December 05

Friday 05, 1958:

Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by the Queen when she dials a call from Bristol to Edinburgh and speaks to the Lord Provost. http://www.bt.com/archives/history/19461959.htm#1958

Saturday 05, 1936:

The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution.

Tuesday 05, 1933:

Prohibition ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 3/4th of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had outlawed alcohol in the United States).

Tuesday 05, 1848:

California gold rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.

Monday 05, 1560:

Francis II of France dies and is succeeded by Charles IX of France.