December 5

Events

Pre-1600

• 63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multiple cities across the Levant, triggers a tsunami and kills many.<ref name="Kallner-Amiran">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated, most likely by his brother, Berenguer Ramon II.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1408 – Seeking to resubjugate Muscovy, Emir Edigu of the Golden Horde reaches Moscow, burning areas around the city but failing to take the city itself.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1456 – The first of two earthquakes measuring Template:M 7.2 strikes Italy, causing extreme destruction and killing upwards of 70,000 people.<ref name="Nunziata">Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1484 – Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1496 – King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree ordering the expulsion of Jews from the country.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1560 – Thirteen-year-old Charles IX becomes king of France, with Queen Mother Catherine de' Medici as regent.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1578 – Sir Francis Drake, after sailing through Strait of Magellan, raids Valparaiso.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1649 – The town of Raahe (Template:Langx) is founded by Count Per Brahe the Younger.<ref>Tietoa Raahesta – InfoFinland Template:Webarchive (in Finnish)</ref><ref>Jukka Joutsi: Raahe (in Finnish)</ref>
• 1757 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
• 1766 – In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
• 1770 – 29th Regiment of Foot privates Hugh Montgomery and Matthew Kilroy are found guilty for the manslaughter of Crispus Attucks and Samuel Gray respectively in the Boston Massacre.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1775 – At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1776 – Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1831 – Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
• 1847 – Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. Senate.
• 1848 – California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
• 1865 – Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
• 1895 – New Haven Symphony Orchestra of Connecticut performs its first concert.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1914 – The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Polonsky conspiracy is suppressed and its participants are executed by the Kontrrazvedka.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1921 – The Football Association bans women's football in England from league grounds, a ban that stays in place for 50 years.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1933 – The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, repealing Prohibition in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1934 – Abyssinia Crisis: Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
• 1935 – Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
• 1936 – The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
• 1941 – World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army.
• 1941 – World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
• 1945 – Flight 19, a group of TBF Avengers, disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
• 1952 – Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1955 – The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
• 1955 – E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery bus boycott.
• 1958 – Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
• 1958 – The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
• 1964 – Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
• 1964 – Lloyd J. Old discovers the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
• 1971 – Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
• 1977 – Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen in retaliation to preventing President Anwar el‐Sadat from pursuing negotiations with Israel at the Tripoli confer.
• 1983 – Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
• 1991 – Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.
• 1994 – The Budapest Memorandum is signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary.
• 1995 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
• 1995 – Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56 crashes near Nakhchivan International Airport in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, killing 52 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-108, carrying the Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station.<ref name="autogenerated2">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
• 2005 – The 6.8 Template:M Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing six people.
• 2006 – Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
• 2007 – Westroads Mall shooting: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills nine people, including himself, with a WASR-10 at a Von Maur department store in Omaha, Nebraska.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
• 2014 – Exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched.
• 2017 – The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Births

Pre-1600

• 852 – Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (d. 912)
• 1377 – Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
• 1389 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (d. 1455)
• 1443 – Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
• 1470 – Willibald Pirckheimer, German lawyer and author (d. 1530)
• 1495 – Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish philologist and lexicographer (d. 1542)
• 1537 – Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shōgun (d. 1597)
• 1539 – Fausto Sozzini, Italian theologian and author (d. 1604)
• 1547 – Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)
• 1556 – Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford, English countess (d. 1588)
• 1596 – Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662)

1601–1900

• 1661 – Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (d. 1724)
• 1666 – Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
• 1687 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
• 1697 – Giuseppe de Majo, Italian organist and composer (d. 1771)
• 1782 – Martin Van Buren, American lawyer and politician, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)
• 1784 – George Shepherd, English illustrator and painter (d. 1862)
• 1803 – Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat (d. 1873)
• 1820 – Afanasy Fet, Russian poet and author (d. 1892)
• 1822 – Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American philosopher and academic, co-founded Radcliffe College (d. 1907)
• 1829 – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (d. 1908)
• 1830 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and author (d. 1894)
• 1839 – George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876)
• 1841 – Marcus Daly, Irish-American businessman (d. 1900)
• 1849 – Eduard Seler, German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic (d. 1922)
• 1855 – Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (d. 1942)
• 1859 – John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, English admiral and politician, 2nd Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1935)
• 1861 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (d. 1939)
• 1862 – John Henry Leech, English entomologist (d. 1900)
• 1863 – Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (d. 1933)
• 1866 – John Beresford, Irish polo player (d. 1944)
• 1866 – Traian Demetrescu, Romanian poet and author (d. 1896)
• 1867 – Antti Aarne, Finnish author and academic (d. 1925)
• 1867 – Józef Piłsudski, Polish field marshal and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 1935)
• 1868 – Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (d. 1951)
• 1869 – Ellis Parker Butler, American author and poet (d. 1937)
• 1870 – Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (d. 1949)
• 1872 – Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906)
• 1875 – Arthur Currie, Canadian general (d. 1933)
• 1879 – Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founded the Cessna Aircraft Corporation (d. 1954)
• 1881 – René Cresté, French actor and director (d. 1922)
• 1886 – Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Pieter Oud, Dutch historian, academic, and politician, Minister of Finance of the Netherlands (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Nikolai Uglanov, Soviet politician (d. 1937)
• 1890 – David Bomberg, English painter, illustrator, and academic (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
• 1891 – Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951)
• 1894 – Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (d. 1982)
• 1895 – Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician and academic (d. 1969)
• 1896 – Ann Nolan Clark, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1995)
• 1896 – Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
• 1897 – Nunnally Johnson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian (d. 1982)
• 1898 – Josh Malihabadi, Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (d. 1982)
• 1898 – Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (d. 1947)
• 1900 – Jimmy Dimmock, English footballer (d. 1972)

1901–present

• 1901 – Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (d. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1901 – Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and author (d. 1980)
• 1901 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1902 – Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
• 1902 – Strom Thurmond, American educator, general, and politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (d. 2003)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1903 – Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer (d. 2011)
• 1903 – C. F. Powell, English-Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)
• 1905 – Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (d. 1949)
• 1905 – Otto Preminger, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1986)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1907 – Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1971)
• 1907 – Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian-French physicist and academic (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• 1912 – Kate Simon, American travel writer (d. 1990)
• 1912 – Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965)
• 1913 – Esther Borja, Cuban soprano and actress (d. 2013)
• 1913 – Bruce Conde, American army officer, mercenary, stamp collector, and royalty claimant (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – Helen Dettweiler, American golfer (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – Hans Hellmut Kirst, German lieutenant and author (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live polio vaccine (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Walt McPherson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Ken Downing, English racing driver (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, English historian and politician (d. 2020)
• 1921 – Alvy Moore, American actor and producer (d. 1997)
• 1922 – Casey Ribicoff, American philanthropist (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Don Robertson, American songwriter and pianist (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Robert Sobukwe, South African banker and politician (d. 1978)
• 1925 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (d. 1980)
• 1926 – Adetoun Ogunsheye, first female Nigerian professor and university dean<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1927 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (d. 2016)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1927 – W.D. Amaradeva, Sri Lankan musician and composer (d. 2016)
• 1929 – Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Yi-Fu Tuan, Chinese-American geographer (d. 2022)
• 1931 – Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer and manager (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, British politician
• 1932 – Sheldon Glashow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 – Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver (d. 1989)
• 1932 – Nadira, Indian actress (d. 2006)
• 1932 – Little Richard, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1933 – Gennadiy Agapov, Russian race walker (d. 1999)
• 1933 – Harry Holgate, Australian politician, 36th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1997)
• 1934 – Joan Didion, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2021)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1935 – Calvin Trillin, American novelist, humorist, and journalist<ref name="UPI" />
• 1935 – Yury Vlasov, Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician (d. 2021)
• 1936 – James Lee Burke, American journalist, author, and academic
• 1938 – J. J. Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1940 – Tony Crafter, Australian cricket umpire
• 1940 – Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
• 1940 – Peter Pohl, Swedish author, director, and screenwriter
• 1940 – Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 2017)
• 1943 – Eva Joly, Norwegian-French judge and politician
• 1943 – Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, South Korean cardinal
• 1944 – Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
• 1945 – Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist
• 1945 – Moshe Katsav, Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th President of Israel
• 1946 – José Carreras, Spanish tenor and actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1946 – Andy Kim, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
• 1946 – Sarel van der Merwe, South African racing driver
• 1947 – Rudy Fernandez, Filipino triathlete (d. 2022)
• 1947 – Bruce Golding, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
• 1947 – Tony Gregory, Irish activist and politician (d. 2009)
• 1947 – Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1947 – Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP" />
• 1947 – Jim Plunkett, American football player and radio host<ref name="UPI" />
• 1947 – Kim Simmonds, Welsh blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2022)
• 1947 – Don Touhig, Welsh journalist and politician
• 1948 – Denise Drysdale, Australian television host and actress
• 1949 – John Altman, English composer and conductor
• 1949 – David Manning, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States
• 1951 – Morgan Brittany, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1951 – Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1951 – Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian painter and illustrator
• 1953 – Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
• 1954 – Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright
• 1955 – Miyuki Kawanaka, Japanese singer
• 1955 – Juha Tiainen, Finnish hammer thrower (d. 2003)
• 1956 – Klaus Allofs, German footballer and manager
• 1956 – Butch Lee, Puerto Rican basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Adam Thorpe, French-English author, poet, and playwright
• 1956 – Krystian Zimerman, Polish virtuoso pianist
• 1957 – Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician
• 1957 – Art Monk, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Dynamite Kid, English wrestler (d. 2018)
• 1959 – Lee Chapman, English footballer
• 1959 – Oleksandr Yaroslavsky, Ukrainian businessman
• 1960 – Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1960 – Osvaldo Golijov, Argentinian-American composer and educator
• 1960 – Jack Russell, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1960 – Matthew Taylor, English businessman and politician
• 1961 – Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer
• 1961 – Laura Flanders, British journalist
• 1962 – José Cura, Argentinian tenor, conductor, and director
• 1962 – Pablo Morales, American swimmer and coach
• 1962 – Nivek Ogre, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1962 – Fred Rutten, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1963 – Doctor Dré, American television and radio host
• 1963 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress and playwright (d. 2002)
• 1963 – Alberto Nisman, Argentinian lawyer (d. 2015)
• 1964 – Martin Vinnicombe, Australian cyclist
• 1965 – Manish Malhotra, Indian fashion designer
• 1965 – John Rzeznik, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Wayne Smith, Jamaican rapper (d. 2014)
• 1965 – Valeriy Spitsyn, Russian race walker
• 1967 – Gary Allan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" />
• 1968 – Margaret Cho, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" />
• 1968 – Lisa Marie, American model and actress
• 1968 – Lydia Millet, American novelist
• 1968 – Falilat Ogunkoya, Nigerian sprinter
• 1969 – Eric Etebari, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Morgan J. Freeman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1969 – Sajid Javid, British Pakistani banker and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1969 – Lewis Pugh, English swimmer and lawyer
• 1969 – Ramón Ramírez, Mexican footballer
• 1969 – Catherine Tate, English actress, comedian, and writer<ref name="UPI" />
• 1970 – Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Michel'le, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German businessman and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence
• 1971 – Ashia Hansen, American-English triple jumper
• 1971 – Gabriel Hjertstedt, Swedish golfer
• 1971 – Kali Rocha, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1972 – Cliff Floyd, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Duane Ross, American hurdler and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Argo Arbeiter, Estonian footballer
• 1973 – Arik Benado, Israeli footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Mikelangelo Loconte, Italian singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1973 – Luboš Motl, Czech physicist and academic
• 1974 – Ravish Kumar, Indian journalist and author
• 1974 – Brian Lewis, American sprinter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1975 – Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player and radio host
• 1975 – Paula Patton, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1976 – Amy Acker, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1976 – Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby player
• 1976 – Norishige Kanai, Japanese doctor and astronaut<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1976 – Sachiko Kokubu, Japanese actress and model
• 1976 – Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer and coach
• 1977 – Peter van der Vlag, Dutch footballer
• 1978 – Neil Druckmann, American video game designer and author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1978 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
• 1979 – Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
• 1979 – Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1979 – Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer
• 1979 – Nick Stahl, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1980 – Jessica Paré, Canadian actress
• 1981 – Adan Canto, Mexican actor<ref name="AP" /> (d. 2024)
• 1982 – Eddy Curry, American basketball player<ref>Template:Basketballstats</ref>
• 1982 – Keri Hilson, American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1982 – Gabriel Luna, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1983 – Joakim Lindström, Swedish ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Lauren London, American actress<ref name="UPI" />
• 1985 – Shikhar Dhawan, Indian cricketer
• 1985 – André-Pierre Gignac, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Frankie Muniz, American actor, drummer, and race car driver<ref name="AP" />
• 1985 – Josh Smith, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Danny Wicks, Australian rugby league player
• 1986 – LeGarrette Blount, American football player
• 1986 – James Hinchcliffe, Canadian Indycar racing driver
• 1986 – Justin Smoak, American baseball player
• 1987 – A. J. Pollock, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Ross Bagley, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1988 – Tina Charles, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Kyle Long, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Joanna Rowsell, English cyclist
• 1989 – Jurrell Casey, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Kwon Yu-ri, South Korean singer-songwriter and actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1990 – Montee Ball, American football player
• 1991 – Cam Fowler, Canadian-American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Christian Yelich, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Ilja Antonov, Estonian footballer
• 1992 – Natalie Sourisseau, Canadian field hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Ross Barkley, English footballer
• 1993 – Luciano Vietto, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer
• 1994 – Semi Ojeleye, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Danny Levi, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 – Anthony Martial, French footballer
• 1995 – Kaetlyn Osmond, Canadian figure skater
• 1995 –Levy Rozman, American chess International Master, streamer and YouTuber<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Alexander Sørloth, Norwegian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Maddie Poppe, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Quinnen Williams, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Conan Gray, American singer-songwriter
• 1998 – Randal Kolo Muani, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 63 BC – Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, Roman politician (b. 114 BC)
• 334 – Li Ban, emperor of Cheng Han (b. 288)
• 902 – Ealhswith, queen consort and wife of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex
• 1082 – Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona (b. 1053)
• 1212 – Dirk van Are, bishop and lord of Utrecht
• 1244 – Joan, Countess of Flanders and Hainault (b. 1199 or 1200)
• 1355 – John III, Duke of Brabant (b. 1300)
• 1560 – Francis II of France (b. 1544)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1570 – Johan Friis, Danish politician (b. 1494)

1601–1900

• 1624 – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician (b. 1560)
• 1654 – Jean François Sarrazin, French author and poet (b. 1611)
• 1663 – Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer (b. 1582)
• 1749 – Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian commander and explorer (b. 1685)
• 1758 – Johann Friedrich Fasch, German violinist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1770 – James Stirling, Scottish mathematician and surveyor (b. 1692)
• 1784 – Phillis Wheatley, Senegal-born slave, later American poet (b. 1753)
• 1791 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer and musician (b. 1756)
• 1854 – Henry Ross, Canadian-Australian gold miner (b. 1829)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1819 – Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (b. 1750)
• 1870 – Alexandre Dumas, French novelist and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1887 – Eliza R. Snow, American poet and songwriter (b. 1804)
• 1891 – Pedro II of Brazil (b. 1825)

1901–present

• 1918 – Schalk Willem Burger, South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
• 1925 – Władysław Reymont, Polish novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1926 – Claude Monet, French painter (b. 1840)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1931 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1933 – Alexander Atabekian, Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1940 – Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 – Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 – Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 – Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1951 – Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1953 – William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1955 – Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
• 1961 – Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1963 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer and educator (b. 1905)
• 1963 – Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
• 1964 – V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
• 1965 – Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1968 – Fred Clark, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1969 – Claude Dornier, German engineer and businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884)
• 1969 – Princess Alice of Battenberg (b. 1885)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1973 – Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892)
• 1975 – Constance McLaughlin Green, American historian and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (b. 1894)
• 1977 – Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Russian marshal and politician, Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Jesse Pearson, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 1983 – Robert Aldrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1918)
• 1984 – Cecil M. Harden, American politician (b. 1894)
• 1986 – Edward Youde, Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat, 26th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924)
• 1989 – John Pritchard, English conductor and director (b. 1921)
• 1990 – Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Richard Speck, American mass murderer (b. 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Harry Horner, Czech-American director, producer, and production designer (b. 1910)
• 1995 – L. B. Cole, American illustrator and publisher (b. 1918)
• 1995 – Charles Evans, English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (b. 1918)
• 1995 – Gwen Harwood, Australian poet and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1995 – Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (b. 1922)
• 1997 – Eugen Cicero, Romanian-German jazz pianist (b. 1940)
• 1998 – Albert Gore, Sr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1907)
• 2001 – Franco Rasetti, Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901)
• 2002 – Roone Arledge, American sportscaster and producer (b. 1931)
• 2002 – Ne Win, Burmese general and politician, 4th President of Burma (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Edward L. Masry, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2006 – David Bronstein, Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Andrew Imbrie, American composer and academic (b. 1921)
• 2007 – George Paraskevaides, Greek-Cypriot businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic (b. 1928)
• 2008 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (b. 1929)
• 2008 – George Brecht, American chemist and composer (b. 1926)
• 2008 – Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Beverly Garland, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1926)
• 2008 – Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
• 2009 – William Lederer, American soldier and author (b. 1912)
• 2010 – Alan Armer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938)
• 2011 – Peter Gethin, English racing driver (b. 1940)
• 2011 – Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Dave Brubeck, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b. 1909)
• 2012 – Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília (b. 1907)
• 2012 – Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Fred Bassetti, American architect and academic, founded Bassetti Architects (b. 1917)
• 2013 – William B. Edmondson, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Africa (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Nelson Mandela, South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Fabiola, Queen of Belgium (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Talât Sait Halman, Turkish poet, translator, and historian (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Jackie Healy-Rae, Irish hurdler and politician (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2015 – Vic Eliason, American clergyman and radio host, founded VCY America (b. 1936)
• 2015 – Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Chuck Williams, American businessman and author, founded Williams Sonoma (b. 1915)
• 2016 – Tyruss Himes ("Big Syke"), American rapper (b. 1968)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2017 – Michael I of Romania, fifth and last king of Romania (b. 1921)
• 2017 – August Ames, Canadian American pornographic actress (b. 1994)
• 2019 – Robert Walker, American actor (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Peter Alliss, English professional golfer (b. 1931) <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2021 – Bob Dole, American politician (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022 – Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer (b. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2023 – Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)<ref name="Morris">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – Jacques Roubaud, French poet, writer, and mathematician (b. 1932)<ref>Le poète mathématicien Jacques Roubaud en 2014 dans “Télérama” : “L’Oulipo, c’était à la fois très sérieux et un peu dingue”. telerama.fr, 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Abercius
  • Clement of Alexandria (Episcopal Church)
  • Crispina
  • Dalmatius of Pavia
  • Gerbold
  • Justinian of Ramsey Island
  • Nicetius (Nizier)
  • Pelinus of Brindisi
  • Sabbas the Sanctified
  • December 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Children's Day (Suriname)
• Day of Military Honour - Battle of Moscow (Russia)
• Discovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
• International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development<ref name=un>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Klozum (Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands)
• Saint Nicholas' Eve (Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Germany, Poland and the UK)
  • Krampusnacht (Austria)
• The King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Birthday (Thailand)
• World Soil Day<ref name=un />

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• Template:NYT On this day
• Historical Events on December 5