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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/1484" title="1484">1484</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_VIII" title="Pope Innocent VIII">Pope Innocent VIII</a> issued the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull" title="Papal bull">papal bull</a> <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summis_desiderantes_affectibus" title="Summis desiderantes affectibus">Summis desiderantes affectibus</a></b></i>, which gave the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Order" title="Dominican Order">Dominican</a> inquisitor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Kramer" title="Heinrich Kramer">Heinrich Kramer</a> the explicit authority to prosecute <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft" title="Witchcraft">witchcraft</a> in Germany.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> colonel <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Knox" title="Henry Knox">Henry Knox</a> arrived at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Ticonderoga" title="Fort Ticonderoga">Fort Ticonderoga</a> in New York to arrange <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_train_of_artillery" title="Noble train of artillery">the transport of 60 tons of artillery</a></b> <i>(depicted)</i> to support the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Boston" title="Siege of Boston">siege of Boston</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Constitution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union">1936 Soviet constitution</a></b>, also known as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Stalin</a> constitution", was adopted.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995" title="1995">1995</a> – <b><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Airlines_Flight_56" title="Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56">Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56</a></b> crashed shortly after takeoff from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhchivan_International_Airport" title="Nakhchivan International Airport">Nakhchivan Airport</a>, killing 52 people on board.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_Anthonie_Meessen" title="Jacobus Anthonie Meessen">Jacobus Anthonie Meessen</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1836); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Sher-Gil" title="Amrita Sher-Gil">Amrita Sher-Gil</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1941)</p>
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