Here are th historcial accounts of shark attacks that took place on December 5:
| Date | Name | Sex | Age | Time | Country | Area | Location | Activity | Injury | Species | Sp_Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 05-Dec-2013 | male | M | 26 | 18h15 | AUSTRALIA | New South Wales | Shelly Beach, near Port Macquarie | Surfing | Puncture wounds to hand, laceration to leg | ||
| 2 | 05-Dec-2012 | Lorrin | M | 60 | 13h20 | USA | Hawaii | Kauai | Surfing | Lacerations to left foot | 120 | |
| 3 | 05-Dec-2010 | Renate Seiffert | F | 70 | 12h00 | Egypt | Sharm el-Sheikh | Middle Garden | Snorkeling | Fatal – | Oceanic | 98 |
| 4 | 05-Dec-2000 | Daniel MacDonald | M | 30 | CANADA | New Brunswick | Bay of Fundy | Diving | No injury | Porbeagle | 120 | |
| 5 | 05-Dec-1971 | Gregory Carroll | M | 20 | Australia | Queensland | Gladstone | Fatal – | ||||
| 6 | 05-Dec-1948 | Unknown | M | Night | PACIFIC OCEAN | NORTH Between Kwajalein Atoll & Johnston Island | 500 nautical miles southwest of Johnston Island | Sea Disaster | 32 survived 5 perished; sharks fed on the dead but did not bite the survivors | |||
| 7 | 05-Dec-1922 | Alfred Gassman | M | 19 | Australia | Queensland | Pialba Beach near Maryborough | Bathing | Fatal – severe injuries to torso | Blue | 108 | |
| 8 | 05-Dec-1909 | male | M | AUSTRALIA | New South Wales | Bondi | Fishing | 3 fingers bitten by hooked shark | 84 |