Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 5

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

Pope Gregory XIV

• 1492 - Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).

• 1590 - Niccolò Sfondrati became Pope Gregory XIV (pictured), succeeding Pope Urban VII who died two months earlier.

• 1766 - Auctioneer James Christie conducted his first sale in London.

• 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.

Recent days: December 4 – December 3 – December 2

More anniversaries:

• November 30
• December 1
• December 2