What are the important events that happened on December 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 5 is the 339th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 22, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,764,892,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontaenneagon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 74 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,732 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 5 Historical Events
- 771 –Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman.
- 1766 –In London, James Christie holds his first sale.
- 1876 –Brooklyn Theater Fire kills at least 278 people in Brooklyn, NY.
- 1943 –World War II: U.S. Army Air Force begins attacking Germany’s secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
- 1955 –The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
- 1977 –Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
- 1978 –The Soviet Union signs a “friendship treaty” with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
- 1993 –The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb.
- 1995 –The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
- 2006 –Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
Who were born on December 5?
- 1841 –Marcus Daly, American mining tycoon (d. 1900)
- 1875 –Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier (d. 1933)
- 1901 –Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (d. 1980)
- 1936 –James Lee Burke, American writer
- 1940 –Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
- 1944 –Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor
- 1966 –Patricia Kaas, French singer
- 1968 –Lisa Marie, American model and actress
- 1973 –Luboš Motl, Czech physicist
- 1976 –Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer
Who died on December 5?
- 1560 –King Francis II of France (b. 1544)
- 1784 –Phillis Wheatley, American poet (b. 1753)
- 1951 –Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (b. 1889)
- 1955 –Glenn Luther Martin, American aviation executive (b. 1886)
- 1961 –Emil Fuchs, German-born American attorney and baseball team owner (b. 1878)
- 1986 –Sir Edward Youde, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924)
- 1995 –Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (b. 1920)
- 2008 –Nina Foch, Dutch-born American actress (b. 1924)
- 2010 –Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1938)
- 2010 –John Leslie, American pornographic actor and filmmaker (b. 1945)
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