What happened on March 5? There are more than 284 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 5
March 5 is the 65th day of the year 2024. There are 301 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 10th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Edgewood, Illinois 62426 sunrise occured at 06:18 AM and sunset occured at 05:53 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 330 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For March 5
- 363Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
- 1046Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
- 1279The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- 1496King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
- 1616Nicolaus Copernicus’s book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is banned by the catholic chuch
- 1766Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- 1770Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. At a subsequent trial the soldiers are defended by John Adams.
- 1824First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
- 1836Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
- 1850The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
- 1860Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 1868Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
- 1872George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
- 1906Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
- 1912Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
- 1931The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population.
- 1933Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections. This later allows the Nazis to pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
- 1933Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a “bank holiday”, closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
- 1940Members of Soviet politburo sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, known also as the Katyn massacre.
- 1943First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
- 1944World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoşani Offensive in western Ukrainian SSR.
- 1946Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
- 1946Winston Churchill uses the phrase “Iron Curtain” in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
- 1960Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase, giving rise to the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis.
- 1960Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
- 1965March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
- 1966BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
- 1970The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
- 1974Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
- 1975First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
- 1978The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
- 1979America’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
- 1979Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by “off the scale” gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
- 1981The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.
- 1982Soviet probes Venera 14 landed on Venus.
- 19846,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
- 1988The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
- 1999Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
- 2003In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
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Who Were Born On March 5?
- 1133Henry II of England, King of England (d. 1189)
- 1324King David II of Scotland (d. 1371)
- 1326Louis I of Hungary (d. 1382)
- 1512Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (d. 1594)
- 1563John Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
- 1575William Oughtred, English mathematician (d. 1660)
- 1585John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
- 1658Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730)
- 1693Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
- 1696Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
- 1703Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
- 1713Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
- 1713Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1783)
- 1723Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
- 1739Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American physican and statesman (d. 1819)
- 1748Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
- 1748William Shield, English musician (d. 1829)
- 1750Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
- 1794Jacques Babinet, French physicist (d. 1872)
- 1794Robert Cooper Grier, American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1870)
- 1814Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
- 1815John Wentworth, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois (d. 1888)
- 1817Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist (d. 1894)
- 1836Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
- 1853Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
- 1862Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
- 1867Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
- 1869Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal and archbishop (d. 1952)
- 1870Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
- 1871Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
- 1873Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. 1961)
- 1874Henry Travers, British actor (d. 1965)
- 1879Sir William Beveridge, British economist (d. 1963)
- 1882Dora Marsden, British editor, writer (d. 1960)
- 1883Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (d. 1969)
- 1886Dong Biwu, Chinese Communist Party figure (d. 1975)
- 1887Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (d. 1959)
- 1897Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (d. 1960)
- 1898Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-Shek (d. 2003)
- 1898Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People’s Republic of China (d. 1976)
- 1904Karl Rahner, German theologian (d. 1984)
- 1908Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (d. 1990)
- 1908Sir Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
- 1910Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (d. 2007)
- 1914Philip Farkas, American horn player and teacher (d. 1992)
- 1915Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
- 1918James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
- 1918Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager
- 1918Red Storey, Canadian football player and ice hockey referee (d. 2006)
- 1920José Aboulker, Jewish Communist (d. 2009)
- 1920Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1921Elmer Valo, American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1922James Noble, American actor
- 1922Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (d. 1975)
- 1923Laurence Tisch, American investor (d. 2003)
- 1927Jack Cassidy, American actor (d. 1976)
- 1929Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
- 1930Del Crandall, American baseball player
- 1931Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player
- 1931Fred Othon Aristidès, French comics artist
- 1933Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (d. 2005)
- 1933Kostas Linoxilakis, Greek footballer
- 1933Tommy Tucker, American blues singer and pianist (d. 1982)
- 1934Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist, Nobel laureate
- 1934James B. Sikking, American actor
- 1935Paul Sand, American actor
- 1935Philip K. Chapman, Australian astronaut and scientist
- 1936Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
- 1936Dean Stockwell, American actor
- 1937Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ, 5th & 12th President of Nigeria
- 1938Fred Williamson, American football player and actor
- 1938Lynn Margulis, American biologist (d. 2011)
- 1938Paul Evans, American singer and songwriter
- 1939Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer
- 1939Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
- 1939Samantha Eggar, English actress
- 1942Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain (1982-1996)
- 1942Mike Resnick, American science fiction author
- 1943Billy Backus, American boxer
- 1944Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998)
- 1944Peter Brandes, Danish artist
- 1944Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- 1946Lova Moor, French singer and dancer
- 1946Mem Fox, Australian writer
- 1946Murray Head, British actor and singer
- 1946Richard Bell, Canadian musician (The Band) (d. 2007)
- 1947Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer
- 1947Eddie Hodges, American actor and singer
- 1947Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
- 1948Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer
- 1948Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
- 1948Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
- 1948Richard Hickox, English musical conductor
- 1949Franz Josef Jung, German federal minister of defence
- 1949Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (d. 1992)
- 1951Burkhard Segler, German footballer
- 1951Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid, Malaysian cartoonist
- 1951Giorgos Ninios, Greek actor
- 1952Alan Clark, English keyboardist (Dire Straits)
- 1952Diana Castro Hagee, American evangelist and author, wife of John Hagee
- 1953Michael Sandel, American philosopher
- 1954Barry Lee Fairchild, American convicted murderer (d. 1995)
- 1954Jack Stamp, American wind band composer
- 1954Marsha Warfield, American actress
- 1955Georgios Papastamkos, Greek politician
- 1955Julien Dray, French politician
- 1955Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
- 1956Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress
- 1956Marco Paolini, Italian stage actor and author
- 1956Teena Marie, American singer (d. 2010)
- 1957Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall)
- 1957Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
- 1958Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer and teen idol (d. 1988)
- 1959David Fury, American television writer and producer
- 1959Tsukasa Hojo, Japanese manga artist
- 1959Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian politician and 7th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)
- 1960David Tibet, English musician (Current 93)
- 1962Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers)
- 1962Jonathan Penner, American reality show contestant
- 1963Joel Osteen, American religious figure
- 1964Bertrand Cantat, French singer and murderer
- 1966Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
- 1966Bob Halkidis, Canadian hockey player
- 1966Michael Irvin, American football player
- 1968Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian politician
- 1969Danny King, British author
- 1969MC Solaar, French rapper
- 1969Moussa Saïb, former Algerian footballer
- 1969Paul Blackthorne, British actor
- 1970John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- 1970Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
- 1970Mike Brown, American basketball coach
- 1971Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian mountainbiker
- 1971Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player
- 1971Scott Mosier, American producer
- 1971Yuri Lowenthal, American actor and author
- 1972Brian Grant, American basketball player
- 1972Luca Turilli, Italian musician (Rhapsody)
- 1973Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
- 1973Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
- 1974Eva Mendes, American actress
- 1974Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- 1974Kevin Connolly, American actor and comedian
- 1974Matt Lucas, English comedian
- 1975Jolene Blalock, American actress
- 1975Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
- 1975Niki Taylor, American model
- 1975Sasho Petrovski, Australian soccer player
- 1976Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1976Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
- 1976Paul Konerko, American baseball player
- 1976Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial artist
- 1977Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player
- 1977Mike MacDougal, American baseball player
- 1977Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
- 1978Jared Crouch, Australian rules footballer
- 1978Kimberly McCullough, American actress
- 1978Mike Hessman, American baseball player
- 1979Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter
- 1981Andreas Wiig, Norwegian snowboarder
- 1981Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
- 1981Shugo Oshinari, Japanese actor
- 1982Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
- 1982Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
- 1984Ryan Crowley, Australian rules footballer
- 1985David Marshall, Scottish footballer
- 1985Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
- 1986Ellen Whitaker, English show jumper
- 1986Kimberlee Green, Australian netball player
- 1986Matty Fryatt, English footballer
- 1987Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
- 1988Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1988Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
- 1989Jake Lloyd, American actor
- 1989Sterling Knight, American actor
- 1990Alex Smithies, English footballer
- 1992Erik Lamela, Argentine footballer
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Who Died On March 5?
- 1534Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
- 1539Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)
- 1592Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
- 1611Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
- 1622Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
- 1695Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
- 1726Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
- 1770Crispus Attucks, American Revolution figure
- 1776Yeongjo of Joseon of Korea (b. 1694)
- 1778Thomas Arne, English composer (b. 1710)
- 1815Franz Anton Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
- 1827Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
- 1827Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
- 1829John Adams, British mutineer (b. 1766)
- 1849David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
- 1876Marie d'Agoult, German-born writer (b. 1805)
- 1893Hippolyte Taine, French historian (b. 1828)
- 1895Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (b. 1810)
- 1895Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (b. 1831)
- 1903George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854)
- 1904John Lowther du Plat Taylor, British Army officer (b. 1829)
- 1907Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
- 1925Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (b. 1859)
- 1926Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
- 1927Franz Mertens, German mathematician (b. 1840)
- 1929David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile executive (b. 1854)
- 1931Fr. Arthur Tooth, British religious figure (b. 1839)
- 1940Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868)
- 1944Max Jacob, French poet and writer (b. 1876)
- 1945Lena Baker, American convicted murderer (b. 1901)
- 1947Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
- 1950Edgar Lee Masters American poet, biographer and dramatist (b. 1868)
- 1953Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (b. 1897)
- 1953Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
- 1953Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (b. 1891)
- 1955Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian politician (b. 1888)
- 1963Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
- 1963Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer (b. 1921)
- 1963Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1965Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
- 1965Pepper Martin, American baseball player (b. 1904)
- 1966Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
- 1967Georges Vanier, Canadian politician (b. 1888)
- 1967Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian Prime Minister (b. 1882)
- 1973Michael Jeffery, British music manager (b. 1933)
- 1974Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1974Sol Hurok, Russian-born American impresario (b. 1888)
- 1977Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
- 1980Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (b. 1912)
- 1980Winifred Wagner, German opera producer (b. 1897)
- 1981Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
- 1982John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
- 1984Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (b. 1915)
- 1984William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
- 1988Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
- 1990Gary Merrill, American film actor (b. 1915)
- 1993Cyril Collard, French author and filmmaker (b. 1957)
- 1995Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. 1952)
- 1995Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Band) (b. 1943)
- 1996Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
- 1997Samm Sinclair Baker, American dietician and author (b. 1909)
- 1999Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2000Lolo Ferrari, French pornographic actress (b. 1962)
- 2000Rena Dor, Greek actress and singer (b. 1917)
- 2004Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
- 2006Richard Kuklinski, American organized crime figure (b. 1935)
- 2008Joseph Weizenbaum, German-born American computer science professor (b. 1923)
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