1. 1492: Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola, now split between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
2. 1831: Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams took his seat in the House of Representatives. He is the only president to serve in the House after his presidency.
3. 1933: Prohibition in the United States officially ends with the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th Amendment.
4. 1955: The Montgomery Bus Boycott, led by Martin Luther King Jr., began in Montgomery, Alabama, in response to Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person.
5. 2013: Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa and anti-apartheid revolutionary, passes away at the age of 95.
6. 2014: The first successful test flight of the Orion spacecraft, designed by NASA for crewed missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, takes place.
These are just a few examples, and many other events, both significant and lesser-known, have taken place on December 5 throughout history.
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