On this day1 story
December 5th.
1 story on this exact date, across the years, plus 39 more from the surrounding weeks.
The surrounding week
15 stories within seven days of 5 December
December 2, 1804Wikipedia · "Coronation of Napoleon"Coronation of Napoleonsomewhere in France
December 3, 1984Bhopal Medical Appeal · via WikipediaBhopal Gas Disaster—Correction Neededsomewhere in India
December 7, 1941Wikipedia · "Attack on Pearl Harbor"Pearl Harbor Attacksomewhere in the United States
December 8, 1941Wikipedia · "Philippines campaign (1941–1942)"Fall of the Philippines to Japansomewhere in the Philippines
December 8, 1914Wikipedia · "Battle of the Falkland Islands"Battle of the Falkland Islandssomewhere in the United Kingdom
December 9, 1902Wikipedia · "Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903"Venezuelan Blockade Crisissomewhere in Venezuela
December 9, 1824Wikipedia · "Battle of Ayacucho"Battle of Ayacuchosomewhere in Peru
December 10, 1832Wikipedia · "1832 United Kingdom general election"British General Electionsomewhere in the United Kingdom
See all 15 storiesShow fewer
December 11, 1997Wikipedia · "Kyoto Protocol"Kyoto Protocol Adoptedsomewhere in Japan
December 11, 1994Wikipedia · "First Chechen War"First Chechen War Beginssomewhere in Russia
December 12, 2015Wikipedia · "Paris Agreement"Paris Climate Agreement Adoptedsomewhere in France
November 28, 1943Wikipedia · "Tehran Conference"Teheran Conferencesomewhere in Iran
November 28, 1885Wikipedia · "Serbo-Bulgarian War"Serbian-Bulgarian Warsomewhere in Serbia
November 29, 2010Wikipedia · "Cancún"Cancun Climate Summit COP16somewhere in Mexico
November 30, 1999Wikipedia · "1999 Seattle WTO protests"Seattle WTO Protestssomewhere in the United States
Elsewhere in December
23 stories
December 13, 2007Wikipedia · "Treaty of Lisbon"Lisbon Treaty Establishes EU Frameworksomewhere in European Union
December 13, 1937Wikipedia · "Nanjing Massacre"Nanking Massacre Beginssomewhere in China
December 14, 1995Wikipedia · "Dayton Agreement"Dayton Accords Agreement Signedsomewhere in Bosnia and Herzegovina
December 14, 1918Wikipedia · "1918 United Kingdom general election"1919 British General Electionsomewhere in the United Kingdom
December 14, 1918Wikipedia · "1918 United Kingdom general election in Ireland"Irish General Electionsomewhere in Ireland
December 16, 1944Wikipedia · "Battle of the Bulge"Battle of the Bulgesomewhere in Belgium
December 16, 1773Wikipedia · "Boston Tea Party"Boston Tea Partysomewhere in the United States
December 17, 2010Wikipedia · "Arab Spring"Arab Spring Protests Beginsomewhere in Tunisia
See all 23 storiesShow fewer
December 17, 1903Wikipedia · "Wright Brothers National Memorial"Wright Brothers' First Flightsomewhere in the United States
December 24, 2010Wikipedia · "Tunisian revolution"Tunisian Revolution & Arab Springsomewhere in Tunisia
December 25, 1979Wikipedia · "CIA activities in Afghanistan"Soviet Invasion of Afghanistansomewhere in Afghanistan- December 25, 1979Soviet-Afghan War Beginssomewhere in Afghanistan
December 25, 1914Wikipedia · "Christmas truce"Christmas Truce (1914)somewhere in Belgium
December 26, 2004Wikipedia · "2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami"2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and TsunamiCoordinates
December 26, 2003Wikipedia · "2003 Bam earthquake"Bam Earthquake & Ancient City DestroyedIran
December 26, 1991Wikipedia · "Dissolution of the Soviet Union"Dissolution of the Soviet UnionSoviet Union
December 27, 2007Wikipedia · "Crisis"Kenya Post-Election Violence & CrisisKenya
December 27, 2007Wikipedia · "Assassination of Benazir Bhutto"Benazir Bhutto Assassination in Pakistansomewhere in Pakistan
December 28, 1879Wikipedia · "Tay Bridge disaster"Tay Bridge Disastersomewhere in the United Kingdom
December 29, 1895Wikipedia · "Jameson Raid"Jameson Raid & Boer Crisissomewhere in South Africa
December 29, 1890Wikipedia · "Wounded Knee Massacre"Wounded Knee Massacresomewhere in the United States
December 30, 1936Wikipedia · "Flint sit-down strike"General Motors Sit-Down Strikesomewhere in the United States
December 31, 1992Wikipedia · "Dissolution of Czechoslovakia"Dissolution of Czechoslovakiasomewhere in Czechoslovakia
Also in December
1 story we can place in December, but not on a day
