Day Guide for Monday December 5th 2016 What are the holidays on December 5th 2016?

This is our day guide for Monday December 5th 2016 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?

Holidays on December 5th 2016

Regional

India (regional): Birthday of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah

A Kashmiri politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir

Not a Public Holiday

Thailand: Father's Day

Celebrated on H.M. Kings Birthday. Father's Day is a celebration that honours the role of fathers

Thailand: H.M. King's Birthday

The day commemorates the birthday of the King of Thailand, Vajiralongkorn, also known as Rama X.

Tonga: Tupou I Day

Marks the coronation in 1845 of the founder of the modern Kingdom of Tonga, King George Taufa’ahau Tupou I.

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General Information for December 5th 2016
There are 4 public holidays today.
Day 340 of 2016
26 days left in 2016
Week 49 of the year
On this Day in History
2007 - 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.
1936 – The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
1933 - Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment. (This overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States.)
1847 - Jefferson Davis is elected to the U.S. senate, his first political post.