Template:On this day/December 5

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

December 5:

• 1859 – The USS Pensacola was commissioned at the Pensacola Navy Yard.
• 1941 – Theo Baars, Sr. died.