December 5th (2008) was a Friday. It's the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 26 days left to the end of the year.
December 5th Famous Deaths for 2008
» Alexy II of Moscow, Estonian-Russian patriarch (b. 1929)
» Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romanian politician (b. 1928)
» Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
» Anca Parghel, Romanian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
December 5th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Saint Abercius named Abercius
» Clement of Alexandria (Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church in the United States of America) or Episcopal Church in the United States of America)
» Sabbas the Sanctified
» December 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Ninja Burger Day of the Ninja e.g Day of the Ninja (Holiday Unofficial holidays e.g Unofficial)
» Discovery Day Hispaniola e.g Discovery Day (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
» Roman festivals e.g Faunalia, in honor of Faunus (Roman Empire)
» UNRIC UN international days and observances or International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (International observances e.g International)
» Nicholas of Myra named Saint Nicholas Eve (Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Poland and the United Kingdom or UK)