voted for the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, over the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Maine, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Maine took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 10 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Maine voted for the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, and the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Delaware, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Delaware took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Delaware voted for the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, over the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson. Clay won Delaware by a margin of 0.98%.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Louisiana, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Louisiana voted for the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay. Jackson won Louisiana by a margin of 23.34%.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 14 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Massachusetts voted for the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, over the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt, and the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Connecticut, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Connecticut voted for the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, over the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson and the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Ohio, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Ohio took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 21 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Ohio voted for the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, and the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Virginia, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Virginia took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 23 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Virginia voted for the Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, and the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt.

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1832 — United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. North Carolina voted for the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Mississippi, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Mississippi voted unanimously for the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson.

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1832 — United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. New Hampshire voted for the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Tennessee, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Tennessee voted for the Democratic Party candidate, state native Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay.

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1832 — United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. New Jersey voted for the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, and the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Kentucky, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Kentucky voted for the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, over the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson. Clay won Kentucky by a margin of 8.98%.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Missouri, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Missouri took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Missouri voted unanimously for the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson.

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1832 — United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. South Carolina cast 11 electoral votes for the Nullifier Party candidate, John Floyd.

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1832 — United States presidential election in Illinois, 1832

The 1832 United States presidential election in Illinois took place between November 2 and December 5, 1832, as part of the 1832 United States presidential election. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Illinois voted for the Democratic Party candidate, Andrew Jackson, over the National Republican candidate, Henry Clay, and the Anti-Masonic Party candidate, William Wirt.

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1838 — Battle of Veracruz (1838)

The Battle of Veracruz, also known as the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa, was a naval engagement that pitted a French frigate squadron under Rear Admiral Charles Baudin against the Mexican citadel of San Juan de Ulúa, which defended the city of Veracruz, from 27 November to 5 December 1838.

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1848 — Autumn Campaign

The Autumn Campaign refers to the series of military campaigns and revolts during the autumn of 1848 in the Kingdom of Hungary, Principality of Transylvania (1711–1867), Lower Austria, Duchy of Styria, and Syrmia during the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848–1849. In the fall of 1848, the Hungarian army successfully repelled the Croatian offensive led by Lieutenant General Josip Jelačić at Pákozd.

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1848 — President Polk confirms reports of gold in California

In his annual message to Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk reported that an official inquiry had confirmed substantial gold deposits in California. The message helped publicize the discovery.

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1862 — Battle of Coffeeville

The Battle of Coffeeville, fought December 5, 1862, was a military engagement of the American Civil War.

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1865 — Peru and Chile sign a military alliance in Lima

Peruvian foreign minister Toribio Pacheco and Chilean envoy Domingo Santa María signed an alliance during the Chincha Islands War. The agreement called for the two countries to coordinate their naval forces against Spain.

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1896 — 1896 Manila mutiny

The 1896 Manila mutiny (Spanish: Motín de Manila) was a short uprising in a military installation in Manila, the capital and seat of the Spanish colonial Government in the Philippines. The skirmish was the only recorded incident of rebellion during the revolution that happened within the walls of Manila.

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1898 — 1898 Los Angeles mayoral election

The 1898 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on December 5, 1898. Incumbent Meredith P. Snyder was defeated by Frederick Eaton.

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1904 — 1904 Los Angeles mayoral election

The 1904 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on December 5, 1904. Incumbent Meredith P. Snyder was defeated by Owen McAleer.

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1909 — 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final

The 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 22nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

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1911 — Dominican Civil War (1911–1912)

The Dominican Civil War that lasted from 5 December 1911 until 30 November 1912 was the bloodiest in the history of the Dominican Republic. It began as an uprising in the northwest of the country. The United States considered military intervention, but it succeeded in negotiating a settlement without landing its forces. The war is sometimes known as the "War of the Quiquises", a nickname given to the rebels.

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1911 — 1911 Los Angeles mayoral election

The 1911 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on October 31, 1911, with a run-off election on December 5, 1911. Incumbent George Alexander was re-elected for a second full term against Job Harriman. Municipal elections in California, including Mayor of Los Angeles, are officially nonpartisan; candidates' party affiliations do not appear on the ballot.

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1914 — Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (abbreviated as ITAE) of 1914–1917 is considered to be the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. After Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition in 1911, this crossing remained, in Shackleton's words, the "one great main object of Antarctic journeyings".

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition begins in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.

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1918 — Siege of Petro-Aleksandrovsk (1918)

The siege of Petro-Alexandrovsk was an unsuccessful siege of Petro-Alexandrovsk (present-day Toʻrtkoʻl in Uzbekistan), which was under control of the Bolsheviks, by troops from the Khanate of Khiva under command of Junaid Khan, between 24 November and 5 December 1918.

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1920 — Revolt of the Ingrian Finns

The Revolt of the Ingrian Finns (Finnish: Inkeriläisten kansannousu, also known as Inkerin vapaustaistelu) was an uprising of Ingrian Finns in Ingria during the Russian Civil War and Heimosodat. The uprising began as small pockets of resistance in 1918, with organized resistance efforts beginning in January 1919 with the establishment of both the Temporary Caretaker Committee of Northern and Western Ingria, and lasting until the collapse of the Kirjasalo Republic on 5 December 1920.

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1921 — England’s Football Association bars women’s matches from member clubs’ grounds

On December 5, 1921, England’s Football Association decided that its member clubs should refuse to make their grounds available for women’s football matches. The restriction shut women’s teams out of affiliated pitches for decades. It did not make playing football by women illegal everywhere.

Date of the FA Council decision; it restricted affiliated grounds rather than outlawing all women’s football.

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1922 — France and Canada conclude an agreement for a memorial at Vimy Ridge

France and Canada agreed that Canada could use 100 hectares at Vimy Ridge for a park and a memorial to Canadians killed in France during the First World War.

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1924 — Capture of Mecca (1924)

The Capture of Mecca took place on 5 December 1924 in Mecca, as part of the Saudi conquest of the Kingdom of Hejaz by King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud of the Sultanate of Nejd. The Hejaz region was ruled as a kingdom under King Hussein bin Ali of the Hashemite family.

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1926 — Guatemalan general election, 1926

General elections were held in Guatemala on 5 December 1926. The presidential election resulted in a victory for Lázaro Chacón González, who received 88.6% of the vote. Whilst the elections were rigged, the Progressive Liberal Party did manage to win some seats in the Congress.

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1931 — 1931 New South Wales local elections

The 1931 New South Wales local elections were held on 5 December 1931 to elect the councils of 254 of the 256 the local government areas (LGAs) of New South Wales. The elections in Camden and Cumberland were postponed until 2 January 1932.

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1931 — Results of the 1931 New South Wales local elections

This is a list of local government area results for the 1931 New South Wales local elections.

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1932 — 1932 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election

The 1932 Hamilton municipal election was held on December 5, 1932 to select one mayor, four controllers, and sixteen members of the Hamilton, Ontario City Council, two from each of the city's eight wards. Voters also cast ballots for trustees for the public school board.

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1933 — Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Twenty-first Amendment (Amendment XXI) to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol. The Twenty-first Amendment was proposed by the 72nd Congress on February 20, 1933, and was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 5, 1933.

The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition in the United States.

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1933 — Prohibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment on December 5, 1933

The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The alcohol industry was curtailed by a succession of state legislatures, and Prohibition was formally introduced nationwide under the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified on January 16, 1919. Prohibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment on December 5, 1933.

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1934 — Ual-Ual Incident

The Ual-Ual Incident or Walwal Incident (in Italian: Incidente di Ual Ual; in Somali: Dhacdadii Walwaal; in Amharic: የወልወል ክስተት) was an armed conflict in which Ethiopian troops attacked the Italian garrison in Ual-Ual. On 5 December 1934, after a few weeks of tension between the garrison and Ethiopian armed men, a violent firefight began for the possession of the locality, which was located in a strip of disputed territory.

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1936 — 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union

The 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, also known as the Stalin Constitution, was the basic law of the USSR adopted on 5 December 1936. The 1936 Constitution was the second constitution of the Soviet Union and replaced the 1924 Constitution, with 5 December being celebrated annually as Soviet Constitution Day from its adoption by the Congress of Soviets.

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1941 — Battle of Moscow

The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign that consisted of two periods of strategically significant fighting on a 600 km (370 mi) sector of the Eastern Front during World War II, between October 1941 and January 1942. The Soviet defensive effort thwarted Germany's attack on Moscow, the capital and largest city of the Soviet Union.

World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.

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1941 — Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and several of its European Axis allies starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. More than 3.8 million Axis troops invaded the western Soviet Union along a 2,900-kilometer (1,800 mi) front, with the main goal of capturing territory up to a line between Arkhangelsk and Astrakhan, known as the A–A line.

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1942 — Operation Portcullis

Operation Portcullis (1–5 December 1942) was the voyage of the Allied Convoy MW 14 with supplies to Malta from Port Said in Egypt during the Second World War. The convoy followed the success of Operation Stoneage (16–20 November) which had raised the Siege of Malta. Four merchant ships were escorted to Malta by seven destroyers of the 12th Destroyer Flotilla, supported by three cruisers of the 15th Cruiser Squadron and three destroyers from Alexandria.

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1943 — Operation Crossbow

Crossbow was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket, which were launched against Britain from 1944 to 1945 and used against continental European targets as well. Initial intelligence investigations in 1943 into the progress of German long range weapons were carried out under the code name Bodyline.

World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.

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1943 — Battle of Sio

The Battle of Sio, fought between December 1943 and March 1944, was the break-out and pursuit phase of General Douglas MacArthur's Huon Peninsula campaign, part of the New Guinea campaign of World War II. After the defeat of the Japanese in the Battle of Sattelberg, Australian Army forces broke through the Japanese positions around Finschhafen.

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1944 — Operation Caesar

Operation Caesar (Unternehmen Kaiser) was a secret mission carried out by Germany in the Second World War to supply Japan with advanced technology. The operation failed due to the sinking of U-864 by a British submarine, the only known example of a submerged submarine sinking another submerged submarine.

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1945 — Flight 19

Flight 19 was the designation of a group of five Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle on December 5, 1945, after losing contact during a United States Navy overwater navigation training flight from Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale, Florida. All 14 naval aviators on the flight were lost, as were all 13 crew members of a Martin PBM Mariner that subsequently launched from Naval Air Station Banana River to search for Flight 19.

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1949 — Beijing Xinhua Radio is renamed China National Radio

Beijing Xinhua Radio adopted the name China National Radio. Its predecessor had begun broadcasting in Yan’an in 1940.

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1952 — London’s Great Smog begins

Cold, still weather trapped smoke from coal fires over London. The smog lasted several days and contributed to thousands of deaths.

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1953 — 1953 Singapore City Council election

The 1953 Singapore City Council election was the 3rd election to the Singapore City Council. It was held on 5 December 1953 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the City Council.

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1954 — 1954 Cupa României final

The 1954 Cupa României final was the 17th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. FC Dinamo București attacked furiously in the first half-hour but missed many chances before Metalul Reșița's striker Ștefan Szeleș scored twice ('30, '40), following two fast counterattacks. Dinamo tried to come back, but were unable as Metalul's players held their ground and marched to a legendary victory.

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1955 — Toronto municipal election, 1955

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on December 5, 1955. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips, elected a year earlier, was easily reelected. Two referendums were held with the elections. One, which passed, was to extend the municipal term to two years. Previously elections had been held every year. There was also a vote on funding a new Toronto City Hall, which was rejected by voters.

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1955 — Congress of Industrial Organizations

The Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) was a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. Originally created in 1935 as a committee within the American Federation of Labor (AFL) by John L. Lewis, a leader of the United Mine Workers (UMW), and called the Committee for Industrial Organization.

The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.

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1956 — Battle of Alegría de Pío

The Battle of Alegría de Pío was a battle in Cuba fought between the 26th of July Movement and the Cuban National Army. It was the first battle fought between the Cuban rebels and the Cuban military during the Cuban Revolution following the landing of 82 members of the movement, headed by Fidel Castro, on the southern coast of Cuba 3 days prior.

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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.)

The Preston Bypass was the United Kingdom's first motorway, opened in 1958. It was designed and engineered by Lancashire County Council surveyor James Drake as part of a larger initiative to create a north–south motorway network that would later form part of the M6 motorway.

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1958 — Britain launches direct-dial long-distance telephone service

Queen Elizabeth II dialed a call from Bristol to Edinburgh to inaugurate a service that let subscribers make long-distance calls without a switchboard operator.

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1960 — Toronto municipal election, 1960

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on December 5, 1960. Six-year incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips was challenged by former mayor Allan Lamport and Controller Jean Newman. Phillips was returned to office. The City of Toronto also held a referendum on whether to remove the Blue Law banning films and concerts on Sunday evenings. The measure passed 94,000 votes to 58,003.

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1961 — Operation Unokat

Operation Unokat, also styled Operation UNOKAT, was an offensive undertaken by United Nations peacekeeping forces from 5 to 21 December 1961 against the gendarmerie of the State of Katanga, a secessionist state rebelling against the Republic of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in Central Africa. The United Nations had tried several times to reconcile the government of the Congo with the State of Katanga, which had declared independence under Moïse Tshombe with Belgian support in 1960.

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1964 — Australian Senate election, 1964

(Main article: Australian federal election, 1963) Half-senate elections were held in Australia on 5 December 1964. 30 of the seats in the Senate were up for election. There was no accompanying election to the House of Representatives; Robert Menzies had called an early House election the previous year. As with the previous Senate election, the Coalition held exactly half of the seats in the chamber.

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1964 — Roger Donlon receives the first Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War

President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the medal to Army captain Roger Donlon at the White House. The award recognized his actions in the defense of Camp Nam Dong in South Vietnam on July 6, 1964.

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1965 — Operation Tiger Hound

Operation Tiger Hound was a covert U.S. 2nd Air Division, later Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign conducted in southeastern Laos from 5 December 1965 till 11 November 1968, during the Vietnam War. The purpose of the operation was to interdict the flow of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) supplies on the Ho Chi Minh Trail (the Truong Son Strategic Supply Route to the North Vietnamese) from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), through southeastern Laos, and into the northern provinces of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).

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1965 — 1965 French presidential election

Presidential elections were held in France on 5 December 1965, with a second round on 19 December. They were the first direct presidential elections in the Fifth Republic and the first since the Second Republic in 1848. It had been widely expected that incumbent president Charles de Gaulle would be re-elected, but the election was notable for the unexpectedly strong performance of his left-wing challenger and future president François Mitterrand.

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1966 — Toronto municipal election, 1966

Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on December 5, 1966. The elections were the first for Toronto after its merger with several smaller suburban communities on January 1, 1967. Forest Hill and Swansea were annexed by the City of Toronto, Leaside was merged with the Township of East York to become the Borough of East York. Weston was combined with the Township of York to form the Borough of York. The Village of Long Branch and the towns of Mimico and New Toronto were merged with the Township of Etobicoke to form the Borough of Etobicoke.

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1966 — Viet Cong attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base (1966)

A Viet Cong (VC) attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base occurred during the early hours of 4 December 1966, during the Vietnam War. Tan Son Nhut Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) ground operations.

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1969 — 1969 British Honduras general election

General elections were held in British Honduras in December 1969. Citizens elected 18 members to the British Honduras Legislative Assembly for a term of five years. The ruling People's United Party (PUP) won 17 of the 18 seats in the elections, increasing its large majority. Among the opposition only Philip Goldson, leader of the National Independence Party, retained his seat.

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1971 — Battle of Gazipur

The Battle of Gazipur (Bengali: গাজীপুরের যুদ্ধ) was a military engagement on 4 and 5 December 1971, during the Bangladesh liberation war. It took place at the Gazipur Tea Estate near Kulaura, in the Sylhet District of what was then East Pakistan. The advancing 4/5 Gorkha Rifles attacked the 22 Baluch Regiment of the Pakistan Army. This battle was a prelude to the Battle of Sylhet.

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1971 — Operation Trident (1971)

Operation Trident was an offensive operation launched by the Indian Navy on Pakistan's port city of Karachi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Operation Trident saw the first use of anti-ship missiles in combat in the region. The operation was conducted on the night of 4–5 December and inflicted heavy damage on Pakistani vessels and facilities.

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1972 — Gough Whitlam becomes Prime Minister of Australia

Gough Whitlam became Prime Minister of Australia on 5 December 1972.

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1973 — Zambian general election, 1973

General elections were held in Zambia on 5 December 1973. These followed the 1972 decision to make the country a one-party state, and as a result, the United National Independence Party was the sole contestant in the elections. Its candidate Kenneth Kaunda was re-elected as President with 88.8% of the vote, whilst UNIP won all 125 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 39% of the 1,746,107 registered voters for the presidential election, and 33% for the National Assembly election. Prior to the elections, primary elections were held to elect candidates for the 125 constituencies.

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1975 — Juicio Final (1975)

Juicio Final (1975) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1975) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 5, 1975, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde.

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1976 — Japanese general election, 1976

General elections were held in Japan on 5 December 1976. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 249 of the 511 seats, but the election was overshadowed by the Lockheed bribery scandals and became popularly known as the Lockheed Election (ロッキード選挙 rokkīdo senkyo). As a result of the scandals, the LDP lost 22 seats, mainly to the Komeitō Party, and lost its majority control over the House of Representatives. However, the LDP still remained the largest party in the House of Representatives. Voter turnout was 73.45%.

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1979 — Vincentian general election, 1979

General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 5 December 1979. The result was a victory for the Saint Vincent Labour Party, which won eleven of the thirteen seats. Voter turnout was 63.9%.

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1979 — Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ōhira begins an official visit to China

Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira began a five-day official visit to China at the invitation of Premier Hua Guofeng.

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1980 — Juicio Final (1980)

Juicio Final (1980) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1980) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 5, 1980, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde.

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1980 — Iraqi invasion of Iran

The Iraqi invasion of Iran began on 22 September 1980, sparking the Iran–Iraq War, and lasted until 5 December 1980. Ba'athist Iraq believed that Iran would not respond effectively due to internal socio-political turmoil caused by the country's Islamic Revolution one year earlier. However, Iraqi troops faced fierce Iranian resistance, which stalled their advance into western Iran.

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1985 — Wilma Mankiller takes office as the Cherokee Nation's first female principal chief

On December 5, 1985, Wilma Mankiller became principal chief of the Cherokee Nation after Ross Swimmer resigned to take a federal position with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She was the first woman to hold the office. Previously elected deputy chief in 1983, she won election as principal chief in her own right in 1987 and was re-elected in 1991, serving until 1995.

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1989 — 1989 Conservative Party leadership election

The 1989 Conservative Party leadership election took place on 5 December 1989. The incumbent Margaret Thatcher was opposed by the little-known 69-year-old backbencher MP Sir Anthony Meyer. It was the Conservative Party's first leadership election for nearly 15 years, when Thatcher had taken the party leadership. Whilst Thatcher comfortably won with 90% of the vote, the vote showed 60 MPs who didn't vote for her either by choosing Meyer, spoiling the ballots or abstaining.

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1992 — Unified Task Force

The Unified Task Force (UNITAF), also known as Operation Restore Hope, was a United States–led, United Nations–sanctioned coalition military force deployed to Somalia from 5 December 1992 to 4 May 1993. It was established to replace United Nations Operation in Somalia I (UNOSOM I), which had been deployed in April 1992 in response to the 1992 famine—a crisis that followed the 1991 collapse of the Somali Democratic Republic and the full outbreak of the Somali Civil War.

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1993 — Venezuelan general election, 1993

General elections were held in Venezuela on 5 December 1993. The presidential elections were won by Rafael Caldera of National Convergence, who received 30.5% of the vote. Democratic Action remained the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, which were elected on separate ballots for the first time. Voter turnout was 60.2%, the lowest since World War II.

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1993 — 1993 Rome municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Rome on 21 November and 5 December 1993 to elect the Mayor of Rome and 60 members of the City Council. For the first time under a new local electoral law, enacted on 25 March 1993, citizens could vote to directly elect the Mayor.

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1994 — Namibian general election, 1994

General elections were held in Namibia on 4 and 5 December 1994. There were two votes, one for president (the first time a president had been directly elected) and one for the National Assembly. Both elections were won by SWAPO, who won 53 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate, Sam Nujoma, won the presidential election.

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1994 — Budapest Memorandum

The Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances comprises four substantially identical political agreements signed at the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) in Budapest, Hungary, on 5 December 1994, to provide security assurances by its signatories relating to the accession of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

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1995 — Battle of Jaffna (1995)

The Battle of Jaffna was fought from October to December 1995 for the city of Jaffna.

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1995 — Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56 crashes near Nakhchivan International Airport in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, killing 52 people

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Azerbaijan Airlines, from Nakhchivan Airport to Baku, which crashed whilst attempting an emergency landing on 5 December 1995, killing 52 out of the 82 people on board. The twin-engine aircraft operating the flight, a Tupolev Tu-134, experienced an engine failure shortly after take-off, but the second engine that was operable was shut down in error.

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1997 — Juicio Final (1997)

Juicio Final (1997) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1997) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 5, 1997, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde .

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1998 — 1998 Taiwanese legislative election

Legislative elections were held in Taiwan on 5 December 1998. The result was a victory for the Kuomintang, which won 123 of the 225 seats. Voter turnout was 68%.

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1998 — 1997–98 Taiwanese local elections

Local elections of Taiwan were held in 1997 and 1998 to elect magistrates of counties and mayors of cities on 29 November 1997, and mayors and councillors of special municipalities on 5 December 1998. Opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won in the 1997 election, controlling majority of mayors/magistrates across the country and winning more popular votes than the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) for the first time.

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1999 — Mozambican general election, 1999

General elections were held in Mozambique between 3 and 5 December 1999 to elect a president and the Assembly of the Republic. Incumbent president Joaquim Chissano won a narrow victory against Afonso Dhlakama, whilst Chissano's FRELIMO party won the Assembly elections, taking 133 of the 250 seats. Voter turnout for the elections was around 68-70%.

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1999 — K-1 Grand Prix '99 final round

K-1 Grand Prix '99 final round was a martial arts event promoted by the K-1 organization. It was the seventh K-1 World Grand Prix final involving eight of the world's best fighters, with all bouts fought under K-1 rules. The eight finalists had all qualified via elimination fights at the K-1 World Grand Prix '99 opening round. Also on the card was a number of 'Freshman Fights' and an 'Opening Fight' fought under a mixture of Jiu-Jitsu and K-1 rules (various weight class) and two 'Super Fights' fought under K-1 rules (various weight classes). In total there were twenty fighters at the event, representing eight countries. The tournament winner was Ernesto Hoost who defeated Mirko Cro Cop in the final by third round knockout. This victory was Hoost's second of four K-1 Grand Prix wins, while Cro Cop was making his first and penultimate K-1 Grand Prix Final appearance before winning it 14 years later. He would later branch out to a successful career in MMA in Pride. The event was held at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, December 5, 1999 in front of a huge crowd of 58,200 spectators.

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1999 — 1999 Civic Democratic Party leadership election

A leadership election for the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) was held in the Czech Republic on 5 December 1999. Václav Klaus was confirmed as the party's leader. With strong support from regions, he was the only candidate. Ivan Langer and Dagmar Lastovecká were offered the chance to stand but they declined.

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2000 — South African municipal elections, 2000

Municipal elections were held in South Africa on 5 December 2000 to elect members to the local governing councils in the municipalities of South Africa.

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2001 — Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 5, 2001, just a little over a year after the last elections in October 2000.

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2001 — Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on the STS-108 mission

Space Shuttle Endeavour launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 5, 2001, carrying the Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station. The mission also delivered equipment and supplies; the Expedition 3 crew returned aboard the shuttle later that month.

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2003 — Sin Piedad (2003)

Sin Piedad (2003) (Spanish for "No Mercy") was an annual professional wrestling major event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 5, 2003 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico and replaced CMLL's regular Friday night show Super Viernes ("Super Friday"). The 2003 Sin Piedad was the fourth event under that name that CMLL promoted as their last major show of the year, always held in December. In the main event Universo 2000 risked his mask and Pierroth, Jr. risked his hair on the outcome of their Lucha de Apuestas (bet match).

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2004 — TNA Turning Point (2004)

The 2004 Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on December 5, 2004, at the TNA Impact! Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the first event under the Turning Point chronology. Eight matches were featured on the event's card. The main event was a Six Sides of Steel cage match with a pre-match stipulation that the losing team would disband.

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2004 — Guerra de Titanes (2004)

Guerra de Titanes (2004) ("War of the Titans") was the eight Guerra de Titanesprofessional wrestling show promoted by AAA. The show took place on December 5, 2004 in Naucalpan, Mexico like the previous year’s event. The main event featured a Tag Team match between AAA loyalists Cibernético and La Parka taking on the "Invading forces" of La Legión Extranjera (Konnan and Rikishi).

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2005 — W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged)

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 in Szeged were the joint fifteenth world championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization and the third ever to be held in Hungary - with the other event having been held a couple of months earlier in Agadir, Morocco. The championships in Szeged were open to amateur men and women from across the world with around 720 athletes from 48 countries across five continents taking part. There were four styles on offer at Szeged; Full-Contact, Light-Contact, Semi-Contact and Aero-Kickboxing. The other styles (Low-Kick, Thai-Boxing and Musical Forms) were held at the Agadir event.

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2005 — 2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake

On 5 December 2005, at 15:19:56 EAT, a Mw 6.8 earthquake struck Lake Tanganyika in East Africa. It killed eight people, injured several more, and destroyed hundreds of homes, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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2007 — Westroads Mall shooting

On December 5, 2007, 19-year-old Robert Arthur Hawkins fatally shot eight people and injured four others in a Von Maur department store at Westroads Mall in Omaha, Nebraska, before committing suicide. It was the deadliest mass murder in Nebraska since the rampage of Charles Starkweather in 1958.

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2008 — MFC 19

MFC 19: Long Time Coming was a mixed martial arts event held by the Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC) on December 5, 2008, in Enoch, Alberta.

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2009 — K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final

K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final was a martial arts event held by the K-1 on Saturday December 5, 2009 at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan. It was the 17th K-1 World GP Final, the culmination of a year full of regional elimination tournaments. All fights followed K-1's classic tournament format and were conducted under K-1 Rules, three rounds of three minutes each, with a possible tiebreaker. The qualification for the top eight fighters was held at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Seoul Final 16 on September 26, 2009 in Seoul, Korea. Michael Buffer was the ring announcer for the night.

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2009 — Higgins by-election, 2009

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives Division of Higgins on 5 December 2009. This was triggered by the resignation of former Treasurer and former Liberal Party deputy leader Peter Costello. The by-election was held on the same day as the Bradfield by-election. It was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Higgins at the 2007 federal election. At that election, the Liberal Party won the seat over the Labor Party with 57.04 per cent of the vote on a two-party-preferred basis, the closest result in the seat's 60-year history.

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2009 — Bradfield by-election, 2009

A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Bradfield on 5 December 2009. This was triggered as a result of the resignation of former minister and ex-Liberal Party leader Brendan Nelson. The by-election was held on the same day as the Higgins by-election. The by-election was contested on the same boundaries drawn for Bradfield at the 2007 federal election. At that election, the Liberal Party won the seat over the Labor Party with a 63.45 per cent of the vote on a two-party-preferred basis, making it the safest metropolitan seat in Australia for the Liberals.

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2009 — 2009 Taiwanese local elections

Local elections were held in Taiwan on 5 December 2009 to elect magistrates of counties and mayors of cities, councillors in county/city councils, and mayors of townships and county-administered cities, known as the three-in-one elections (Chinese: 三合一選舉). The elections were not held in the special municipalities of Kaohsiung and Taipei as well as the counties and cities that were set to be reform as special municipalities in 2010, including Taipei County, Taichung County, Taichung City, Tainan County, Tainan City, or Kaohsiung County.

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2009 — 2009 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election

The Green Party (SZ) leadership election of 2009 was held on 5 December 2009. Ondřej Liška defeated Matěj Stropnický and became the new Leader.

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2009 — Opening of 2009 East Asian Games

The 2009 East Asian Games, officially known as the V East Asian Games, was an international multi-sport event that hosted by Hong Kong, between 5 December and 13 December 2009. A total of 2,377 athletes from 9 East Asian national competed in 262 events in 22 sports. It was the biggest sporting event ever held in the territory.

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2010 — Costa Rican municipal elections, 2010

Municipal elections were held in Costa Rica in December 5, 2010. Were the third municipal elections in the history of the country and the last on be held in December of the same electoral year due to an electoral reform that turned municipal election to be held mid-term. Because of this the Electoral Supreme Court mandate the constitutional period of the newly elected authorities to last for 6 years for one unique time. The election was for mayors of the 81 cantons, syndics and district councilors for all the country’s districts and 8 Intendants for 8 especial autonomous districts.

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2010 — Guerra de Titanes (2010)

Guerra de Titanes (2010) ("War of the Titans") was professional wrestling major show event produced by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA), which took place on December 5, 2010, in the Auditorio Benito Juárez in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The event was the fourteenth Guerra de Titanes show promoted by AAA since 1997 and was headlined by a match for the AAA Mega Championship between champion Dr. Wagner Jr. and challenger El Zorro. The main event of the evening saw Los Perros del Mal handing Los Psycho Circus their first ever loss, ending their three-year-long undefeated streak.

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2010 — Final Resolution (2010)

Final Resolution (2010) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) professional wrestling promotion, that took place on December 5, 2010 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the seventh event under the Final Resolution chronology.

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2010 — 2010 San José, Costa Rica, mayoral election

The San Jose municipal elections of 2010 were held on Sunday December 5 to elect the mayor, deputy mayors, syndics and district councilors of the central canton of San José, capital of Costa Rica. Due to legal reform unifying the municipal elections with those of aldermen, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal decreed that for a single time the authorities elected in these elections would hold office for six years, so the next elections would be in 2016.

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2010 — 12th Jakarta International Film Festival

The 12th Jakarta International Film Festival took place from 25 November to 5 December 2010. It opened with documentary film Waiting for "Superman" by Davis Guggenheim and closed with Alejandro González Iñárritu's psychological drama Biutiful. In October 2010, it was reported that the festival was at risk of being cancelled due to a lack of funding. In response, the festival organizers launched a public fundraising campaign to secure the event's continuation.

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2010 — Miracle of Hanoi

The Miracle of Hanoi was a football match between the Philippines and Vietnam in the group stage of the 2010 AFF Championship. The Philippines' 2–0 win against Vietnam is widely regarded as the start of the Philippines' resurgence in football in the 2010s. Prior to the match, the Philippines were known for being among the weakest sides in Asian football.

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2010 — 2010 Polish local elections

The 2010 Polish local elections were held in two parts, with its first round on 21 November and the second on 5 December. The first round included elections of deputies to provincial voivodeship sejmiks, as well for gmina and powiat councilors. The second round of elections were marked for mayors, borough leaders, and other positions decided by runoff elections.

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2010 — The 2010 Dawu Fire was a wildgrass fire incident that occurred in Dawu County, Sichuan, People's Republic of China on December 5, 2010

The 2010 Dawu Fire was a wildgrass fire incident that occurred in Dawu County, Sichuan, People's Republic of China on December 5, 2010. The fire incident killed 22 people including 15 soldiers and two government workers. More than 2,000 people fought to put out the fire. The fire lasted 17 hours and 30 minutes. The incident occurred on extreme terrain.

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2013 — 2013 Yemeni Ministry of Defense attack

On 5 December 2013, a coordinated terrorist attack occurred targeting the Ministry of Defense complex in Sanaa, Yemen. Heavily armed militants utilized a car bomb to breach the gates of the complex before storming it and occupying a hospital within it. The attack, which killed 52 people and injured 167, was claimed by Ansar al-Sharia, an affiliate of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).

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2013 — Operation Sangaris

Operation Sangaris was a French military intervention in the Central African Republic, from late 2013 till 2016. It was the seventh French military intervention there since the country gained independence from France in 1960. On 30 October 2016, France announced it was officially ending Operation Sangaris.

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2013 — Siege of PK5 district

From 2013 to 2020, around 15,000 Muslims were besieged in PK5 district in Bangui, Central African Republic.

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2014 — Infierno en el Ring (2014)

Infierno en el Ring (2014) (Spanish for "Inferno in the Ring") was a major professional wrestling event produced by the Mexican lucha libre promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and took place on Friday December 5, 2014 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show replaced CMLL's regularly scheduled CMLL Super Viernes show as is tradition with most of CMLL's signature events. The 2014 even marked the sixth time CMLL has held a show under that name with previous shows in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013.

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2014 — Exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched

Exploration Flight Test-1 or EFT-1 (previously known as Orion Flight Test 1 or OFT-1) was a technology demonstration mission and the first flight test of the crew module portion of the Orion spacecraft. Without a crew, it was launched on December 5, 2014, at 12:05 UTC (7:05 am EST, local time at the launch site) by a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Space Launch Complex 37B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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2015 — North Sydney by-election, 2015

A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of North Sydney was held on 5 December 2015 from 8 am to 6 pm AEDT. The trigger for the by-election was the 23 October parliamentary resignation of Joe Hockey, the backbench Liberal Member for North Sydney and former Abbott Coalition Government Treasurer. House of Representatives Speaker Tony Smith issued the writ for the by-election on 26 October. The electoral roll containing 104,352 electors closed on 2 November. Candidate nominations closed on 12 November, and the draw of the ballot paper order occurred on 13 November.

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2015 — 2015 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election

The 2015 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election occurred in Nigeria on December 5, 2015. The PDP nominee Henry Seriake Dickson won the election, defeating Timipre Sylva of the APC. Henry Seriake Dickson emerged PDP as the sole candidate. He picked Gboribiogha John Jonah as his running mate. Timipre Sylva was the APC candidate with Wilberforce Titus Igiri as his running mate.

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2015 — 2015 Seychellois presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Seychelles between 3 and 5 December 2015. As no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a second round was held between 16 and 18 December. Incumbent President James Michel was re-elected, defeating opposition leader Wavel Ramkalawan by just 193 votes in the second round. Ramkalawan claimed there had been "many irregularities", including vote buying.

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2017 — 2017 Lebanon–Saudi Arabia dispute

In 2017, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri abruptly announced his resignation while he was in Saudi Arabia on 4 November 2017. Shortly thereafter, the foreign relations between both countries and allied regional neighbors became increasingly strained. On 6 November, Saudi Arabia claimed Lebanon declared war between the two states, despite leaders of Lebanon stating otherwise. On 9 November, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates, asked their citizens to leave.

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2018 — 2018 Swiss Federal Council election

By-elections to the Swiss Federal Council were held on 5 December 2018, after federal councillors Johann Schneider-Ammann (FDP-BE) and Doris Leuthard (CVP-AG) announced in September they would leave the Council effective 31 December of the same year. The by-elections resulted in the elections of Karin Keller-Sutter (FDP-SG) and Viola Amherd (CVP-VS), yielding no change in the partisan composition of the council.

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2019 — Opera Cup (2019)

Opera Cup (2019) was a professional wrestling supercard event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW), which took place on December 5, 2019 at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York City, New York. The event was a set of television tapings for Fusion featuring the inaugural namesake Opera Cup single-elimination tournament. The main event was the final round of the Opera Cup tournament between Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Brian Pillman Jr., which Smith won.

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2019 — 2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections

By-elections to fifteen state assembly constituencies were held in Karnataka on 5 December 2019, and results were announced on 9 December. As the ruling party, BJP needed to win six of the 15 seats to maintain its majority. BJP won 12 seats, Congress won two, JD(S) failed to open its account, and one seat was won by a rebel BJP leader who contested as an independent.

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2019 — 2019 Rajya Sabha elections

2019 Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2019, to fill the vacancies in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect 2 members from Assam as well as 6 members from Tamil Nadu. By-elections were held for 14 seats among various states. The elections resulted in the ruling BJP maintaining and increasing their majority with a net gain of 6 seats.

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2020 — 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships

The 2020 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Professional League Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition that was held in conjunction with Arizona Women’s Pro and the NPC Wings of Strength Arizona Women’s Extravaganza. It was held on 5 December 2020 at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America. It was the 6th Rising Phoenix World Championships to be held.

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2020 — UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori

UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori (also known as UFC on ESPN 19 and UFC Vegas 16) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 5, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.

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2020 — 2020 Egypt Cup final

The 2020 Egypt Cup final was the 88th Egypt Cup Final, the final match of the 2019–20 Egypt Cup, Africa's oldest football cup competition. It was played at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria, Egypt, on 5 December 2020 between Al Ahly and Tala'ea El Gaish. Al Ahly won the match 3–2 on penalties, after the original and extra time ended 1–1, winning their 37th Egypt Cup title.

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2020 — 2020 Baton Rouge mayoral election

The 2020 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on November 3, 2020, and December 5, 2020, to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a runoff was held between the top two candidates, incumbent Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome of the Democratic Party and fmr. State Representative Steve Carter of the Republican Party.

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2021 — 2021 Women's FA Cup final

The 2021 Women's FA Cup final was the 51st final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 27th to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA) and was named the Vitality Women's FA Cup Final due to sponsorship reasons. The final was contested between Arsenal and Chelsea on 5 December 2021 at Wembley Stadium in London and broadcast on BBC1.

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2021 — NXT WarGames (2021)

The 2021 NXT WarGames was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the fifth annual and final NXT WarGames and took place on December 5, 2021, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The event was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's NXT brand division, which reverted to being WWE's developmental territory in September.

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2021 — 2021 Canadian Premier League final

The 2021 Canadian Premier League final was a soccer match which determined the winner of the 2021 Canadian Premier League season. It was played on December 5, 2021, in Hamilton, Ontario, between Forge FC and Pacific FC. Those teams qualified as the winners of their first round playoff matches. Forge FC were the defending champions. Pacific FC defeated Forge FC 1–0 to claim their first CPL title.

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2021 — 2021 KINAL leadership election

The 2021 Movement for Change leadership election took place on 5 December 2021, in which six candidates took part. Since none of the candidates received 50% of the vote, a runoff election took place in 12 December, between Nikos Androulakis and George Papandreou. The other candidates that took part were: Andreas Loverdos, Haris Kastanidis, Pavlos Geroulanos, and Pavlos Christidis. Nikos Androulakis won the runoff.

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2022 — 2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Gujarat from 1 to 5 December 2022 in two phases, to elect 182 members of 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide victory of 156 seats, the most ever won by any party in Gujarat's history.

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2023 — 29th Kolkata International Film Festival

The 29th Kolkata International Film Festival began on 5 December 2023 at Netaji Indoor Stadium, in Kolkata, India and ended on 12 December 2023. A 1963 romantic comedy Bengali film Deya Neya by Sunil Bannerjee opened the festival, which screened 219 films from 39 countries. Spain and Australia were country of focus in this edition of the festival.

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2023 — 2023 Minnesota House of Representatives district 52B special election

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Minnesota on December 5, 2023, to elect a new representative for District 52B in the Minnesota House of Representatives. The election was caused by the resignation of DFL incumbent Ruth Richardson who left the legislature to focus on her role at Minnesota's Planned Parenthood affiliate. The special election was won by DFL candidate Bianca Virnig with 58% of votes cast.

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2024 — 2024 Homs offensive

The 2024 Homs offensive was a military operation launched by forces of the Syrian Salvation Government (SSG) during the 2024 Syrian opposition offensive, a phase of the Syrian Civil War. The operation was launched by the Military Operations Command following its capture of Hama on 5 December 2024 during the 2024 Hama offensive. The offensive ended in the city being captured by opposition forces on the night of 7/8 December after government forces abandoned the city.

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2024 — One Shot (2024)

One Shot (2024), also known as Eric Bischoff's One Shot, was a professional wrestling live streaming event produced by Major League Wrestling (MLW). It took place on December 5, 2024, at the Melrose Ballroom in Queens, New York. It was the third event in the One Shot chronology. The event streamed live on MLW's YouTube channel, with additional matches being taped for the "Holiday Rush" special, which aired on December 24 on Bein Sports USA and YouTube.

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2024 — 2024 Welsh Conservatives leadership election

The 2024 Welsh Conservatives leadership election was triggered by the resignation of Andrew RT Davies on 3 December 2024. Darren Millar was the only candidate who stepped forward for the leadership. As no other candidate was nominated by the deadline for nominations at 17:00 GMT on 5 December, he was elected unopposed as the new leader of the Welsh Conservative Group in the Senedd.

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2024 — 2024–2025 Palestinian Authority operation in Jenin

On 5 December 2024, the Palestinian Authority (PA) began a large-scale operation in the West Bank city of Jenin against the Jenin Brigades, a local Palestinian militia. The PA called it "Operation Protect the Homeland" and said it was launched in order to "eradicate sedition and chaos" in the West Bank, portraying militants as agents of instability that are indirectly aiding the Israeli far-right, which has sought to weaken the PA.

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