Summary of the Day ✨ 5 December (05/12)
The International Olympic Committee banned Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping violations, while NASA launched Exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of its Orion spacecraft. Militants attacked a Defense Ministry compound in Yemen killing dozens, a gunman opened fire at a Nebraska shopping mall, and Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized control of Fiji in a military coup.
Historical Events 📜
- 2017: The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
- 2014: Exploration Flight Test-1, the first flight test of Orion, is launched.
- 2013: Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sanaa, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others.
- 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.
- 2006: Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
- 2005: The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
- 2005: The 6.8 Mw 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.
- 2001: Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-108, carrying the Expedition 4 crew to the International Space Station.
- 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.
- 1994: The Budapest Memorandum is signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary.
- 1991: Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.
- 1983: Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
- 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.
- 1971: Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces are defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.
Famous 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
- 1994: Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer
- 1994: Semi Ojeleye, American basketball player
- 1993: Ross Barkley, English footballer
Notable 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)
- 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, American businessman and author, founded Williams Sonoma (born 1915)
- 2014: Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (born 1931)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Clement of Alexandria (Episcopal Church) - Christian feast day:
Crispina - 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)