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 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 22, 2021 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 455,184 hours 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 58 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 3,271 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 5 Historical Events
- 663 –Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
- 1776 –At The College of William and Mary, Phi Beta Kappa is founded and becomes the first American college fraternity.
- 1815 –Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
- 1920 –Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.
- 1932 –German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
- 1941 –World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
- 1944 –World War II: Allied troops occupy Ravenna.
- 1955 –The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
- 1974 –In American football, the Birmingham Americans would win what would eventually be the only World Bowl in World Football League history.
- 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.
Who were born on December 5?
- 1830 –Christina Rossetti, English poet (d. 1894)
- 1897 –Gershom Scholem, German-born Israeli Jewish philosopher and historian (d. 1982)
- 1910 –Abraham Polonsky, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1957 –Raquel Argandoña, Chilean television presenter, Miss Chile 1975
- 1963 –Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards, English ski jumper
- 1968 –Lydia Millet, American writer
- 1973 –Mikelangelo Loconte, Italian singer
- 1978 –Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1978 –Pachrapa Chaichua, Thai actress
- 1983 –Tiffany Weimer, American soccer player
Who died on December 5?
- 1940 –Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist (b. 1880)
- 1955 –Glenn Luther Martin, American aviation executive (b. 1886)
- 1963 –Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Pakistani statesman (b. 1892)
- 1969 –Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)
- 1983 –Robert Aldrich, American film director (b. 1918)
- 1991 –Richard Speck, American mass murderer (b. 1941)
- 2007 –Andrew Imbrie, American composer (b. 1921)
- 2008 –Anca Parghel, Romanian jazz singer and composer (b. 1957)
- 2010 –Alan Armer, American television producer and director (b. 1922)
- 2010 –John Leslie, American pornographic actor and filmmaker (b. 1945)
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