In context
- When
- Thursday, December 5 199135 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Cam Fowler
At a glance
Born 1991-12-05.
Known as: ice hockey player. Citizenship: United States and Canada.
Listed as: human.
Who they were
Cameron Matthew Fowler is a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player who is a defenseman for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected 12th overall by the Anaheim Ducks in the 2010 NHL entry draft, for whom he played the first 15 seasons of his NHL career.
Early life
Educated at: Farmington High School.
Early life Fowler was born in Windsor, Ontario , the son of Perry and Bridget Fowler. Perry was a native of Newfoundland and Labrador and Bridget is a native of Michigan , making Cam a dual citizen . [ 1 ] An employee of the Ford Motor Company , Perry moved his family to Farmington Hills, Michigan , before Cam's second birthday. His younger sisters were both born in the U.S. [ 2 ] Fowler attended Farmington High School , where he played baseball in addition to ice hockey.
Why this date
Cam Fowler appears on our December 5 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.
December 5 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1991Cam Fowler
- 1995Azerbaijan Airlines Flight A-56
- 1995Sri Lankan civil war
- 2001Space Shuttle Endeavour
- 2005Civil Partnership Act 2004
- 20052005 Lake Tanganyika earthquake
- 2006Frank Bainimarama
- 2007Westroads Mall shooting
- 20132013 Yemeni Ministry of Defense attack
- 2014Exploration Flight Test-1
- 2017International Olympic Committee
Also in 1991
- September 9TajikistanTajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
- September 11Continental Express Flight 2574Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.
- March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
- September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
- September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
- September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
- September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
- October 201991 Uttarkashi earthquakeAn earthquake struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing at least 768 people and destroying thousands of homes.
Sources
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“Cam Fowler”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/cam-fowler-1991-december-5, accessed October 27, 2026.
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December 5 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Thursday.
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