December 5 is the 339th (340th in leap years) day of the year. There are 26 days remaining.
- 1679 — Gonpachi Hirai died.
- 1828 — Charles Routley is apprehended.
- 1831 — John Bishop and Thomas Williams died.
- 1956 — Lê Thanh Vân is born.
- 1960 — Kurt-Friedhelm Steinwegs is born.
- 1962 — Mary Elizabeth Wilson died.
- 1972 — Farit Gabidullin and Timur Gabidullin are born.
- 1975 — Richard Macek is apprehended.
- 1990 — Alejandro Henriquez is apprehended.
- 1991 — Richard Speck died.
- 2001 — Josephine Gray is apprehended.
- 2011 — Ronis de Oliveira Bastos is apprehended.
- 2016 — Zoltán Szabó died.