About 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 this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Sagittarius is the sun 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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 55 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On December 5
- 663 –Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
- 771 –Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman.
- 1082 –Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
- 1496 –King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree of expulsion of “heretics” from the country.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1815 –Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
- 1848 –California Gold Rush: In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California.
- 1865 –Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
- 1944 –World War II: Allied troops occupy Ravenna.
- 1955 –The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1977 –Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
- 1978 –The Soviet Union signs a “friendship treaty” with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
- 1983 –ICIMOD is established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
- 1995 –The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
- 2005 –The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
- 2007 –Westroads Mall massacre: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Nebraska mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.
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