The Battle of Moscow in 1941 is recorded in history as one of the greatest events during the Great Patriotic War. The inaccessibility of the capital haunted Hitler's army. Hitler was firmly convinced that Moscow would fall, and with it the spirit of the entire Russian resistance would fall. For the battle of Moscow, 110 soldiers were awarded, and more than a million defenders of the capital received medals “For the Defense of Moscow.”

In 1985, the UN General Assembly declared December 5th as International Volunteer Day to highlight the power and potential of this movement, talk about its importance and tell the world about the activities of volunteers or, as they are also called, volunteers.

World Soil Day is an international holiday celebrated annually on December 5th since 2014. Its goal is to draw attention to the importance of careful management of soil as a conditionally renewable natural resource.

World Ninja Day has been celebrated every December 5th since 2003. The history of this unofficial holiday is funny. Its authors were the administrators of the parody site Ninja Burger. And the date was timed to coincide with the release of the film “The Last Samurai,” which showed an impressive battle between samurai and a squad of ninjas.

The beginning of December in Russia is a period when not all regions of the country can boast of snow cover and fresh frost. Changeability of weather, instability of atmospheric pressure and gray skies have a depressing effect on the body. There is still a long wait for the New Year holidays, taking into account the fact that Orthodox people, unlike Catholics, celebrate Christmas in early January.

Each object of our planetary system, like comets, meteorites and other celestial bodies, has its own voice. Anyone can find out what the cosmos is talking or singing about if they find on the Internet the roar of Jupiter arising at the site of the collision of the solar wind with the magnetosphere of the planet, the roar of the winds and dust storms of Mars.

Birthday of King Rama IX (Father's Day) in Thailand

World Trick Shot Day

Day of Statistics Workers of Ukraine

On December 5, according to the popular calendar, the memory of the martyr Procopius the Reader, who died for his Christian faith in the 4th century in Caesarea, is honored. Since ancient times, people have noticed that constant winter weather was established on Prokopyev Day. Weather signs: if the water on the river rose above the ice, warming and wet snow should be expected. The frost-free weather on Prokopyev Day foreshadowed a long, snowy winter.

Orthodox holidays on December 5:

Memorial Day of Righteous Michael the Warrior

Memorial Day of the Righteous Prince Mikhail Tverskoy

Memorial Day of the Martyr Procopius the Reader

Memorial Day of the Holy Apostles from the 70th Philemon, Archippus and Apphia