How Many Days Until December 5?

This day in history: December 5

1. 1918

   National Guards and Sokol volunteers protested in Zagreb, leading to an armed clash with regiments of the Home Guard and former Common Army.

2. 1936

   The 1936 Soviet constitution, also known as the "Stalin constitution", was adopted.

3. 1952

   The "Great Smog of London" began and lasted for five days, causing 12,000 deaths and leading to the Clean Air Act 1956.

4. 1958

   Britain's first motorway, the Preston Bypass, opened to the public.

5. 1965

   The "glasnost meeting" took place in Moscow, becoming the first demonstration in the Soviet Union after World War II and marking the beginning of the civil rights movement in the country.

6. 1972

   Gough Whitlam took office as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia and formed a duumvirate with his deputy Lance Barnard, ending 23 years of Liberal–Country Party government.

7. 2007

   A gunman killed nine people at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska.

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