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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_5" title="December 5">December 5</a></b>: <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus" title="Krampus">Krampusnacht</a></b></i> in parts of Central Europe
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussian</a> troops under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a> defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Austrian</a> forces at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leuthen" title="Battle of Leuthen">Battle of Leuthen</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1807" title="1807">1807</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>: British ships began a <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Griessie" title="Raid on Griessie">raid on Griessie</a></b> after the Dutch captain refused a British demand for surrender.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a> – National Guards and <a class="mw-disambig" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokol" title="Sokol">Sokol</a> volunteers <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_protest_in_Zagreb" title="1918 protest in Zagreb">protested in Zagreb</a></b>, leading to an armed clash with regiments of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Croatian_Home_Guard" title="Royal Croatian Home Guard">Home Guard</a> and former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Army" title="Common Army">Common Army</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933" title="1933">1933</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States" title="Prohibition in the United States">prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States</a> at the federal level ended when the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution">Twenty-first Amendment</a></b> to the Constitution was ratified, repealing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Eighteenth Amendment</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958" title="1958">1958</a> – Britain's first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled-access_highway" title="Controlled-access highway">motorway</a>, the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_By-pass" title="Preston By-pass">Preston By-pass</a></b>, opened to the public.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_R%C3%A1k%C3%B3czi" title="Sigismund Rákóczi">Sigismund Rákóczi</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1608); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABjir%C5%8D_Motora" title="Yūjirō Motora">Yūjirō Motora</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1858); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priscilla_Jana" title="Priscilla Jana">Priscilla Jana</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1943); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Druckmann" title="Neil Druckmann">Neil Druckmann</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1978)</p>
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