Thursday December 5, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

December 5: Day of the Week

December 5, 2024 is the 340th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

December 5 Historical Event(s)

771
Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman.
1766
In London, James Christie holds his first sale.
1775
At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1776
At The College of William and Mary, Phi Beta Kappa is founded and becomes the first American college fraternity.
1847
Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.
1865
Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
1944
World War II: Allied troops occupy Ravenna.
1958
Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the UK by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
1974
In American football, the Birmingham Americans would win what would eventually be the only World Bowl in World Football League history.
1995
The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.

Who were born on December 5?

1537
Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)
1820
Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (d. 1892)
1841
Marcus Daly, American mining tycoon (d. 1900)
1863
Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and Prime Minister (d. 1933)
1947
Bruce Golding, Jamaican politician
1949
Ray Comfort, New Zealand evangelist
1959
Lee Chapman, English footballer
1971
Kavus Torabi, Iranian-born British guitarist (The Monsoon Bassoon, Cardiacs, Guapo, Chrome Hoof)
1973
Shalom Harlow, Canadian supermodel and actress
1985
Nico Verdonck, Belgian racing driver

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