What day of the week was December 5, 1964?

The day of the week December 5th, 1964 fell on was a Saturday.

There were 20 days until Christmas.

V. Veerasingam the Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892) died on this day in 1964.

Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year the Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.