Saturday, December 5, 2026
ephemeris of the day
Name day
Today's name day is:
GeraldAstrological sign: Sagittarius (November 23 - December 21)
Festivals and international days on December 5:
- International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
- World Soil Day
- International Volunteer Day
- Birthday of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand's national holiday and Father's Day
See also: December 4 - December 6 - All days of 2026
November 29 to December 24: Advent, preparation for Christmas
December: Christmas markets in eastern France (Strasbourg, Colmar, Reims, Metz)
December 3-20: Women's Handball Euro in Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Czechia and Turkey
December 4-6: Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix, Yas Marina (United Arab Emirates)
December 4-12: Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights
December 5-8: Festival of Lights, Lyon (France)
December 5, 1946: New York is chosen as the permanent headquarters of the United Nations.
December 5, 1955: Following Rosa Parks' arrest on December 1 of that year, a boycott campaign against the Montgomery buses and protest against segregationist laws begins. This campaign is considered the beginning of the civil rights movement in the USA.
December 5, 1991: Leonid Kravchuk, the last leader of the Ukrainian Socialist Republic and an architect of the fall of the USSR, becomes the first president of independent Ukraine.