Highlights

Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.
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Highlander: The Animated Series
"The Valley of the Thorn Pods" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1994-12-05.
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Alfonso A. Ossorio
Alfonso A. Ossorio, Filipino-American painter and sculptor (born 1916)

Leonid Kravchuk
Leonid Kravchuk is elected the first president of Ukraine.
Cam Fowler
Cam Fowler, Canadian-American ice hockey player

Richard Speck
Richard Speck, American mass murderer (born 1941)
The Budapest Memorandum is signed at the OSCE conference in Budapest, Hungary.
Harry Horner, Czech-American director, producer, and production designer (born 1910)
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lanka's government announces the conquest of the Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56 crashes near Nakhchivan International Airport in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, killing 52 people.
Charles Evans, English mountaineer, surgeon, and educator (born 1918)
From grunge to hip-hop to pop — the 90s music scene was everything:
Maddie Poppe
Maddie Poppe, American singer-songwriter and musician
Conan Gray
Conan Gray, American singer-songwriter
From stadiums to living rooms, these were the names fans were cheering:
Montee Ball
Montee Ball, American football player
Christian Yelich
Christian Yelich, American baseball player
Ross Barkley
Ross Barkley, English footballer
Luciano Vietto
Luciano Vietto, Argentine footballer
The silver screen and the small screen were both firing on all cylinders:

Highlander: The Animated Series
"The Valley of the Thorn Pods" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1994-12-05.

Days of Our Lives
"Ep. #7420" (Season 1994, Episode 279) aired on 1994-12-05.

Sweet Valley High
"Poetic Injustice" (Season 1, Episode 14) aired on 1994-12-05.

2 Stupid Dogs
"The Rise and Fall of the Big Dog" (Season 2, Episode 9) aired on 1994-12-05.
"Los Angeles Raiders at San Diego Chargers" (Season 1994, Episode 14) aired on 1994-12-05.
"Laura Schlesinger, Tom Shales" (Season 1995, Episode 207) aired on 1995-12-05.
"Teenage Confidential" (Season 25, Episode 3) aired on 1996-12-05.
"Woman of the Year" (Season 3, Episode 17) aired on 1996-12-05.
"Julia Sweeney" (Season 1996, Episode 57) aired on 1996-12-05.
"1997 MAC Football Championship Game: Marshall vs. Toledo" (Season 1997, Episode 1) aired on 1997-12-05.
"Oh What a Tangled Spell She Weaves" (Season 2, Episode 11) aired on 1997-12-05.
"Steve & Marty & Jordan & Uncle Lou" (Season 1, Episode 10) aired on 1997-12-05.
"The Return of the Curse of the Creature's Ghost" (Season 3, Episode 10) aired on 1997-12-05.
"Squaresville / Zowie's Harmonica / Unruly Polie Olie" (Season 1, Episode 8) aired on 1998-12-05.
"Jason and the Argonauts" (Season 1, Episode 5) aired on 1998-12-05.
"Timing is Everything" (Season 4, Episode 6) aired on 1998-12-05.
"Prisoners of War: Part 2" (Season 9, Episode 2) aired on 1998-12-05.
"Vince Vaughn / Lauryn Hill" (Season 24, Episode 8) aired on 1998-12-05.
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