Dec. 5, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim passes away

1936 – Azerbaijan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia become union Republics of the Soviet Union.

1967 – Dak Son Massacre in Vietnam.

1996 – Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman ever to hold the post of U.S. Secretary of State.

2005 – Earthquake hits the Lake Tanganyika area of central Africa.

1901 – American motion-picture and television producer, and the creator of Disneyland, Walt Disney was born.

2008 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia passes away.

2012 – Greek Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim passes away.

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