Today's selected anniversaries: 5th December 2023

Today's selected anniversaries: 5th December 2023

1807:

Napoleonic Wars: British ships began a raid on Griessie after the Dutch captain refused a British demand for surrender.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Griessie

1918:

National Guards and Sokol volunteers protested in Zagreb, leading to an armed clash with regiments of the Home Guard and former Common Army.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_protest_in_Zagreb

1933:

The prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States officially ended when the Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

1958:

Britain's first motorway, the Preston By-pass, opened to the public.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_By-pass

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