December 5 Events

2010 Experts believe three Russian satellites that failed to reach orbit after launching from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome have crashed into the Pacific Ocean
2010 Floodwaters rise throughout New South Wales; they cause thousands to evacuate the Australian town of Wagga Wagga
2009 Tens of thousands in Rome, Italy, participate in a demonstration demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi
1997 1st Game at Washington Capitals' MCI Center vs. Florida Panthers
1997 STS-87 (Columbia 24) lands
1996 "Dreams and Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City
1996 Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement
1996 Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player
1993 "Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 37 performances
1993 82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
1993 Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
1993 Melissa Mcnamara/Mike Sopringer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1993 Newhart actor William Sanderson (47) weds Sharon Wix (39)
1993 Rafael Caldera elected president of Venezuela
1991 "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 452 performances
1991 Charles Keating, Jr. (Lincoln Savings and Loan fraud), found guilty
1991 NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
1990 Blue Jays trade F McGriff and T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar and J Carter
1990 Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty
1990 Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years
1989 France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
1988 North Carolina federal grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud and conspiracy
1988 Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
1987 53rd Heisman Trophy Award: Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR)
1987 David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 vs. New Zealand at Brisbane
1987 Schonbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76)
1985 Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time
1985 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1985 Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind," premieres in New York City
1984 A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell and Jose Rijo
1984 French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
1984 Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
1983 Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
1982 Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
1982 Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy
1982 Ingrid Berghmans (Netherlands) retains judo's world championship
1982 Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
1982 Seattle Baptist Church declares sanctuary for Central American refugees
1982 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Semipalitinsk, Eastern Kazakhstan U.S.S.R.
1981 47th Heisman Trophy Award: Marcus Allen, Southern California (RB)