Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 5

December 5: Father's Day in Thailand, St Nicholas's Eve in various European countries, International Volunteer Day.

• 1492 - Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
• 1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (pictured) died without completing his Requiem mass in D minor.
• 1933 - Prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States officially ended when the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified.
• 1936 - The 1936 Soviet Constitution, also known as the "Stalin" constitution, was adopted.
• 1945 - Flight 19, a squadron of five Avenger TBM torpedo bombers of the U.S. Navy, disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.

Recent days: December 4 – December 3 – December 2

More anniversaries:

• November 30
• December 1
• December 2