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Berlin (dpa) - The current calendar sheet for December 5, 2020:
49th calendar week, 340th day of the year
26 days until the end of the year
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Zodiac sign: Sagittarius
Name day: Anno, Attala, Hartwig, Reginhard, Sola
HISTORICAL DATA
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2019 - Day-long strikes, blockades and mass demonstrations against the government's pension plans begin in France.
Riots break out, traffic is paralyzed.
2018 - Hundreds of officials in Germany and other European countries go against the Italian-Calabrian mafia organization 'Ndrangheta with a large-scale raid.
The 'Ndrangheta dominates drug smuggling into Europe.
2015 - After decades of searching, the wreck of a Spanish sailing ship from the 18th century is discovered off the coast of Colombia.
The "San José" was supposed to bring gold and precious stones to Spain, estimates of the value range up to 17 billion US dollars.
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2010 - In the parliamentary election in Egypt, overshadowed by allegations of fraud, the National Democratic Party (NDP) of President Husni Mubarak wins a clear majority.
A few months later, the president is overthrown.
2005 - The transport ministers of the 25 EU countries decide to publish black lists of unsafe airlines.
2002 - After 19 years of civil war in Sri Lanka, the government and the rebel movement of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in Oslo, Norway, agree on peaceful coexistence in a federation.
Around 69,000 people were killed in the conflict.
2000 - Former tennis star Boris Becker and his wife Barbara announce their separation in Munich.
1995 - The private broadcaster Sat.1 broadcasts the first episode of the "Harald Schmidt Show".
The late night show runs on changing channels with interruptions until March 2014.
1360 - A gold coin is introduced in France, which is given the name "Franc".
The occasion: "Franc" means free, and the French king had just been released from English captivity for a hefty ransom.
BIRTHDAYS
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1955 - Albrecht Puhlmann (65), German director, opera director in Hanover (2001-2006), Stuttgart (2006 to 2011) and Mannheim (since 2016)
1952 - Walter Sittler (68), German actor (Adolf Grimme Prize for «Nikola» 1998)
1945 - Moshe Katzav (75), Israeli politician, President 2000-2007
1905 - Otto Preminger, American film director (“The Man with the Golden Arm”, “Bonjour Tristesse”), d. 1986
1890 - Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director ("Metropolis"), d. 1976
DAYS OF DEATH
2005 - Milo Dor, Austrian-Serbian writer («Dead on Vacation»), member of Group 47, b.
1923
1870 - Alexandre Dumas, French writer ("The Three Musketeers", "The Count of Monte Christo"), b.
1802
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