December 5 in History

5 December in History – 88 years ago

Stalin Constitution

Southern Asia 1936: Stalin Constitution

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Historical Atlas of Southern Asia 1936: Stalin Constitution
Southern Asia 1936
Stalin Constitution
Right-wing expansionism in the 1930s - exemplified by the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the...
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Historical Atlas of North America 1837: Canadian Rebellions
North America 1837
Canadian Rebellions
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Starting on 5 December 1941

Soviet counteroffensive drives back Germans

All Events on 5 December

  1994
Belarus, Kazkhstan, and Ukraine agree to surrender nuclear weapons in return for security guarantees
ends   1980
Iraq invades Iran, starting 8-year war
starts   1941
Soviet counteroffensive drives back Germans
  1941
US dissolves Yangtze River patrol
  1936
Creation of Kazakh SSR
  1936
Creation of Kirghiz SSR
  1936
Transcausian SFSR split into Armenian, Azerbaidzhan & Georgian SSRs
  1936
Soviet Union adopts a new constitution
starts   1934
Abyssinia Crisis over Italo-Ethiopian dispute
  1929
Tajik SSR detached from Uzbek SSR
ends   1905
Amundsen makes Northwest Passage
ends   1889
Germans intervene in Samoa, provoking civil war
ends   1835
Māori conquer Chatham Islands
ends   1811
Russians decisively defeat Ottomans at Slobozia
  454
Anglo-Saxons revolt against Britons*
  400
Gainas defeated attempting to cross Hellespont*
ends   280
Blemmyes invade southern Egypt*
starts   269
Augustodunum in revolt in support of Claudius*
ends   173
Egyptians revolt under Isodorus, threatening Alexandria*
*Actual date uncertain; set to 5 December for purposes of Omniatlas

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