December 05

Tuesday 05, 1978:

The Soviet Union signs a 'friendship treaty' with the communist government of Afghanistan.

Thursday 05, 1974:

The last new episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast on the BBC.

Sunday 05, 1926:

Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts

Friday 05, 1873:

In Boston, Massachusetts, Warren Avenue Baptist Church sexton Thomas Piper strangles and beats to death his first victim, Bridget Landregan (the press later dubbed the then unknown serial killer "The Boston Belfry Murderer").

Monday 05, 1492:

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