Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 5
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December 5: Father's Day in Thailand; St Nicholas's Eve in various European countries
- 1590 – Niccolò Sfondrati became Pope Gregory XIV, succeeding Pope Urban VII who died two months earlier.
- 1766 – In London, James Christie founded what is today the world's leading art business and fine arts auction house.
- 1945 – Flight 19, a squadron of five U.S. naval TBF Avenger torpedo bombers, disappeared in the area now known as the Bermuda Triangle.
- 1972 – Gough Whitlam (pictured) 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.
- 1974 – The Birmingham Americans won the only World Bowl in World Football League history.