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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[63 BC]] – [[Cicero]] gives the fourth and final of the [[Catiline Orations]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Bishop |editor-first1=J. Remsen |editor-last2=King |editor-first2=Frederick Alwin |editor-last3=Helm |editor-first3=Nathan Wilbur |title=Cicero: Ten Orations and Selected Letters |location=New York |publisher=American Book Co. |date=1912 |oclc=4713150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4UXAAAAIAAJ |page=88}}</ref> * [[633]] – [[Fourth Council of Toledo]] opens, presided over by [[Isidore of Seville]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Schaff |first=Philip |title=History of the Christian Church. Volume IV: Mediaeval Christianity, from Gregory I to Gregory VII, A.D. 590-1073 |location=Grand Rapids, Mich. |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans |date=1910 |oclc=4306917 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0yktsqpvS4C |page=663}}</ref> *[[1033]] – The [[1033 Jordan Rift Valley earthquake|Jordan Rift Valley earthquake]] destroys [[List of largest cities in the Levant region by population|multiple cities]] across the [[Levant]], triggers a [[tsunami]] and kills many.<ref name="Kallner-Amiran">{{cite journal |last1=Kallner-Amiran |first1=D. H. |title=A Revised Earthquake-Catalogue of Palestine |date=1950 |publisher=Israel Exploration Society |pages=223–246 |issue=4 |volume=1 |journal=Israel Exploration Journal |jstor=27924451 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27924451.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724062529/https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/27924451.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-24 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1082]] – [[Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona]] is assassinated, most likely by his brother, [[Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona|Berenguer Ramon II]].<ref>{{cite book |translator-last=Nelson |translator-first=Lynn H. |title=The Chronicle of San Juan de la Peña: A Fourteenth-Century Official History of the Crown of Aragon |location=Philadelphia |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |date=1991 |isbn=9780812213522 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cVml0pDn2LoC |pages=48–49, 119 fn.176}}</ref> *[[1408]] – Seeking to resubjugate [[Grand Duchy of Moscow|Muscovy]], Emir [[Edigu]] of the [[Golden Horde]] reaches Moscow, burning areas around the city but failing to take the city itself.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kwanten |first=Luc |title=Imperial Nomads: A History of Central Asia, 500-1500 |location=Leicester, U.K. |publisher=Leicester University Press |date=1979 |isbn=9780718511807 |page=265}}</ref> *[[1456]] – The first of [[1456 Central Italy earthquakes|two earthquakes]] measuring {{M|w}} 7.2 strikes Italy, causing extreme destruction and killing upwards of 70,000 people.<ref name="Nunziata">{{cite journal |author1=C. Nunziata |author2=M. R. Costanzo |title=Ground Shaking Scenario at the Historical Center of Napoli (Southern Italy) for the 1456 and 1688 Earthquakes |journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics |date=2020 |volume=177 |issue=7 |pages=3175–3190 |doi=10.1007/s00024-020-02426-y |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00024-020-02426-y |publisher=[[Springer Science+Business Media]] |bibcode=2020PApGe.177.3175N |s2cid=210975336|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *[[1484]] – [[Pope Innocent VIII]] issues the ''[[Summis desiderantes affectibus]]'', a [[papal bull]] that deputizes [[Heinrich Kramer]] and [[Jacob Sprenger]] as [[inquisition|inquisitors]] to root out alleged [[witchcraft]] in Germany.<ref>{{cite book |last=Quaife |first=G.R. |title=Godly Zeal and Furious Rage: The Witch in Early Modern Europe |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |date=1987 |isbn=9780312004750 |page=21}}</ref> *[[1496]] – King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] issues a decree ordering the expulsion of Jews from the country.<ref>{{cite book |last=Soyer |first=Francis |title=Persecution of the Jews and Muslims of Portugal: King Manuel I and the End of Religious Tolerance (1496-7) |location=Boston |publisher=Brill |date=2014 |isbn=9789004162624 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTSwCQAAQBAJ |pages=187–190}}</ref> *[[1560]] – Thirteen-year-old [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] becomes king of France, with Queen Mother [[Catherine de' Medici]] as regent.<ref>{{cite book |last=Garrisson |first=Janine |translator-last=Rex |translator-first=Richard |title=A History of Sixteenth-Century France, 1483-1598: Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion |location=Basingstoke, U.K. |publisher=Macmillan |date=1995 |isbn=9780333604595 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D5FKEAAAQBAJ |page=226}}</ref> *[[1578]] – Sir [[Francis Drake]], after sailing through [[Strait of Magellan]], raids [[Valparaiso]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Marley |last=David F. |title=Wars of the Americas: A Chronology of Armed Conflict in the New World, 1492 to the Present |location=Oxford, U.K. |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=1998 |isbn=9780874368376 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdvp3cGJUZoC |pages=68–69}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1649]] – The town of [[Raahe]] ({{langx|sv|Brahestad}}) is founded by Count [[Per Brahe the Younger]].<ref>[https://www.infofinland.fi/fi/raahe/tietoa-raahesta Tietoa Raahesta – InfoFinland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727110554/https://www.infofinland.fi/fi/raahe/tietoa-raahesta |date=2021-07-27 }} (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[http://www.jukkajoutsi.com/raahe.html Jukka Joutsi: Raahe] (in Finnish)</ref> *[[1757]] – [[Seven Years' War]]: [[Battle of Leuthen]]: [[Frederick II of Prussia]] leads [[Prussia]]n forces to a decisive victory over [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] forces under [[Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine]]. *[[1766]] – In London, auctioneer [[James Christie (auctioneer)|James Christie]] holds his first sale. *[[1770]] – [[29th Regiment of Foot]] [[private (rank)|privates]] [[Hugh Montgomery (British Army soldier)|Hugh Montgomery]] and [[Matthew Kilroy (British Army soldier)|Matthew Kilroy]] are found guilty for the manslaughter of [[Crispus Attucks]] and Samuel Gray respectively in the [[Boston Massacre]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonmassacre.net/trial/trial-summary4.htm |title=The Summary of the Boston Massacre Trial |last=Adams |first=John |author-link=John Adams |date=March 5, 1773 |website=bostonmassacre.net |publisher= |access-date=October 1, 2023 |quote=}}</ref> *[[1775]] – At [[Fort Ticonderoga]], [[Henry Knox]] begins his historic [[Noble train of artillery|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>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pbk.org/History |title=PBK_History |last=Society |first=Phi Beta Kappa |website=www.pbk.org |publisher=[[Phi Beta Kappa]] |access-date=2019-12-10 |archive-date=2019-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219191722/https://www.pbk.org/History |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1831]] – Former U.S. President [[John Quincy Adams]] takes his seat in the [[United States House of Representatives|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>{{cite web |url=http://www.newhavensymphony.com/about_us.htm |title=New Haven Symphony Orchestra: About Us |access-date=2007-10-17 |work=www.newhavensymphony.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916152050/http://www.newhavensymphony.com/about_us.htm |archive-date=2007-09-16}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1914]] – The [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of [[Antarctica]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Alexander |first=C. |date=1998 |title=The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition |location=New York |publisher=[[Knopf]] |isbn=9780375404030 |pages=12 15}}</ref> *[[1919]] – [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[Polonsky conspiracy]] is suppressed and its participants are executed by the [[Kontrrazvedka]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Darch |first=Colin |title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921 |year=2020 |location=[[London]] |publisher=[[Pluto Press]] |isbn=9781786805263 |oclc=1225942343 |page=90}}</ref> *[[1921]] – [[The Football Association]] bans [[women's football in England]] from league grounds, a ban that stays in place for 50 years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-12-12 |title=WW1: Why was women's football banned in 1921? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30329606 |access-date=2021-12-05}}</ref> *[[1933]] – The [[Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified, repealing [[Prohibition in the United States]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Shari Parsons |chapter=Voluntary Committee of Lawyers |title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives |editor-last=Martin |editor-first=Scott C. |location=Thousand Oaks, Calif. |publisher=Sage |date=2015 |isbn=9781483325255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ANm5BgAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false |page=1343}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Abyssinia Crisis]]: [[Kingdom of Italy|Italian]] troops attack [[Wal Wal]] in [[Ethiopia|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 [[1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union|constitution]] and the [[Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic]] is established as a full [[Republics of the Soviet Union|Union Republic]] of the [[Soviet Union|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]], [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1138501.shtml |title=Fact File: Declaration of War on Finland, Hungary and Romania, 5 December 1941 |work=WW2 People's War |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=2014-10-15 |access-date=2019-08-07}}</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 [[Department of Health and Social Care|Ministry of Health]] report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Humphreys |first=Julian |title=Milestones |editor-last=Attar |editor-first=Rob |magazine=BBC History magazine |date=December 2012 |publisher=BBC |location=Northampton |pages=10–11}}</ref> *[[1955]] – The [[American Federation of Labor]] and the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]] merge and form the [[AFL-CIO|AFL–CIO]]. * 1955 – [[E. D. Nixon]] and [[Rosa Parks]] lead the [[Montgomery bus boycott]]. *[[1958]] – [[Subscriber trunk dialling|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 motorway|M6]] and [[M55 motorway|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]] [[Egypt–Iraq relations|breaks diplomatic relations]] with [[Syria]], [[Libya]], [[Algeria]], [[Iraq]] and [[South Yemen]] in retaliation to preventing President [[Anwar Sadat|Anwar el‐Sadat]] from pursuing negotiations with Israel at the Tripoli confer. *[[1983]] – Dissolution of the [[National Reorganization Process|Military Junta]] in [[Argentina]]. *[[1991]] – [[Leonid Kravchuk]] is elected the first [[president of Ukraine]]. *[[1994]] – The [[Budapest Memorandum]] is signed at the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]] conference in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]. *[[1995]] – [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]: [[Sri Lanka]]'s government announces the [[Battle of Jaffna (1995)|conquest]] of the [[Tamil people|Tamil]] stronghold of [[Jaffna]]. * 1995 – [[Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56]] crashes near [[Nakhchivan International Airport]] in [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhchivan]], [[Azerbaijan]], killing 52 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134B-3 4K-65703 Nakhichevan Airport (NAJ) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19951205-0 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202143221/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19951205-0 |archive-date=2008-12-02}}</ref> * [[2001]] – [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] launches on [[STS-108]], carrying the [[Expedition 4]] crew to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite web |title=STS-108 |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-108.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223939/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-108.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=14 June 2008 |website=NASA}}</ref> *[[2005]] – The [[Civil Partnership Act 2004|Civil Partnership Act]] comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first [[Civil partnership in the United Kingdom|civil partnership]] is registered there. * 2005 – The 6.8 {{M|w}} [[2005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake|Lake Tanganyika earthquake]] shakes the eastern provinces of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''), killing six people. *[[2006]] – Commodore [[Frank Bainimarama]] [[2006 Fijian coup d'état|overthrows]] the government in [[Fiji]]. *[[2007]] – [[Westroads Mall shooting]]: Nineteen-year-old Robert A. Hawkins kills nine people, including himself, with a [[WASR-series rifles|WASR-10]] at a [[Von Maur]] department store in [[Omaha, Nebraska]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna22121456 |title=Profiles of 8 who died in Omaha mall massacre |date=December 7, 2007 |website=msnbc.com}}</ref> *[[2013]] – Militants [[2013 Yemeni Ministry of Defense attack|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 (spacecraft)|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 (died 912) *[[1377]] – [[Jianwen Emperor]] of China (died 1402) *[[1389]] – [[Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)|Zbigniew Oleśnicki]], Polish cardinal and statesman (died 1455) *[[1443]] – [[Pope Julius II]] (died 1513) *[[1470]] – [[Willibald Pirckheimer]], German lawyer and author (died 1530) *[[1495]] – [[Nicolas Cleynaerts]], Flemish philologist and lexicographer (died 1542) *[[1537]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshiaki]], Japanese shōgun (died 1597) *[[1539]] – [[Fausto Sozzini]], Italian theologian and author (died 1604) *[[1547]] – [[Ubbo Emmius]], Dutch historian and geographer (died 1625) *[[1556]] – [[Anne Cecil, Countess of Oxford]], English countess (died 1588) *[[1596]] – [[Henry Lawes]], English composer (died 1662) ===1601–1900=== *[[1661]] – [[Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer]], English lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Northern Department]] (died 1724) *[[1666]] – [[Francesco Scarlatti]], Italian violinist and composer (died 1741) *[[1687]] – [[Francesco Geminiani]], Italian violinist and composer (died 1762) *[[1697]] – [[Giuseppe de Majo]], Italian organist and composer (died 1771) *[[1782]] – [[Martin Van Buren]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[President of the United States]] (died 1862) *[[1784]] – [[George Shepherd (artist)|George Shepherd]], English illustrator and painter (died 1862) *[[1803]] – [[Fyodor Tyutchev]], Russian poet and diplomat (died 1873) *[[1820]] – [[Afanasy Fet]], Russian poet and author (died 1892) *[[1822]] – [[Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz]], American philosopher and academic, co-founded [[Radcliffe College]] (died 1907) *[[1829]] – [[Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière]], French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th [[Premier of Quebec]] (died 1908) *[[1830]] – [[Christina Rossetti]], English poet and author (died 1894) *[[1839]] – [[George Armstrong Custer]], American general (died 1876) *[[1841]] – [[Marcus Daly]], Irish-American businessman (died 1900) *[[1849]] – [[Eduard Seler]], German anthropologist, ethnohistorian, linguist, and academic (died 1922) *[[1855]] – [[Clinton Hart Merriam]], American zoologist, ornithologist, entomologist, and ethnographer (died 1942) *[[1859]] – [[John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe]], English admiral and politician, 2nd [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (died 1935) *[[1861]] – [[Konstantin Korovin]], Russian-French painter and set designer (died 1939) *[[1862]] – [[John Henry Leech]], English entomologist (died 1900) *[[1863]] – [[Paul Painlevé]], French mathematician and politician, 84th [[Prime Minister of France]] (died 1933) *[[1866]] – [[John Beresford (polo player)|John Beresford]], Irish polo player (died 1944) * 1866 – [[Traian Demetrescu]], Romanian poet and author (died 1896) *[[1867]] – [[Antti Aarne]], Finnish author and academic (died 1925) * 1867 – [[Józef Piłsudski]], Polish field marshal and politician, 15th [[List of Prime Ministers of Poland|Prime Minister of Poland]] (died 1935) *[[1868]] – [[Arnold Sommerfeld]], German physicist and academic (died 1951) *[[1869]] – [[Ellis Parker Butler]], American author and poet (died 1937) *[[1870]] – [[Vítězslav Novák]], Czech composer and educator (died 1949) *[[1872]] – [[Harry Nelson Pillsbury]], American chess player (died 1906) *[[1875]] – [[Arthur Currie]], Canadian general (died 1933) *[[1879]] – [[Clyde Vernon Cessna]], American pilot and businessman, founded the [[Cessna|Cessna Aircraft Corporation]] (died 1954) *[[1881]] – [[René Cresté]], French actor and director (died 1922) *[[1886]] – [[Rose Wilder Lane]], American journalist and author (died 1968) * 1886 – [[Pieter Oud]], Dutch historian, academic, and politician, [[Ministry of Finance (Netherlands)|Minister of Finance of the Netherlands]] (died 1968) * 1886 – [[Nikolai Uglanov]], Soviet politician (died 1937) *[[1890]] – [[David Bomberg]], English painter, illustrator, and academic (died 1957) * 1890 – [[Fritz Lang]], Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1976) *[[1891]] – [[Paul Kogerman]], Estonian chemist and academic (died 1951) *[[1894]] – [[Charles Robberts Swart]], South African lawyer and politician, 1st [[State President of South Africa]] (died 1982) *[[1895]] – [[Elbert Frank Cox]], American mathematician and academic (died 1969) *[[1896]] – [[Ann Nolan Clark]], American historian, author, and educator (died 1995) * 1896 – [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1984) *[[1897]] – [[Nunnally Johnson]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1977) * 1897 – [[Gershom Scholem]], German-Israeli philosopher and historian (died 1982) *[[1898]] – [[Josh Malihabadi]], Indian-Pakistani poet and translator (died 1982) * 1898 – [[Grace Moore]], American soprano and actress (died 1947) *[[1900]] – [[Jimmy Dimmock]], English footballer (died 1972) ===1901–present=== * *[[1901]] – [[Walt Disney]], American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded [[The Walt Disney Company]] (died 1966)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ryan |first1=James Gilbert |last2=Schlup |first2=Leonard C. |title=Historical Dictionary of the 1940s |date=26 March 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-46865-3 |page=107 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TnmsBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107 |language=en}}</ref> * 1901 – [[Milton H. Erickson]], American psychiatrist and author (died 1980) * 1901 – [[Werner Heisenberg]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1976)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 5: Paula Patton, Frankie Muniz |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/05/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-5-Paula-Patton-Frankie-Muniz/1281670185068/#:~:text=5%3A%20Paula%20Patton%2C%20Frankie%20Muniz,-By%20UPI%20Staff |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=4 December 2023 |date=5 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1902]] – [[Emeric Pressburger]], Hungarian-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1988) * 1902 – [[Strom Thurmond]], American educator, general, and politician, 103rd [[Governor of South Carolina]] (died 2003)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1903]] – [[Johannes Heesters]], Dutch-German actor and singer (died 2011) * 1903 – [[C. F. Powell]], English-Italian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1969) *[[1905]] – [[Francisco Javier Arana]], Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (died 1949) * 1905 – [[Otto Preminger]], Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (died 1986)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1907]] – [[Lin Biao]], Chinese general and politician, 2nd [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (died 1971) * 1907 – [[Giuseppe Occhialini]], Italian-French physicist and academic (died 1993) *[[1910]] – [[Abraham Polonsky]], American director and screenwriter (died 1999) *[[1911]] – [[Władysław Szpilman]], Polish pianist and composer (died 2000) *[[1912]] – [[Kate Simon]], American travel writer (died 1990) * 1912 – [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]], American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (died 1965) *[[1913]] – [[Esther Borja]], Cuban soprano and actress (died 2013) *1913 – [[Bruce Conde]], American army officer, mercenary, stamp collector, and royalty claimant (died 1992)<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-08-04 |title=Obituary: Bruce Conde |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bruce-conde-1538240.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210528061516/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bruce-conde-1538240.html |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> *[[1914]] – [[Helen Dettweiler]], American golfer (died 1990)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/helen-dettweiler/ |title=Helen Dettweiler |publisher=Society for American Baseball Research |first=Warren |last=Corbett |access-date=28 March 2024}}</ref> * 1914 – [[Hans Hellmut Kirst]], German lieutenant and author (died 1989) *[[1916]] – [[Hilary Koprowski]], Polish-American virologist and immunologist, created the world's first effective live [[polio vaccine]] (died 2013) * 1916 – [[Walt McPherson]], American basketball player and coach (died 2013) *[[1917]] – [[Ken Downing]], English racing driver (died 2004) *[[1919]] – [[Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont]], English historian and politician (died 2020) *[[1921]] – [[Alvy Moore]], American actor and producer (died 1997) *[[1922]] – [[Casey Ribicoff]], American philanthropist (died 2011) * 1922 – [[Don Robertson (songwriter)|Don Robertson]], American songwriter and pianist (died 2015) *[[1924]] – [[Robert Sobukwe]], South African banker and politician (died 1978) *[[1925]] – [[Anastasio Somoza Debayle]], Nicaraguan politician, 73rd [[President of Nicaragua]] (died 1980) *[[1926]] – [[Adetoun Ogunsheye]], first female Nigerian professor and university dean<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.tribuneonlineng.com/prof-adetowun-ogunsheye-nigerias-first-female-professor-turns-90/ |title=Prof Adetoun Ogunsheye, Nigeria's first female professor, turns 90 |date=November 29, 2016 |work=Tribune Online |access-date=May 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426235249/http://www.tribuneonlineng.com/prof-adetowun-ogunsheye-nigerias-first-female-professor-turns-90/ |archive-date=April 26, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]], King of Thailand (died 2016)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1927 – [[W.D. Amaradeva]], Sri Lankan musician and composer (died 2016) *[[1929]] – [[Madis Kõiv]], Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (died 2014) *[[1930]] – [[Yi-Fu Tuan]], Chinese-American geographer (died 2022) *[[1931]] – [[Ladislav Novák]], Czech footballer and manager (died 2011) *[[1932]] – [[Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs]], British politician * 1932 – [[Sheldon Glashow]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1932 – [[Jim Hurtubise]], American race car driver (died 1989) * 1932 – [[Nadira (Indian actress)|Nadira]], Indian actress (died 2006) * 1932 – [[Little Richard]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2020)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1933]] – [[Gennadiy Agapov]], Russian race walker (died 1999) * 1933 – [[Harry Holgate]], Australian politician, 36th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (died 1997) *[[1934]] – [[Joan Didion]], American novelist and screenwriter (died 2021)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1935]] – [[Calvin Trillin]], American novelist, humorist, and journalist<ref name="UPI" /> * 1935 – [[Yury Vlasov]], Ukrainian-Russian weightlifter and politician (died 2021) *[[1936]] – [[James Lee Burke]], American journalist, author, and academic *[[1938]] – [[J. J. Cale]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 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 (musician)|Frank Wilson]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2012) *[[1942]] – [[Bryan Murray (ice hockey)|Bryan Murray]], Canadian ice hockey coach (died 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 (singer)|Andy Kim]], Canadian pop singer-songwriter * 1946 – [[Sarel van der Merwe]], South African racing driver *[[1947]] – [[Rudy Fernandez (triathlete)|Rudy Fernandez]], Filipino triathlete (died 2022) * 1947 – [[Bruce Golding]], Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Jamaica]] * 1947 – [[Tony Gregory]], Irish activist and politician (died 2009) * 1947 – [[Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa]], Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=9783319241630 |page=143}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Jim Messina (musician)|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 (died 2022) * 1947 – [[Don Touhig]], Welsh journalist and politician *[[1948]] – [[Denise Drysdale]], Australian television host and actress *[[1949]] – [[John Altman (composer)|John Altman]], English composer and conductor * 1949 – [[David Manning]], English civil servant and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States|British Ambassador to the United States]] *[[1951]] – [[Morgan Brittany]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1951 – [[Link Byfield]], Canadian journalist and author (died 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 (died 2003) *[[1956]] – [[Klaus Allofs]], German footballer and manager * 1956 – [[Butch Lee]], Puerto Rican basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Butch Lee |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77356/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</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>{{cite web |last1=Hawkins |first1=Maurice |title=Redskins celebrate Hall of Famer Art Monk at 60 |url=https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/2017/12/06/redskins-celebrate-hall-of-famer-art-monk-at-60/ |publisher=[[USA Today]] |access-date=29 November 2022 |date=6 December 2017}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Dynamite Kid]], English wrestler (died 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 (musician)|Jack Russell]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petri |first=Alexandra E. |date=2024-08-16 |title=Jack Russell, 63, Dies; Singer for Great White and Survivor of Nightclub Fire |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/arts/music/jack-russell-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 1960 – [[Matthew Taylor (Labour politician)|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 (died 2002) * 1963 – [[Alberto Nisman]], Argentinian lawyer (died 2015) *[[1964]] – [[Martin Vinnicombe]], Australian cyclist *[[1965]] – [[Manish Malhotra]], Indian fashion designer * 1965 – [[John Rzeznik]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 5, 2022 includes celebrities John Rzeznik, Paula Patton |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-5-2022-includes-celebrities-john-rzeznik-paula-patton.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=4 December 2023 |date=5 December 2022}}</ref> * 1965 – [[Wayne Smith (musician)|Wayne Smith]], Jamaican rapper (died 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 (actress)|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 (footballer)|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, [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|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>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/duane-ross-14250060 |title=Duane ROSS |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Argo Arbeiter]], Estonian footballer * 1973 – [[Arik Benado]], Israeli footballer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mhaifafc.com/historyPlayer.asp?P=1055&lang=en |title=First Team | Arik Benado |website=mhaifafc.com}}</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 (athlete)|Brian Lewis]], American sprinter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/brian-lewis-14244003 |title=Brian LEWIS |website=worldathletics.org}}</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>{{cite book |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=John |title=Japanese Missions to the International Space Station: Hope from the East |date=2019 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030045340 |page=265}}</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>{{cite web |url=http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ndruckma/bio.html |title=Neil Druckmann - Bio |last=Druckmann |first=Neil |publisher=[[Carnegie Mellon University]] |access-date=October 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031030053540/http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ndruckma/bio.html |archive-date=October 30, 2003}}</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" /> (died 2024) *[[1982]] – [[Eddy Curry]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats|bbr=c/curryed01}}</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>{{cite web |title=Joakim Lindstrom |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/joakim-lindstrom-8470152 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Lauren London]], American actress<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1985]] – [[Shikhar Dhawan]], Indian cricketer * 1985 – [[André-Pierre Gignac]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=A. Gignac |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/andre-pierre-gignac/3125/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Frankie Muniz]], American actor, drummer, and race car driver<ref name="AP" /> * 1985 – [[Josh Smith]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Smith |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2746/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</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>{{cite web |title=AJ Pollock |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/aj-pollock-572041 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Ross Bagley]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1988 – [[Tina Charles (basketball)|Tina Charles]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tina Charles |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/202250/tina-charles |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Kyle Long]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyle Long |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15801/kyle-long |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Joanna Rowsell]], English cyclist *[[1989]] – [[Jurrell Casey]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jurrell Casey |url=http://www.nfl.com/player/jurrellcasey/2495476/profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=18 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Kwon Yu-ri]], South Korean singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=72 |access-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064350/https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Montee Ball]], American football player *[[1991]] – [[Cam Fowler]], Canadian-American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Cam Fowler |url=https://www.nhl.com/ducks/player/cam-fowler-8475764 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Jacopo Sala]], Italian footballer * 1991 – [[Christian Yelich]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Yelich |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/christian-yelich-592885 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Ilja Antonov]], Estonian footballer * 1992 – [[Natalie Sourisseau]], Canadian field hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Natalie Sourisseau |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/natalie-sourisseau/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=9 January 2020 |language=en |date=25 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Ross Barkley]], English footballer * 1993 – [[Luciano Vietto]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Luciano Vietto |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/12949/Luciano-Vietto/overview |website=[[Premier League]] |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Ondrej Duda]], Slovak footballer * 1994 – [[Semi Ojeleye]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Semi Ojeleye |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628400/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</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|International Master]], streamer and YouTuber<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chess.com/players/levy-rozman |title=Levy Rozman | Chess Celebrities}}</ref> * 1995 – [[Alexander Sørloth]], Norwegian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Sørloth |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/teams/players/250061361--alexander-sorloth/ |website=[[UEFA]] |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Maddie Poppe]], American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>{{cite web |title='American Idol' Top 7 spoilers: Who is singing on May 6, what two songs will each perform? |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/american-idol-top-7-season-16-songs-may-6/ |website=GOLD DERBY |language=en |date=6 May 2018}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Quinnen Williams]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Quinnen Williams |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4040982/quinnen-williams |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Conan Gray]], American singer-songwriter * 1998 – [[Randal Kolo Muani]], French footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Randal Kolo Muani |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/teams/players/250146926--randal-kolo-muani/ |website=[[UEFA]] |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[63 BC]] – [[Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura]], Roman politician (born 114 BC) * [[334]] – [[Li Ban]], emperor of [[Cheng Han]] (born 288) * [[902]] – [[Ealhswith]], [[queen consort]] and wife of [[Alfred the Great]], King of [[Wessex]] *[[1082]] – [[Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona]] (born 1053) *[[1212]] – [[Dirk van Are]], bishop and lord of Utrecht *[[1244]] – [[Joan, Countess of Flanders]] and [[County of Hainaut|Hainault]] (born 1199 or 1200) *[[1355]] – [[John III, Duke of Brabant]] (born 1300) *[[1560]] – [[Francis II of France]] (born 1544)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Willert |first1=Paul Ferdinand |title=Henry of Navarre and the Huguenots in France |date=1893 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=21}}</ref> *[[1570]] – [[Johan Friis]], Danish politician (born 1494) ===1601–1900=== *[[1624]] – [[Gaspard Bauhin]], Swiss botanist and physician (born 1560) *[[1654]] – [[Jean François Sarrazin]], French author and poet (born 1611) *[[1663]] – [[Severo Bonini]], Italian organist and composer (born 1582) *[[1749]] – [[Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye]], Canadian commander and explorer (born 1685) *[[1758]] – [[Johann Friedrich Fasch]], German violinist and composer (born 1688) *[[1770]] – [[James Stirling (mathematician)|James Stirling]], Scottish mathematician and surveyor (born 1692) *[[1784]] – [[Phillis Wheatley]], Senegal-born slave, later American poet (born 1753) *[[1791]] – [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], Austrian composer and musician (born 1756) *[[1854]] – [[Henry Ross]], Canadian-Australian gold miner (born 1829)<ref>{{cite web |last=Wickham |first=Dorothy |title=Eureka's Fallen |publisher=Ballarat Heritage Services |year=2019 |url=https://ballaratheritage.com.au/article/eurekas-fallen/ |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref> *[[1819]] – [[Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg]], German poet and lawyer (born 1750) *[[1870]] – [[Alexandre Dumas]], French novelist and playwright (born 1802) *[[1887]] – [[Eliza R. Snow]], American poet and songwriter (born 1804) *[[1891]] – [[Pedro II of Brazil]] (born 1825) ===1901–present=== *[[1918]] – [[Schalk Willem Burger]], South African commander, lawyer, and politician, 6th [[List of Presidents of the South African Republic|President of the South African Republic]] (born 1852) *[[1925]] – [[Władysław Reymont]], Polish novelist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1867) *[[1926]] – [[Claude Monet]], French painter (born 1840)<ref>{{cite web |title=Claude Monet | Biography, Art, Water Lilies, Haystacks, Impression: Sunrise, & Facts | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claude-Monet |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=7 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Vachel Lindsay]], American poet (born 1879) *[[1933]] – [[Alexander Atabekian]], Armenian physician and anarchist publisher (born 1869)<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Biryukova |editor-first=Andreya |year=2013 |chapter=Предисловие |trans-chapter=Preface |title=Против власти: сборник статей |trans-title=Against Power: a collection of articles |location=[[Moscow]] |publisher=Librocom |isbn=978-5-397-03166-0 |oclc=840427393 |page=14 |language=ru}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Jan Kubelík]], Czech violinist and composer (born 1880) *[[1941]] – [[Amrita Sher-Gil]], Hungarian-Pakistani painter (born 1913) *[[1942]] – [[Jock Delves Broughton]], English captain (born 1883) *[[1946]] – [[Louis Dewis]], Belgian-French painter and educator (born 1872) *[[1951]] – [[Shoeless Joe Jackson]], American baseball player and manager (born 1887) * 1951 – [[Abanindranath Tagore]], Indian painter, author, and academic (born 1871) *[[1953]] – [[William Sterling Parsons]], American admiral (born 1901) *[[1955]] – [[Glenn L. Martin]], American pilot and businessman, founded the [[Glenn L. Martin Company]] (born 1886) *[[1961]] – [[Emil Fuchs (baseball)|Emil Fuchs]], German-American lawyer and businessman (born 1878) *[[1963]] – [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]], German composer and educator (born 1905) * 1963 – [[Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy]], Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (born 1892) *[[1964]] – [[V. Veerasingam]], Sri Lankan educator and politician (born 1892) *[[1965]] – [[Joseph Erlanger]], American physiologist, neuroscientist, and academic [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1874) *[[1968]] – [[Fred Clark]], American actor (born 1914) *[[1969]] – [[Claude Dornier]], German engineer and businessman, founded [[Dornier Flugzeugwerke]] (born 1884) * 1969 – [[Princess Alice of Battenberg]] (born 1885)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lagos |first1=Constantinos |last2=Carr |first2=John |title=Philip, Prince of Greece: The Duke of Edinburgh's Early Life and the Greek Succession |date=30 June 2021 |publisher=Pen and Sword History |isbn=978-1-5267-9083-5 |page=282 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WBcuEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT282 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Robert Watson-Watt]], Scottish engineer, invented the [[radar]] (born 1892) *[[1975]] – [[Constance McLaughlin Green]], American historian and author (born 1897) *[[1977]] – [[Katherine Milhous]], American author and illustrator (born 1894) * 1977 – [[Aleksandr Vasilevsky]], Russian marshal and politician, [[Minister of Defence (Soviet Union)|Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union]] (born 1895) *[[1979]] – [[Jesse Pearson (actor)|Jesse Pearson]], American actor, singer, and screenwriter (born 1930) *[[1983]] – [[Robert Aldrich]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1918) *[[1984]] – [[Cecil M. Harden]], American politician (born 1894) *[[1986]] – [[Edward Youde]], Welsh-Chinese sinologist and diplomat, 26th [[Governor of Hong Kong]] (born 1924) *[[1989]] – [[John Pritchard (conductor)|John Pritchard]], English conductor and director (born 1921) *[[1990]] – [[Alfonso A. Ossorio]], Filipino-American painter and sculptor (born 1916) *[[1991]] – [[Richard Speck]], American mass murderer (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-02 |title=Richard Speck | Serial Killer, Murderer of 8 Nurses | Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Speck |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Harry Horner]], Czech-American director, producer, and production designer (born 1910) *[[1995]] – [[L. B. Cole]], American illustrator and publisher (born 1918) * 1995 – [[Charles Evans (mountaineer)|Charles Evans]], English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (born 1918) * 1995 – [[Gwen Harwood]], Australian poet and playwright (born 1920) * 1995 – [[Clair Patterson|Clair Cameron Patterson]], American scientist (born 1922) *[[1997]] – [[Eugen Cicero]], Romanian-German jazz pianist (born 1940) *[[1998]] – [[Albert Gore, Sr.]], American lawyer and politician (born 1907) *[[2001]] – [[Franco Rasetti]], Italian-American physicist and academic (born 1901) *[[2002]] – [[Roone Arledge]], American sportscaster and producer (born 1931) * 2002 – [[Ne Win]], Burmese general and politician, 4th [[President of Burma]] (born 1911) *[[2005]] – [[Edward L. Masry]], American lawyer and politician (born 1932) *[[2006]] – [[David Bronstein]], Ukrainian-Belarusian chess player and theoretician (born 1924) *[[2007]] – [[Andrew Imbrie]], American composer and academic (born 1921) * 2007 – [[George Paraskevaides]], Greek-Cypriot businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Joannou & Paraskevaides]] (born 1916) * 2007 – [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], German composer and academic (born 1928) *[[2008]] – [[Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow]] (born 1929) * 2008 – [[George Brecht]], American chemist and composer (born 1926) * 2008 – [[Nina Foch]], Dutch-American actress (born 1924) * 2008 – [[Beverly Garland]], American actress and businesswoman (born 1926) * 2008 – [[Anca Parghel]], Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1957) *[[2009]] – [[William Lederer]], American soldier and author (born 1912) *[[2010]] – [[Alan Armer]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922) * 2010 – [[Don Meredith]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor (born 1938) *[[2011]] – [[Peter Gethin]], English racing driver (born 1940) * 2011 – [[Gennady Logofet]], Russian footballer and manager (born 1942) *[[2012]] – [[Dave Brubeck]], American pianist and composer (born 1920) * 2012 – [[Elisabeth Murdoch (philanthropist)|Elisabeth Murdoch]], Australian philanthropist (born 1909) * 2012 – [[Oscar Niemeyer]], Brazilian architect, designed the [[United Nations Headquarters]] and [[Cathedral of Brasília]] (born 1907) * 2012 – [[Ignatius IV of Antioch]], Syrian patriarch (born 1920) *[[2013]] – [[Fred Bassetti]], American architect and academic, founded [[Bassetti Architects]] (born 1917) * 2013 – [[William B. Edmondson]], American lawyer and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to South Africa]] (born 1927) * 2013 – [[Nelson Mandela]], South African lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of South Africa]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1918) *[[2014]] – [[Ernest C. Brace]], American captain and pilot (born 1931) * 2014 – [[Queen Fabiola of Belgium|Fabiola]], Queen of Belgium (born 1928) * 2014 – [[Talât Sait Halman]], Turkish poet, translator, and historian (born 1931) * 2014 – [[Jackie Healy-Rae]], Irish hurdler and politician (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Finn |first1=Christina |title=Tributes to the late Jackie Healy-Rae to be heard in the Dáil |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/tributes-to-the-late-jackie-healy-rae-to-be-heard-in-the-dail-4692837-Jun2019/ |website=TheJournal.ie |date=26 June 2019 |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Silvio Zavala]], Mexican historian and author (born 1909) *[[2015]] – [[Vic Eliason]], American clergyman and radio host, founded [[VCY America]] (born 1936) * 2015 – [[Tibor Rubin]], Hungarian-American soldier, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (born 1929) * 2015 – [[Chuck Williams (author)|Chuck Williams]], American businessman and author, founded [[Williams Sonoma (brand)|Williams Sonoma]] (born 1915) *[[2016]] – [[Tyruss Himes]] ("Big Syke"), American rapper (born 1968)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tmz.com/2016/12/06/tupac-rapper-big-syke-dead |title=Rapper Big Syke Dead at 48 |publisher=Tmz.com |date=December 6, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vibe.com/2016/12/rapper-big-syke-dead-48-years-old-tupac |title=Rapper Big Syke Passed Away at 48 |publisher=Vibe.com |date=December 6, 2016}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Michael I of Romania]], fifth and last king of Romania (born 1921) * 2017 – [[August Ames]], Canadian American pornographic actress (born 1994) *[[2019]] – [[Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)|Robert Walker]], American actor (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2019-12-06 |title=Robert Walker Jr., 'Star Trek' Actor and Son of Hollywood Superstars, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-walker-jr-dead-star-trek-actor-son-hollywood-superstars-was-79-1260215/ |url-status=live |access-date=2021-08-11 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811210608/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-walker-jr-dead-star-trek-actor-son-hollywood-superstars-was-79-1260215/ |archive-date=2021-08-11}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Peter Alliss]], English professional golfer (born 1931) <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-golf-alliss/former-ryder-cup-player-alliss-the-voice-of-golf-dies-aged-89-idUSKBN28G0CX |title=Former Ryder Cup player Alliss, the 'voice of golf', dies aged 89 |website=Reuters |date=6 December 2020 |access-date=2020-12-07}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Bob Dole]], American politician (born 1923)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Dole, WWII hero and former Republican presidential candidate, dies at 98 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bob-dole-wwii-hero-former-republican-presidential-candidate-dies-98-n953981 |access-date=2021-12-05 |website=NBC News |date=5 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Kirstie Alley]], American actress and producer (born 1951)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/kirstie-alley-died-after-battle-colon-cancer-rep-reveals |title=Kirstie Alley died after battle with colon cancer, rep reveals |website=[[Fox News]] |date=6 December 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Norman Lear]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1922)<ref name="Morris">{{cite news |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/norman-lear-tv-legend-dies-133220344.html |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |title=Norman Lear, TV Legend, Dies at 101 |via=[[Yahoo!]] |first1=Chris |last1=Morris |date=December 6, 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Jacques Roubaud]], French poet, writer, and mathematician (born 1932)<ref>[https://www.telerama.fr/debats-reportages/mort-de-jacques-roubaud-le-poete-mathematicien-grand-chercheur-de-formes-0634-36850.php 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]]: **[[Saint Abercius|Abercius]] **[[Clement of Alexandria]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church in the United States of America)|Episcopal Church]]) **[[Crispina]] **[[Dalmatius of Pavia]] **[[Gerbold]] **[[Justinian of Ramsey Island]] **[[Nicetius|Nicetius (Nizier)]] **[[Pelinus|Pelinus of Brindisi]] **[[Sabbas the Sanctified]] **[[December 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Children's Day]] ([[Suriname]]) *[[Days of Military Honour|Day of Military Honour - Battle of Moscow]] ([[Russia]]) *[[Discovery Day#Hispaniola|Discovery Day]] ([[Haiti]] and [[Dominican Republic]]) *[[International Volunteer Day|International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development]]<ref name=un>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> *[[Klozum]] ([[Schiermonnikoog]], [[Netherlands]]) *[[Saint Nicholas' Eve]] ([[Belgium]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Hungary]], [[Romania]], [[Germany]], [[Poland]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]]) **[[Krampusnacht]] ([[Austria]]) *The [[King's Birthday (Thailand)|King Bhumibol Adulyadej Memorial Birthday]] ([[Thailand]]) *[[World Soil Day]]<ref name=un /> == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/5 BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=12|day=5}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/december/5 Historical Events on December 5] {{months}} [[Category:Days of December]]
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