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Old 12-05-2017, 03:56 PM   #48
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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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