Politics · December 5, 1936

1936 Soviet Constitution

Name: 1936 Soviet Constitution
Start: 1936-12-05
Location: Soviet Union

89 years ago · Soviet Union

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The 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union, also known as the Stalin Constitution, was the basic law of the USSR adopted on 5 December 1936.

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1901–1966

Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney ( DIZ-nee; December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.

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1927–2016

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Bhumibol Adulyadej (5 December 1927 – 13 October 2016), titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 9 June 1946 until his death in 2016.

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1782–1862

Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was the eighth president of the United States, serving from 1837 to 1841. He co-founded the Democratic Party with Andrew Jackson and became Jackson's vice president from 1833 to 1837.

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1901–1976

Werner Heisenberg

Werner Karl Heisenberg (German:; 5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) was a German theoretical physicist, one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics and a principal scientist in the German nuclear program during World War II.

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1918

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1952

Great Smog of London

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1955

Montgomery bus boycott

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