This site was created to easily navigate collection of various events in history. History is the study of the past, particularly the written record of the human race, but more generally including scientific and archaeological discoveries about the past. It is important to know dates and events in the past.

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December 5th, 2063	Event	Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations.
December 5th, 2007	Event	Westroads Mall massacre: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Nebraska mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.
December 5th, 2007	Death	Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (born in 1928)
December 5th, 2007	Death	Andrew Imbrie, American composer (born in 1921)
December 5th, 2006	Event	Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji.
December 5th, 2006	Death	David Bronstein, Ukrainian-born chess grandmaster (born in 1924)
December 5th, 2005	Event	The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
December 5th, 2005	Event	The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
December 5th, 2005	Death	Ed Masry, American lawyer (born in 1932)
December 5th, 2005	Death	Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay, Australian businessman (born in 1949)

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