December 5th, 1381

Born on December 5th, 1381

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 234,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 370 days, exactly on May 3rd, 2025, people who were born on December 5th, 1381 will be 235,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 5th?

December 5th, 2007

A nineteen-year-old gunman went on a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., killing nine people, including himself.

December 5th, 1995

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 56 crashed shortly after takeoff from Nakhchivan Airport, killing 52 people on board.

December 5th, 1974

The Birmingham Americans won the only World Bowl in World Football League history.

December 5th, 1972

Gough Whitlam took office as the 21st Prime Minister of Australia and formed a duumvirate with his deputy Lance Barnard, ending 23 years of Liberal-Country Party government.

December 5th, 1958

Britain's first motorway, the Preston By-pass, opened to the public.

December 5th, 1952

The "Great Smog of London" began and lasted for five days, causing 12,000 deaths and leading to the Clean Air Act 1956.

December 5th, 1945

Flight 19, a squadron of five U.S. Navy torpedo bombers, disappeared over the Bermuda Triangle.

December 5th, 1939

The remains of Pedro II of Brazil, who was ousted and exiled in a republican coup, were buried after being repatriated.

December 5th, 1933

The prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States at the federal level ended when the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, repealing the Eighteenth Amendment.

December 5th, 1916

Amid the First World War and following his loss of support in Parliament, British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith resigned.

December 5th, 1914

The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica.

December 5th, 1807

Napoleonic Wars: British ships began a raid on Griessie after the Dutch captain refused a British demand for surrender.

December 5th, 1775

American Revolutionary War: Continental Army colonel Henry Knox arrived at Fort Ticonderoga in New York to arrange the transport of 60 tons of artillery (depicted) to support the siege of Boston.

December 5th, 1757

Seven Years' War: Prussian troops under Frederick the Great defeated Austrian forces at the Battle of Leuthen (pictured).

December 5th, 1484

Pope Innocent VIII issued the papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus, which gave the Dominican inquisitor Heinrich Kramer the explicit authority to prosecute witchcraft in Germany.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 5th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 5th?

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

65

Walt Disney

American animator and producer (1901–1966)

*December 5th, 1901, Chicago †December 15th, 1966, Burbank

24

Jianwen Emperor

Zhu Yunwen, Emperor of China

*December 5th, 1377, Nanjing †July 13th, 1402, Nanjing

88

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Former King of Thailand

*December 5th, 1927, Mount Auburn Hospital †October 13th, 2016, Siriraj Hospital

63

Hennes Weisweiler

German association football player and manager (1919–1983)

*December 5th, 1919, Lechenich †July 5th, 1983, Aesch

79

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

*December 5th, 1782, Kinderhook †July 24th, 1862, Kinderhook

69

Julius II

Head of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513

*December 5th, 1443, Albisola Superiore †February 21st, 1513, Rome

74

Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner

*December 5th, 1901, Würzburg †February 1st, 1976, Munich

38

André-Pierre Gignac

French association football player

*December 5th, 1985, Martigues

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

28

Kaetlyn Osmond

Canadian figure skater

*December 5th, 1995, Marystown

66

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

38

Gianni Meersman

Belgian road bicycle racer

*December 5th, 1985, Tielt

68

Karin Neugebauer

East German swimmer

*December 5th, 1955, Leipzig

73

Mario Méndez Bejarano

Spanish author

*December 5th, 1857, Seville †January 16th, 1931, Madrid

91

Sheldon Glashow

American theoretical physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)

*December 5th, 1932, New York City

77

José Carreras

Spanish opera singer

*December 5th, 1946, Sants

108

Johannes Heesters

Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)

*December 5th, 1903, Amersfoort †December 24th, 2011, Starnberg

48

Ronnie O'Sullivan

English snooker player (born 1975)

*December 5th, 1975, Wordsley

28

Anthony Martial

French association football player

*December 5th, 1995, Massy

67

Józef Piłsudski

Polish politician, First Marshall, and Prime Minister (1867–1935)

*December 5th, 1867, Zalavas †May 12th, 1935, Warsaw

87

Little Richard

American musician (1932–2020)

*December 5th, 1932, Macon †May 9th, 2020, Nashville

67

Klaus Allofs

German football player and executive

*December 5th, 1956, Düsseldorf

76

Phil van Heerdt tot Eversberg-Quarles van Ufford

Human

*December 5th, 1862, Ketandan †December 2nd, 1939, The Hague

78

Moshe Katsav

Israeli politician, 8th president of Israel

*December 5th, 1945, Yazd

60

Willibald Pirckheimer

German humanist (1470-1530)

*December 5th, 1470, Eichstätt †December 22nd, 1530, Nuremberg

47

Amy Acker

American actress

*December 5th, 1976, Dallas

39

Camille Abily

Association football player

*December 5th, 1984, Rennes

30

Ross Barkley

English footballer (born 1993)

*December 5th, 1993, Liverpool

87

Carl Ferdinand Cori

Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist

*December 5th, 1896, Prague †October 20th, 1984, Cambridge

41

Keri Hilson

American R&B singer

*December 5th, 1982, Decatur

54

Sajid Javid

British politician (born 1969)

*December 5th, 1969, Rochdale

48

Paula Patton

American actress

*December 5th, 1975, Los Angeles

63

Lin Biao

Chinese Communist military commander and politician

*December 5th, 1907, Subraga Basin †September 13th, 1971, Öndörkhaan

88

Władysław Szpilman

Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor

*December 5th, 1911, Sosnowiec †July 6th, 2000, Warsaw

19

Jules LeBlanc

American singer, vlogger, and actress.

*December 5th, 2004, Augusta

74

J.J. Cale

American musician (1938–2013)

*December 5th, 1938, Oklahoma City †July 26th, 2013, La Jolla

82

Ricardo Bofill

Spanish architect (1939-2022)

*December 5th, 1939, Barcelona †January 14th, 2022, Barcelona

38

Carrie Hamilton

American actress, singer, playwright (1963-2002)

*December 5th, 1963, New York City †January 20th, 2002, Los Angeles

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Public holidays on December 5th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Saint Nicholas' Eve) which are celebrated on December 5th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1381 is a normal year and no leap year.

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