December 5th, 1910

Born on December 5th, 1910

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 41,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 583 days, exactly on December 1st, 2025, people who were born on December 5th, 1910 will be 42,000 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

Born on December 5th, 1910

53

Luis Arcaraz

Mexican composer

*December 5th, 1910, Mexico City †December 15th, 1963, Matehuala

88

Abraham Polonsky

American politician (1910-1999)

*December 5th, 1910, New York City †October 26th, 1999, Beverly Hills

31

Virginia Lee Corbin

American actress (1910-1942)

*December 5th, 1910, Prescott †June 4th, 1942, Chicago

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

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

65

Walt Disney

American animator and producer (1901–1966)

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

63

Hennes Weisweiler

German association football player and manager (1919–1983)

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

88

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Former King of Thailand

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

25

Conan Gray

American singer-songwriter

*December 5th, 1998, Lemon Grove

74

Werner Heisenberg

German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner

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

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

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

88

Władysław Szpilman

Polish pianist, composer, Holocaust survivor

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

108

Johannes Heesters

Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)

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

63

Lin Biao

Chinese Communist military commander and politician

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

81

Alfred Manessier

Abstract Painter (1911-1993)

*December 5th, 1911, Saint-Ouen †August 1st, 1993, Orléans

79

Martin Van Buren

President of the United States from 1837 to 1841

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

106

Bobbie Heine Miller

South African Tennis player (1909-2016)

*December 5th, 1909, Greytown †July 31st, 2016, Canberra

91

Sheldon Glashow

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

*December 5th, 1932, New York City

38

André-Pierre Gignac

French association football player

*December 5th, 1985, Martigues

49

Harold Huber

American actor (1909-1959)

*December 5th, 1909, The Bronx †September 29th, 1959, New York City

66

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

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

68

Karin Neugebauer

East German swimmer

*December 5th, 1955, Leipzig

100

Strom Thurmond

American politician (1902–2003)

*December 5th, 1902, Edgefield †June 26th, 2003, Edgefield

65

C. F. Powell

British physicist

*December 5th, 1903, Tonbridge †August 9th, 1969, Lake Como

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Born in 1910

87

Mother Teresa

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)

*August 26th, 1910, Skopje †September 5th, 1997, Kolkata

80

Lothar Collatz

German mathematician

*July 6th, 1910, Arnsberg †September 26th, 1990, Varna

87

Egill Jacobsen

Danish painter (1910-1998)

*December 16th, 1910, Copenhagen †April 21st, 1998, Copenhagen

94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

*March 6th, 1910, Odder †May 1st, 2004, Copenhagen

96

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910–2007)

*September 3rd, 1910, New Orleans †April 17th, 2007, New York City

84

Dorothy Hodgkin

British chemist

*May 12th, 1910, Cairo †July 29th, 1994, Ilmington

84

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indian-American astrophysicist

*October 19th, 1910, Lahore †August 21st, 1995, Chicago

79

William Shockley

American physicist and inventor

*February 13th, 1910, London †August 12th, 1989, Stanford

92

Rachel Kempson

British actress (1910–2003)

*May 28th, 1910, Dartmouth †May 24th, 2003, Millbrook

69

Dick Foran

Actor (1910-1979)

*June 18th, 1910, Flemington †August 10th, 1979, Panorama City

82

Josephine McKim

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992)

*January 4th, 1910, Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania †December 10th, 1992, Woodstock

87

Erich Mückenberger

German politician (1910-1998)

*June 8th, 1910, Chemnitz †February 10th, 1998, Berlin

87

Jacques Cousteau

French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

*June 11th, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac †June 25th, 1997, 17th arrondissement of Paris

83

Baltasar Lobo

Spanish artist

*February 22nd, 1910, Zamora †September 4th, 1993, Paris

90

Dora Alonso

Cuban journalist and writer

*December 22nd, 1910, Matanzas †March 21st, 2001, Havana

98

Irena Sendler

Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer (1910-2008)

*February 15th, 1910, Warsaw †May 12th, 2008, Warsaw

46

Sheila Terry

American actress (1910–1957)

*March 5th, 1910, Warroad †January 19th, 1957, New York City

88

Paul Bowles

American composer and writer (1910–1999)

*December 30th, 1910, Queens †November 18th, 1999, Tangier

77

Jean Anouilh

French playwright (1910–1987)

*June 23rd, 1910, Bordeaux †October 3rd, 1987, Lausanne

68

Giuseppe Meazza

Italian association football player and manager (1910-1979)

*August 23rd, 1910, Milan †August 21st, 1979, Rapallo

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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 1910 is a normal year and no leap year.

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