On this day: 5 December

Selected events and births on 5 December, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 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. Read more: Pope Innocent VIII Papal bull Summis desiderantes affectibus
• 1914 – The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition began in an attempt to make the first land crossing of Antarctica. Read more: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Antarctica
• 1936 – The 1936 Soviet constitution, also known as the "Stalin constitution", was adopted. Read more: 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin
• 1958 – Britain's first motorway, the Preston Bypass, opened to the public. Read more: Controlled-access highway Preston Bypass
• 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. Read more: Gough Whitlam Prime Minister of Australia First Whitlam ministry

Born on this day

• 1932 – Sheldon Glashow, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Sheldon Glashow Nobel Prize in Physics
• 1945 – Moshe Katsav, Iranian-Israeli educator and politician, 8th President of Israel Read more: Moshe Katsav President of Israel
• 1947 – Bruce Golding, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica Read more: Bruce Golding Prime Minister of Jamaica
• 1949 – David Manning, English civil servant and diplomat, British Ambassador to the United States Read more: David Manning List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States
• 1969 – Sajid Javid, British Pakistani banker and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Read more: Sajid Javid Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1971 – Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German businessman and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence Read more: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)
• 1995 – Levy Rozman, American chess International Master, streamer and YouTuber Read more: Levy Rozman FIDE titles
• 1998 – Conan Gray, American singer-songwriter Read more: Conan Gray
• 1998 – Randal Kolo Muani, French footballer Read more: Randal Kolo Muani
• 2000 – Soobin, South Korean singer-songwriter Read more: Soobin (singer)
• 2008 – Ediz Gürel, Turkish chess grandmaster Read more: Ediz Gürel
• 2009 – Owen Cooper, English actor Read more: Owen Cooper

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