Today Dec 5th
1408 Emir Edigu of the Golden Horde reaches Moscow
1484 - Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis Desideranties Affectivbus, a Papal Bull that appoints Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out witchcraft in Germany
1492 - Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the Island of Hispaniola (Haiti)
1496 - Prince Manuel I or Portugal issues a decree ordering Heretics from the country
1766 - In London James Christie holds his first auction.
1848 - President James Polk informs Congress that large amounts of gold have been found in California
1931 - The Cathedral of Christ our Savior in Moscow is ordered destroyed by Stalin
1932 - Albert Einstein is issued a US Visa
1941 - The Battle of Moscow, Soviet General Georgy Zhukov orders his counter offensive
1941 - England declares war on Finland, Romania and Hungary
1942 - Operation Crossbow is initiated as Allied Air Power begins to attack secret German weapons bases.
1952 - The great cold fog descends on London combined with air pollution it kills 12,000 people in a matter of months
1955 - ED Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott
1964 - Captain Roger Donion is awarded the first Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War
1983 - Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina
2004 - The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the UK
2014 - The first launch of the Orion
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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