Tukuk-OS📅 December 5
13 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 5? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2007 — A gunman killed nine people at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska.
- 1972 — Gough Whitlam took office as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia and formed a duumvirate with his deputy Lance Barnard, ending 23 years of Liberal–Country Party government.
Gough WhitlamPrime Minister of AustraliaFirst Whitlam ministry
- 1965 — The "glasnost meeting" took place in Moscow, becoming the first demonstration in the Soviet Union after World War II and marking the beginning of the civil rights movement in the country.
- 1958 — Britain's first motorway, the Preston Bypass, opened to the public.
- 1952 — The "Great Smog of London" (pictured) began and lasted for five days, causing 12,000 deaths and leading to the Clean Air Act 1956.
- 1936 — The 1936 Soviet constitution, also known as the "Stalin constitution", was adopted.
- 1918 — National Guards and Sokol volunteers protested in Zagreb, leading to an armed clash with regiments of the Home Guard and former Common Army.
Sokol movement1918 protest in ZagrebRoyal Croatian Home Guard
- 1914 — The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.
- 1807 — Napoleonic Wars: British ships began a raid on Griessie after the Dutch captain refused a British demand for surrender.
- 1775 — American Revolutionary War: Continental Army colonel Henry Knox arrived at Fort Ticonderoga in New York to arrange the transport of 60 tons of artillery (depicted) to support the siege of Boston.
- 1757 — Seven Years' War: Prussian troops under Frederick the Great defeated Austrian forces at the Battle of Leuthen (pictured).
- 1484 — Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus, which gave the Dominican inquisitor Heinrich Kramer the explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany.
- 1456 — The first of two major earthquakes struck the Kingdom of Naples, killing up to 70,000 people.
Births
- 2009 — Owen Cooper, English actor
- 2008 — Ediz Gürel, Turkish chess grandmaster
- 2000 — Soobin, South Korean singer-songwriter
- 1998 — Conan Gray, American singer-songwriter
- 1998 — Randal Kolo Muani, French footballer
- 1997 — Maddie Poppe, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1997 — Quinnen Williams, American football player
- 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
- 1995 — Alexander Sørloth, Norwegian footballer
Deaths
- 2025 — Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect and designer (b. 1929)
- 2025 — Michael Annett, American Former NASCAR Driver (b. 1986)
- 2024 — Jacques Roubaud, French poet, writer, and mathematician (born 1932)
- 2023 — Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer (born 1922)
- 2022 — Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer (born 1951)
- 2021 — Bob Dole, American politician (born 1923)
- 2020 — Peter Alliss, English professional golfer (born 1931)
- 2019 — Robert Walker, American actor (born 1940)
- 2017 — Michael I of Romania, fifth and last king of Romania (born 1921)
- 2017 — August Ames, Canadian American pornographic actress (born 1994)
- 2016 — Tyruss Himes ("Big Syke"), American rapper (born 1968)
- 2016 — J. Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and Former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (born 1948)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Clement of Alexandria (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Crispina of Numidia
- Christian feast day: Dalmatius of Pavia
- Christian feast day: John Almond
- Christian feast day: Justinian of Ramsey Island
- Christian feast day: Nicetius (Nizier)
- Christian feast day: Pelinus of Brindisi
- Christian feast day: Sabbas the Sanctified
- Christian feast day: 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
- 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
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