TodayOn this dayDecember 5
On this day
Good news on December 5.
Positive things that happened on December 5, with 2 verified milestones. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.
Verified milestones
Scientific firsts, civil-rights wins, conservation, medicine, kindness, and other good news. Checked against the linked source.
1776
On December 5, 1776, five students at the College of William and Mary founded Phi Beta Kappa, the first Greek-letter honor society in the United States.
For a read-aloud. Students started Phi Beta Kappa, an honor society for people who love learning.
1782
Martin Van Buren, who became the eighth president of the United States, was born on December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York.
For a read-aloud. Martin Van Buren was born, and he later became president.
For the classroom
Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.
- What would your class celebrate about loving to learn?
- What nickname would you give a leader who was good at bringing people together?
From the archive
Stories published on December 5 will show up here. The archive is still young.
No archive story for this date yet.
When a story is published on December 5, it will be listed here with the milestones above.