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5 December

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Contemporary era

1958

First British motorway

On 5 December 1958, the UK's first motorway, the Preston Bypass, opened.

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Contemporary era

1933

End of Prohibition

On 5 December 1933, ratification of the 21st Amendment ended Prohibition in the United States.

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From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

1791

Death of Mozart

On 5 December 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna at the age of thirty-five.

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Portrait of Mozart by Barbara Krafft
Author : Barbara Krafft Wikimedia Commons Licence : Domaine public Barbara Krafft, 1819