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5 December - On This Day


Krampusnacht in Austria

1484 – Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus, giving Dominican Inquisitor Heinrich Kramer explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany.

1775 – American Revolutionary War: Continental Army Colonel Henry Knox arrived at Fort Ticonderoga in New York to arrange the transport of 60 tons of artillery (pictured) that would be used to strengthen the Siege of Boston.

1916 – Amid the First World War and following his loss of support in Parliament, British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith resigned.

1958 – Britain's first motorway, the Preston By-pass, opened to the public.

1995 – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56 crashed shortly after takeoff from Nakhchivan Airport, killing 52 people on board.

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