What day of the week was December 5, 1995?

The day of the week December 5th, 1995 fell on was a Tuesday.

There were 20 days until Christmas.

L. B. Cole the American illustrator and publisher (b. 1918) died on this day in 1995. As did Charles Evans the English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (b. 1918) , Gwen Harwood the Australian poet and playwright (b. 1920) , Lisa McPherson the American homicide victim (b. 1959) .

Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.