5 December — memory beta

Events which occurred on the 5th of December.

Events

1791: Maestro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart dies.
1870: Author Alexandre Dumas dies.
1872: The sea-going Mary Celeste is found unmanned and under full sail in the Atlantic Ocean, sparking the popular Human legend of a "ghost ship". (DS9 novel: The Long Night)
1901: Walt Disney is born in Chicago, Illinois.
1926: Painter Claude Monet dies.
1945: Flight 19, a group of aircraft from the Naval Air Station in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, disappears through a wormhole over the Atlantic Ocean. (TNG - Strange New Worlds IV short story: "Flight 19")
2001: Endeavour launches for mission STS-108.
2012: Jazz musician Dave Brubeck dies.
2013: Nelson Mandela dies.

2385: Federation President Kellessar zh'Tarash addresses the Federation Council regarding recent incidents in the Lembatta Cluster. (ST - Prometheus novel: In the Heart of Chaos)

1970: TOS comic: "Revolt on Dak-Alpha" continues with the 6th installment, in TV21 Weekly, Issue 63.
1979: The 4th installment of TOS comic: "Called Home" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1980: The 90th installment of TOS comic: "Husian Gambit" is published.
1981: The 41st installment of TOS comic: "Restructuring Is Futile" is published.
1988: TNG episode: "Elementary, Dear Data" airs (week of).
1997: VOY episode: "Year of Hell", part 1 airs.
2000: Star Trek: The Magazine, vol. 1, Issue 21 is released by GE Fabbri.
2006: ST video game: Legacy is released for PC by Bethesda Softworks.
2017: TOS reference: The Art of Star Trek: The Kelvin Timeline is published by Titan Books.
2018: TNG - Terra Incognita comic: "Issue 5" and TAS - Star Trek vs. Transformers comic: "Issue 3" are released by IDW Publishing.
2019