December 5 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Chanukah: 2 Candles חנוכה: ב׳ נרות holiday

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 2013 — Militants attack a Defense Ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen, killing at least 56 people and injuring 200 others. ↗
• 2006 — Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji. ↗
• 2005 — The 6.8 Mw Lake Tanganyika earthquake shakes the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with a maximum Mercalli... ↗
• 2004 — The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there. ↗
• 1995 — Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 1995 — Danny Levi, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1995 — Anthony Martial, French footballer
• 1994 — Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer
• 1994 — Grant Ward, English footballer
• 1993 — Ross Barkley, English footballer