December 5th, 1824

Born on December 5th, 1824

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 73,000 days old!

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What happened on December 5th?

December 5th, 2007

A gunman killed nine people at a shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska.

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, 1965

The "glasnost meeting" took place in Moscow, becoming the first demonstration in the Soviet Union after World War II and marking the beginning of the civil rights movement in the country.

December 5th, 1958

Britain's first motorway, the Preston Bypass, opened to the public.

December 5th, 1952

The "Great Smog of London" (pictured) 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, 1936

The 1936 Soviet constitution, also known as the "Stalin constitution", was adopted.

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, 1918

National Guards and Sokol volunteers protested in Zagreb, leading to an armed clash with regiments of the Home Guard and former Common Army.

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.

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

Same year
Born in 1824

86

Julius Blüthner

German piano maker

*March 11th, 1824, Falkenhain †April 13th, 1910, Leipzig

69

Friedrich Wilhelm Dörpfeld

German educationist (1824–1893)

*March 8th, 1824, Wermelskirchen †October 27th, 1893, Ronsdorf

65

Wilkie Collins

British writer (1824-1889)

*January 8th, 1824, London †September 23rd, 1889, London

69

Charles Abel

Franco-German lawyer and politician

*December 2nd, 1824, Thionville †May 2nd, 1894, Guentrange

82

John Hall

New Zealand politician (1824-1907)

*December 18th, 1824, Kingston upon Hull †June 25th, 1907, Christchurch

63

Washington Bartlett

Governor of California (1824-1887)

*February 29th, 1824, Savannah †September 12th, 1887, Oakland

71

Alexandre Dumas fils

French writer and dramatist (1824–1895)

*July 27th, 1824, Paris †November 27th, 1895, Marly-le-Roi

72

Anton Bruckner

Austrian composer (1824-1896)

*September 4th, 1824, Ansfelden †October 11th, 1896, Vienna

96

Levi P. Morton

Vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893

*May 16th, 1824, Shoreham †May 16th, 1920, Rhinebeck

69

Leland Stanford

American politician and railroad tycoon (1824-1893)

*March 9th, 1824, Watervliet †June 21st, 1893, Palo Alto

39

Stonewall Jackson

General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War

*January 21st, 1824, Clarksburg †May 10th, 1863, Guinea

80

George MacDonald

Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905)

*December 10th, 1824, Huntly †September 18th, 1905, Ashtead

55

Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (Marie of Hesse)

Empress consort of Russia (1855-1880)

*August 8th, 1824, Darmstadt †June 3rd, 1880, Saint Petersburg

36

William Walker

American filibuster, physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary (1824-1860)

*May 8th, 1824, Nashville †September 12th, 1860, Trujillo

59

Dayananda Saraswati

Indian social reformer (1824-1883)

*February 12th, 1824, Tankara †October 30th, 1883, Ajmer

80

Juan Valera

Spanish writer (1824–1905)

*October 18th, 1824, Cabra †April 18th, 1905, Madrid

56

Paul Broca

French physician, anatomist and anthropologist (1824-1880)

*June 28th, 1824, Sainte-Foy-la-Grande †July 9th, 1880, Paris

80

Andreas Kornhuber

Austrian naturalist

*August 2nd, 1824, Kematen am Innbach †April 21st, 1905, Vienna

49

Joseph von Lindwurm

German physician (1824-1874)

*April 9th, 1824, Aschaffenburg †February 21st, 1874, Munich

74

Wilhelm Kastner

German politician and jurist (1824-1898)

*May 10th, 1824, Spalt †July 24th, 1898, Munich

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 5th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1824 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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