December 5

December 5 is the 339th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 26 days remain until the end of the year. ^{Joan Didion, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2021)}

5 December 1934

Born on the same birth day (5 December): C. R. Swart • Clinton Hart Merriam • Fausto Sozzini • Gabriel Hjertstedt • Hilary Koprowski • Jim Messina (musician) • Ken Downing • Nicolas Cleynaerts • Norishige Kanai • Sonny Boy Williamson II • Walt McPherson • Wayne Smith (musician) • Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)

Born in the same month (December 1934): Abimael Guzmán • Alan Ridout • Barry Briggs • Bill Collins (television presenter) • Ed Flanders • Giuseppina Leone • Hanif Mohammad • Irving Petlin • Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow • Joseph Bologna • Larisa Latynina • Russ Tamblyn • Salim Durani • Shyam Benegal • Tarcisio Bertone • Victor French • Viktor Gorbatko