Today in History
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2005 UK's Civil Partnership Act of 2004 comes into force
UK's Civil Partnership Act of 2004 came into force almost a year after it was passed.
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1977 Egypt breaks all relations with Arab countries
President Anwar al-Sadat broke all relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, and South Yemen in response
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1936 Establishment of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic
The Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic was established as a republic of the Soviet Union.
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1933 End of prohibition in the U.S.
A national ban on alcohol in the U.S. first instituted in 1920 by the 18th amendment, ended on this
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1766 Christie's hold their first sale
Art auction house Christie's founder James Christie made his first art sale.
Births On This Day,
December, 5
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1975 Ronnie O'Sullivan
English snooker player
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1927 Bhumibol Adulyadej
Thai king
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1907 Lin Biao
Chinese military officer, politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
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1901 Walt Disney
American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, co-founded The Company
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1901 Werner Heisenberg
German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
Deaths On This Day,
December, 5
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2012 Dave Brubeck
American pianist, composer
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2007 Karlheinz Stockhausen
German composer
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1950 Sri Aurobindo
Indian philosopher
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1891 Pedro II of Brazil
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1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
