Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: December 5
December 5, 2024 is the 340th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Thursday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 5
- 63 BC –Cicero gave the fourth and final Catiline Orations.
- 663 –Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
- 1082 –Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
- 1492 –Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola, now Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
- 1746 –Revolt in Genoa against Spanish rule.
- 1876 –Brooklyn Theater Fire kills at least 278 people in Brooklyn, NY.
- 1941 –World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.
- 1945 –Flight 19 is lost in the Bermuda Triangle.
- 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.
- 2005 –The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Who were born on December 5?
- 1869 –Ellis Parker Butler, American author (d. 1937)
- 1894 –Charles Robberts Swart, South African politician (d. 1982)
- 1896 –Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1984)
- 1902 –Emeric Pressburger, Hungarian-British screenwriter, film director, and producer (d. 1988)
- 1945 –Moshe Katsav, 8th President of Israel
- 1949 –Ray Comfort, New Zealand evangelist
- 1957 –Raquel Argandoña, Chilean television presenter, Miss Chile 1975
- 1971 –Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German politician
- 1975 –Paula Patton, American actress
- 1976 –Amy Acker, American actress
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