December 5 in history
Events on December 5
Notable events that happened on December 5 in past years.
- 2017
The International Olympic Committee bans Russia from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Wikipedia article: International Olympic Committee - 2006
Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
Wikipedia article: Frank Bainimarama - 1995
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
Wikipedia article: Sri Lankan civil war - 1991
Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.
Wikipedia article: Leonid Kravchuk - 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.
Wikipedia article: Vietnam War - 1955
The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
Wikipedia article: American Federation of Labor - 1943
World War II: Allied air forces begin attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow.
Wikipedia article: Operation Crossbow - 1935
Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
Wikipedia article: Mary McLeod Bethune - 1921
The Football Association bans women's football in England from league grounds, a ban that stays in place for 50 years.
Wikipedia article: The Football Association - 1865
Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
Wikipedia article: Chincha Islands War - 1776
Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest academic honor society in the U.S., holds its first meeting at the College of William & Mary.
Wikipedia article: Phi Beta Kappa - 1757
Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
Wikipedia article: Seven Years' War - 1560
Ten-year-old Charles IX becomes king of France, with Queen Mother Catherine de' Medici as regent.
Wikipedia article: Charles IX of France - 1408
Seeking to resubjugate Muscovy, Emir Edigu of the Golden Horde reaches Moscow, burning areas around the city but failing to take the city itself.
- 63 BC
Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0