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This is a list of selected December 5 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit.
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)
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1963 – An attempt by Greek Cypriot police to search certain Turkish Cypriot women in Nicosia escalated into island-wide violence, leading to 538 deaths and the displacement of nearly 27,000 people. 1968 – Apollo 8 launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a trajectory to the Moon ; its crew (pictured) became the first humans to visit ...
Mercury, which has been retrograde in Sagittarius since Nov. 25, is experiencing a refresher on Dec. 5. The Sun and Mercury align in the same sign and degree, creating “ cazimi ,” the Latin ...
Our guide features the best gifts to make people with December birthdays feel special and celebrated, separate from the month's holidays.
Kay Davis (December 5, 1920–January 27, 2012), American vocalist, would have turned 104 this year. Kansas Fields (December 5, 1915 –August 03, 1995), (born Carl Donnell Fields) American drummer, would have turned 109 this year. Wladyslaw Szpilman (December 5, 1911 –July 06, 2000), Polish pianist, would have turned 113 this year.
Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president in the U.S. and she made her historic run in 1872 – before women even had the right to vote! She supported women's suffrage as well as welfare for the poor, and though it was frowned upon at the time, she didn't shy away from being vocal about sexual freedom.