December 5

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0⃣5⃣-December 2020, SATURDAY
340th day of the year, 26 days until the New Year.

? HOLIDAYS?

? World Soil Day
? International Day of Economic and Social Development Volunteers
?? Child Protection Day (Suriname)
?? Military Honor Day - Battle of Moscow (Russia)
? Discovery Day (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
?? Birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Thailand)

? BORN?

● 1782 - Martin Van Buren - 8th President of the United States (1837–1841), American politician and statesman.
● 1803 - Fedor Tyutchev - Russian poet, diplomat, conservative publicist
● 1901 - Walt Disney - American animated film director, producer, painter
● 1901 - Werner Geisenberg, German physicist and academician, Nobel Laureate (died 1976).
● 1903 - CF Powell, Anglo-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Laureate (died 1969).
● 1910 - Soyib Khodjayev
People's Artist of Uzbekistan

◾️THE DEAD◾◾

● 1770 - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and researcher (born 1692).
● 1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (born 1756).
● 1951 - Abanindranat Tagore, Indian painter, author and academic (born 1871).
● 1995 - Claire Cameron Patterson, American scientist (born 1922).

? HISTORICAL EVENTS?

● 1560 - Charles IX becomes King of France
● 1757 - Seven Years' War: Battle of Leyten: Frederick II of Prussia leads the Prussian forces to a decisive victory over the Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
● 1831 - Former United States President John Quincy Adams takes his place in the House of Representatives.
● 1847 - Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.
● 1933 - The twenty-first amendment to the Constitution of the United States is approved.
● 1934 - Abyssinian Crisis: Italian troops attack Val Val in Abyssinia and spend four days capturing the city.
● 1935 - Mary McLeed Beton forms the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
● 1936 - The Second Constitution of the USSR - "Stalinist" is adopted
● 1941 - The Great Patriotic War: A counterattack by Soviet troops begins near Moscow
● 1957 - The Lenin Atomic Refrigerator is launched in Leningrad