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Historical events & facts — December 5
What happened on December 5?
On December 5, 1901, animator and producer Walt Disney was born in Chicago, founder of Disney Studios and creator of Mickey Mouse. Disney revolutionised animation with the first sound animated feature film (Snow White, 1937), built Disneyland in 1955 and created the largest entertainment empire of the twentieth century.
On December 5, 1933, Utah became the 36th state to ratify the Twenty-First Amendment to the US Constitution, ending Prohibition, which had banned the production and sale of alcohol in the US since 1920. Prohibition had failed by generating a thriving black market controlled by organised crime and figures such as Al Capone.
On December 5, 1791, Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, aged 35, leaving his Requiem unfinished. His death remains a matter of debate: the official cause was acute rheumatic fever, though theories of poisoning persist. Mozart left more than 600 works and is considered one of the greatest composers in the history of Western music.
Notable birthdays — December 5
Famous people born on December 5
Traian Demetrescu
Traian Rafael Radu Demetrescu was a Romanian poet, novelist and literary critic, considered one of the first symbolist authors in local literature
Grace Moore
Mary Willie Grace Moore was an American operatic lyric soprano and actress in musical theatre and film
Bruce Conde
Bruce Conde was a US Army officer, stamp collector, royal imposter, and a general for Royalist forces during the North Yemen Civil War.
Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman, better known by his stage name Little Richard, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist
Andy Kim
Andrew Kim is an American politician and former diplomat serving as the junior United States senator from New Jersey since 2024
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