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December 5 is the 339th day of the year(340th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar.There are 26 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

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Up to 1900

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1082–Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
1484–Pope Innocent VIII writes a Papal Bull that sets the inquisition into full swing and leads to the deaths hundreds of thousands of people accused of beingwitches
1492–Christopher Columbus becomes the firstEuropean to set foot on the island ofHispaniola (nowHaiti and theDominican Republic).
1496– KingManuel I of Portugal issues a decree of expulsion of "heretics" from thecountry.
1560–Francis II of France dies and is succeeded byCharles IX of France.
1757–Seven Years' War:Battle of Leuthen –Frederick II of Prussia leadsPrussian forces to a decisive victory overAustrian forces underPrince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
1766– InLondon,James Christie holds his first sale (he later foundedChristie's, the world's oldest auction house).
1776– At theCollege of William and Mary inWilliamsburg, Virginia, thePhi Beta Kappa is founded as the first scholasticfraternity in theUnited States.
1792–George Washington is re–electedPresident of the United States by theElectoral College.
1831– FormerUS President John Quincy Adams takes a seat in theUnited States House of Representatives.
1847–Jefferson Davis enters theUnited States Senate.
1848–California gold rush: In a message before theU.S. Congress,US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts ofgold had been discovered inCalifornia.
1873– InBoston, Massachusetts, Warren Avenue Baptist Church sextonThomas Piper strangles and beats to death his first victim, Bridget Landregan (the press later dubbed the then unknownserial killer "The Boston Belfry Murderer").
1876– TheBrooklyn TheaterFire kills 278 people inNew York City.

1901– 2000

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1916–Prime Minister of the United Kingdom H. H. Asquith resigns.
1917–Sidonio Pais takes power inPortugal.
1920–Dimitrios Rallis forms agovernment inGreece.
1926–Sergei Eisenstein's movieBattleship Potemkin debuts.
1932–German physicist Albert Einstein granted avisa
1933–Prohibition ends:Utah becomes the 36thU.S. state to ratify theTwenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 3/4th of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the18th Amendment which had outlawedalcohol in theUnited States).
1934–Italian troops attackWal Wal inEthiopia (it took four days to capture the city).
1936– TheSoviet Union adopts a newconstitution.
1939– The remains ofPedro II of Brazil, who was removed in arepublican coup in1889, are taken back toBrazil and reburied on the 48th anniversary of his death, and just over 50 years after losing power.
1941– The nonfiction bookSea of Cortez byJohn Steinbeck is published (Steinbeck used knowledge gained writing this book to develop the marine biologist character Doc inCannery Row).
1945–Flight 19, aUnited States Navy training flight, was lost in theBermuda triangle.
1952–The Abbott and Costello Show starring comediansBud Abbott andLou Costello, debuts.
1952–London's "Great Smog" begins.
1955– Thetrade unions American Federation of Labor and theCongress of Industrial Organizations decide to merge and form theAFL-CIO.
1958–Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in theUK by theQueen when she dials a call fromBristol toEdinburgh and speaks to theLord Provost.Archived 2005-07-29 at theWayback Machine
1964–Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, CaptainRoger Donlon ofSaugerties, New York is given the firstMedal of Honor of the war.
1969– The four nodeARPANET network is established.
1974– The last new episode ofMonty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast on theBBC.
1978– TheSoviet Union signs a "friendship treaty" with the communist government ofAfghanistan.
1979–Sonia Johnson is formallyexcommunicated byThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her outspoken criticism of the church concerning the proposedEqual Rights Amendment to theConstitution of the United States.
1992–Kent Conrad ofNorth Dakota resigns his seat in theUnited States Senate and is sworn into the other seat from North Dakota, becoming the only US Senator ever to have held two seats on the same day.
1983– Dissolution of theMilitary Junta inArgentina.
1993–Helmut Zilk, Mayor ofVienna, is injured by a letter bomb.

From 2001

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2003– TheIcelandic language Wikipedia publishes its first articles.
2005– TheLake Tanganyika earthquake occurs.
2005– TheUnited Kingdom Civil Partnership Act enters effect.
2006– CommodoreFrank Bainimarama overthrows theGovernment ofFiji in a coup.Jona Senilagakali is installed asPrime Minister, a post that he holds for a month.
2007– A gunman shoots 8 people dead at Westroads Mall, Omaha,Nebraska, with an assault rifle, before killing himself.
2013– Former South AfricanPresident Nelson Mandela dies at the age of 95. SeeDeath and state funeral of Nelson Mandela.
2016–Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key announces hisresignation.
2017–Austria's highest court rules in favour ofsame-sex marriage.
2017– TheInternational Olympic Committee bansRussia from the2018 Winter Olympics inPyeongchang,South Korea, fordoping offences.

Births

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Up to 1850

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852–Zhu Wen, Chinese Emperor of the Later LiangDynasty (d.912)
1377–Jianwen Emperor ofChina (d.1402)
1443–Pope Julius II (d.1513)
1495–Nicolas Cleynaerts,Flemish philologist (d.1542)
1537–Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Ashikagashogun (d.1597)
1547–Ubbo Emmius, Dutchhistorian and geographer (d.1625)
1595–Henry Lawes, Englishcomposer (d.1662)
1661–Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (d.1724)
1666–Francesco Scarlatti, Italian composer (d.1741)
1687–Francesco Geminiani, Italianviolinist and composer (d.1762)
1782–Martin Van Buren, 8thPresident of the United States (d.1862)
1792–Andres de Santa Cruz,President ofPeru (d.1865)
1803–Fyodor Tyutchev, Russianpoet (d.1873)
1820–Afanasy Fet, Russianpoet (d.1892)
1822–Elizabeth Cary Agassiz,American educator, first president ofRadcliffe College (d.1907)
1825–E. Marlitt, German writer (d.1887)
1829–Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 4thPremier of Quebec (d.1908)
1830–Christina Rossetti, English poet (d.1894)
1839–George Armstrong Custer, American general (d.1876)
1841–Marcus Daly,American mining tycoon (d.1900)
1850–Alexander Girardi, Austrian actor and tenor (d.1918)

1851– 1900

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1855–C. Hart Merriam, ornithologist (d.1942)
1859–John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Englishadmiral, 2nd Governor–General ofNew Zealand (d.1935)
1861–Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d.1939)
1863–Paul Painlevé, Frenchmathematician andpolitician (d.1933)
1867–Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist (d.1925)
1867–Jozef Pilsudski, Polish politician (d.1935)
1868–Arnold Sommerfeld, Germanphysicist (d.1951)
1870–Vitezslav Novák, composer (d.1949)
1872–Harry Nelson Pillsbury,chess player (d.1906)
1879–Clyde Cessna, founderCessna Aircraft Company (d.1954)
1886–Rose Wilder Lane, American writer, reporter (d.1968)
1890–David Bomberg, painter (d.1957)
1890–Fritz Lang, movie director (d.1976)
1894–Charles Roberts Swart, StatePresident of South Africa (d.1982)
1895–Elbert Frank Cox, Americanmathematician and academic (d.1969)
1896–Carl Ferdinand Cori,Czech doctor, won the 1947Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.1984)
1897–Gershom Scholem, Jewishtheologian and religioushistorian (d.1982)
1898–Grace Moore, American singer, opera star (died in plane crash1947)

1901– 1925

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1901–Werner Heisenberg, German physicist (d.1976)
1901–Walt Disney, American movie producer (d.1966)
1901–Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (d.1980)
1902–Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian–Britishscreenwriter,movie director andproducer (d.1988)
1902–Strom Thurmond, American politician (d.2003)
1903–Johannes Heesters, Dutch–born singer and actor (d.2011)
1903–Cecil Frank Powell, Englishphysicist (d.1969)
1905–Gus Mancuso, Americanbaseball player, coach and sportscaster (d.1984)
1906–Otto Preminger, Austrian–American director, producer (d.1986)
1907–Lin Biao, Chinese politician (d.1971)
1911–Wladyslaw Szpilman, Polishpianist andcomposer (d.2000)
1914–Hans Hellmut Kirst, German writer (d.1989)
1916–Hilary Koprowski, Polishvirologist (d.2013)
1917–Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress and singer (d.2011)
1925–Anastasio Somoza Debayle,President ofNicaragua (d.1980)

1926– 1950

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1927–Bhumibol Adulyadej,King ofThailand (d.2016)
1930–Vladimir Curbet, Moldovanchoreographer (d.2017)
1930–Roger Vonlanthen, Swissfootballer
1932–Little Richard, American singer (d.2020)
1932–Sheldon Lee Glashow, Americanphysicist
1932–Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, Czech–born English politician
1932–Fazu Aliyeva, Russianpoet andjournalist (d.2016)
1934–Hassan Akesbi, Moroccanfootballer
1934–Joan Didion, American writer
1935–Calvin Trillin, writer
1938–JJ Cale, Americansinger-songwriter (d.2013)
1940–Peter Pohl,Swedish writer
1940–Boris Ignatiev, Russianfootballer and manager
1942–Klaus Sammer, Germanfootballer
1943–Eva Joly, French–Norwegian magistrate
1943–Jim Marrs, American author and conspiracy theorist (d.2017)
1944–Jeroen Krabbé, actor
1945–Moshe Katsav, formerPresident ofIsrael
1946–José Carreras, Spanishtenor
1946–Andy Kim, Canadiansinger-songwriter
1947–Bruce Golding, formerPrime Minister ofJamaica
1947–Jim Messina, musician
1947–Jim Plunkett,American football player
1948–Russell Trood, Australian politician and academic (d.2017)
1949–David Manning, Britishdiplomat
1949–Abdullah Senussi, Sudanese–Libyan military officer

1951– 1975

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1951–Link Byfield, Canadian politician (d.2015)
1954–Hanif Kureishi, English writer
1955–Dumitru Găleșanu,Romanian writer,poet–philosopher,illustrator andjurist
1956–Klaus Allofs, Germanfootballer
1956–Brian Backer, American actor
1956–Krystian Zimerman, pianist
1958–Dynamite Kid, Britishprofessional wrestler (d.2018)
1960–Frans Adelaar, Dutchfootballer
1961–Ralf Dujmovits, Germanmountaineer
1962–José Cura, Argentine tenor
1963–Doctor Dre, American TV and radio host
1963–Alberto Nisman, Argentinelawyer (d.2015)
1963–Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards, British ski jumper
1965–John Rzeznik, Americansinger-songwriter,guitarist andproducer
1966–Patricia Kaas, French singer
1968–Margaret Cho, American comedienne and actress
1969–Sajid Javid, British politician
1970–Tim Hetherington, British photojournalist (d.2011)
1971–Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German politician, former Defence Minister
1971–Ashia Hansen, British athlete
1973–Sorin Grindeanu, formerPrime Minister of Romania
1973–Lubos Motl, physicist
1973–Andrei Krasnopjorov,Estonian footballer
1975–Ronnie O'Sullivan,English snooker player
1975–Paula Patton, American actress

From 1976

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1976–Amy Acker, American actress
1978–Marcelo Zalayeta,Uruguayan footballer
1979–Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
1979–Gareth McAuley, Irishfootballer
1979–Nick Stahl, American actor
1980–Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese–Frenchtrumpeter andcomposer
1982–Keri Hilson, American singer
1982–Eddy Curry,NBA Player, (Chicago Bulls)
1982–Ján Mucha,Slovakian footballer
1984–Abdelkader Ghezzal,Algerian footballer
1984–Faouzi Chaouchi, Algerian footballer
1984–Rais M'Bolhi, Algerian footballer
1985–Shikhar Dhawan, Indiancricketer
1985–Josh Smith,NBA Player (Atlanta Hawks)
1985–Frankie Muniz, American actor
1987–James Argent, British singer and radio host
1988–Ross Bagley, American actor
1988–Miralem Sulejmani, Serbian footballer
1988–Joanna Rowsell, British cyclist
1988–Tsukasa Shiotani, Japanesefootballer
1989–Kwon Yu-ri, South Koreansinger, dancer andactress
1990–Cléber Reis, Brazilianfootballer
1993–Ross Barkley, Englishfootballer
1994–Ondrej Duda, Slovakianfootballer
1995–Anthony Martial, Frenchfootballer
2006–Knut, world famouspolar bear (d.2011)

Deaths

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Up to 1950

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63 BC–Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Romanstatesman
1082–Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona
1355–John III, Duke of Brabant (b.1300)
1560–Francis II of France (b.1544)
1570–Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b.1494)
1663–Severo Bonini, Italian composer (b.1582)
1770–James Stirling, Scottishmathematician (b.1692)
1791–Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (b.1756)
1860–Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, Germanhistorian andstatesman (b.1785)
1870–Alexandre Dumas, French writer (b.1802)
1891– EmperorPedro II of Brazil (b.1825)
1892–Daniel D. T. Farnsworth,Governor ofWest Virginia (b.1819)
1916–Gustav Sack, Germanpoet anddramatist (b.1885)
1918–Schalk Willem Burger, South African politician (b.1852)
1924–Martin H. Glynn,Governor ofNew York (b.1871)
1925–Wladislaw Reymont, Polish writer (b.1867)
1926–Claude Monet, French painter (b.1840)
1931–Vachel Lindsay, Americanpoet (b.1879)
1940–Jan Kubelík, Czechviolinist (b.1880)
1950–Sri Aurobindo, Indian spiritual figure (b.1872)

1951– 2000

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1951–Shoeless Joe Jackson, Americanbaseball player (b.1889)
1953–Jorge Negrete, Mexicansinger andactor (b.1911)
1955–Glenn L. Martin, Americanpilot andbusinessman (b.1886)
1963–Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Pakistani politician (b.1892)
1965–Joseph Erlanger,American doctor, won the 1944Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.1874)
1969–Princess Alice of Battenberg (b.1885)
1973–Robert Watson-Watt, Scottishinventor (b.1892)
1977–Katherine Milhous, American illustrator and author (b.1894)
1989–John Pritchard, Englishconductor (b.1921)
1991–Richard Speck, Americanserial killer (b.1941)
1998–Albert Gore, Sr., Americanlawyer andpolitician (b.1907)

From 2001

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2002–Ne Win,Burmese political leader (b.1911)
2005–Frits Philips, Dutchbusinessman (b.1905)
2007–Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b.1928)
2008–Patriarch Alexius II ofRussia (b.1929)
2008–Constantin Ticu Dimitrescu, Romanian politician (b.1928)
2008–Nina Foch, Dutch–American actress (b.1924)
2009–Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician (b.1926)
2009–Alfred Hrdlicka, Austrian artist (b.1928)
2011–Violetta Villas, Belgian–born Polish singer, songwriter, composer and actress (b.1938)
2012–Dave Brubeck, American musician, composer andbandleader (b.1920)
2012–Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilianarchitect (b.1907)
2012–Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b.1909)
2013–Fred Bassetti, Americanarchitect (b.1917)
2013–Barry Jackson, Englishactor (b.1938)
2013–Nelson Mandela,President of South Africa, Anti–Apartheid activist,statesman andNobel Peace Prize winner (b.1918)
2013–Colin Wilson, English writer (b.1931)
2014–Manuel De Sica, Italiancomposer (b.1949)
2014–Jackie Healy-Rae, Irishpolitician (b.1931)
2014–Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Spanish–bornQueen Consort ofBelgium (b.1928)
2015–William McIlvanney, Scottishwriter (b.1936)
2015–Siddhi Savetsila, Thai politician (b.1919)
2015–Dimitar Iliev Popov,Prime Minister ofBulgaria (b.1927)
2016–Geydar Dzhemal, Russian Islamic revolutionist and activist (b.1947)
2016–Jayalalithaa, Indianactress andpolitician,Chief Minister ofTamil Nadu (b.1948)
2017–August Ames, Canadian–American pornographic actress (b.1994)
2017–Jean d'Ormesson, French writer and journalist (b.1925)
2017–Henning Jensen, Danishfootballer (b.1949)
2017–Michael I of Romania (b.1921)
2017–Maurice Green, Americanvirologist (b.1926)
2017–Johnny Hallyday, Frenchrock musician (b.1943)
2018–Dynamite Kid, Britishprofessional wrestler (b.1958)
2018–Thor Hansen, Norwegianpoker player (b.1947)
2018–Harry W. Shlaudeman, American politician (b.1926)
2019–Marvin Goodfriend, American economist (b.1950)
2019–Robert Walker, American actor (b.1940)

Observances

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Saint Nicholas Eve – IncludingSinterklaas in theNetherlands
The King's Birthday (Thailand)
InternationalVolunteer Day

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