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March 5th is a special day with many interesting events, births, and deaths throughout history. From ancient battles to modern space missions, this date has seen a lot happen! People around the world also celebrate different holidays and observances on this day.

Historic Events on March 5

Ancient Times and Middle Ages

  • In 363, the Roman Emperor Julian left Antioch with a huge army of 90,000 soldiers. His goal was to attack the Sasanian Empire, but this military campaign sadly led to his own death.
  • In 1046, a traveler named Nasir Khusraw began a seven-year journey across the Middle East. He later wrote all about his adventures in a famous book called Safarnama.
  • In 1279, the Livonian Order faced a big defeat in the Battle of Aizkraukle against the forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
  • In 1496, King Henry VII of England gave special permission to John Cabot and his sons. This allowed them to explore new, unknown lands, which was a big deal for discovery!

From the 1600s to the 1900s

The 20th and 21st Centuries

  • In 1906, during the Moro Rebellion, United States Army troops used overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo. Only six people survived this conflict.
  • In 1912, during the Italo-Turkish War, Italian forces made history. They were the first to use airships for military purposes, flying them to scout behind Turkish lines.
  • In 1931, the Gandhi–Irwin Pact was signed in British India. This was an agreement between Mahatma Gandhi and the British Viceroy, Lord Irwin.
  • In 1933, Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party won 43.9% of the votes in the Reichstag elections. This victory allowed the Nazis to later pass a law that gave Hitler dictatorial powers.
  • In 1939, during the Spanish Civil War, a group called the National Defence Council took control of the government in a coup. They hoped to negotiate an end to the war.
  • In 1940, six important members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, signed an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intellectuals and prisoners of war. This terrible event became known as the Katyn massacre.
  • In 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces captured Batavia, the capital of the Dutch East Indies. The city was left undefended after its troops moved to other areas.
  • In 1944, also during World War II, the Red Army began a major military operation called the Uman–Botoșani offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
  • In 1946, during the early days of the Cold War, Winston Churchill used the famous phrase "Iron Curtain" in a speech. This phrase described the division between Western and Eastern Europe.
  • In 1953, Joseph Stalin, who had been the leader of the Soviet Union for a very long time, died in Moscow. He had suffered a brain hemorrhage a few days earlier.
  • In 1960, Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the democratically elected parliament and replaced it with members he had chosen himself.
  • In 1963, American country music stars Patsy Cline, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Cowboy Copas, and their pilot Randy Hughes were killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
  • In 1965, an uprising called the March Intifada began in Bahrain. People were protesting against the British colonial presence.
  • In 1966, BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 airplane, broke apart in the air because of strong, clear-air turbulence. It crashed into Mount Fuji, Japan, and all 124 people on board died.
  • In 1970, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons officially came into effect. This treaty aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.
  • In 1973, an Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 plane collided in mid-air with another plane over Nantes, France. All 68 people on the DC-9 died, including music manager Michael Jeffery.
  • In 1974, during the Yom Kippur War, Israeli forces pulled back from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
  • In 1978, the Landsat 3 satellite was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
  • In 1979, Soviet space probes Venera 11, Venera 12, and the German-American satellite Helios II were all hit by extremely powerful "off the scale" gamma rays. This led to the discovery of special objects in space called soft gamma repeaters.
  • In 1981, the ZX81, an early British home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research. It became very popular, selling over 1.5 million units worldwide.
  • In 1982, the Soviet probe Venera 14 successfully landed on the planet Venus.
  • In 2002, an earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, caused 15 deaths and injured more than 100 people.
  • In 2012, Tropical Storm Irina caused the deaths of over 75 people as it moved through Madagascar.
  • In 2018, during the Syrian civil war, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) paused their military campaign in Deir ez-Zor. This was because of the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.
  • In 2021, Pope Francis began a historic visit to Iraq, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • In 2023, the 2023 Estonian parliamentary election was held. For the first time, two center-right liberal parties won enough votes to have a clear majority.

Famous Births on March 5

Born Before the 1600s

Born Between 1601 and 1900

  • 1637 – Jan van der Heyden, a Dutch painter and engineer.
  • 1658 – Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, a French explorer and governor of Louisiana.
  • 1693 – Johann Jakob Wettstein, a Swiss theologian.
  • 1696 – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, a famous Italian painter.
  • 1703 – Vasily Trediakovsky, a Russian poet.
  • 1713 – Edward Cornwallis, an English general and governor of Gibraltar.
  • 1713 – Frederick Cornwallis, an English archbishop.
  • 1723 – Princess Mary of Great Britain, a British princess.
  • 1733 – Vincenzo Galeotti, an Italian-Danish dancer.
  • 1739 – Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, an American colonel and doctor.
  • 1748 – Jonas Carlsson Dryander, a Swedish botanist.
  • 1748 – William Shield, an English violinist and composer.
  • 1750 – Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, a French scholar.
  • 1751 – Jan Křtitel Kuchař, a Czech organist and composer.
  • 1774 – Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, a Danish composer.
  • 1779 – Benjamin Gompertz, an English mathematician.
  • 1785 – Carlo Odescalchi, an Italian cardinal.
  • 1794 – Jacques Babinet, a French physicist and astronomer.
  • 1794 – Robert Cooper Grier, an American judge.
  • 1800 – Georg Friedrich Daumer, a German poet.
  • 1814 – Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, a German historian.
  • 1815 – John Wentworth, an American journalist and Mayor of Chicago.
  • 1817 – Austen Henry Layard, an English archaeologist and politician.
  • 1830 – Étienne-Jules Marey, a French physiologist who studied movement.
  • 1830 – Charles Wyville Thomson, a Scottish zoologist.
  • 1834 – Félix de Blochausen, a Luxembourgian prime minister.
  • 1834 – Marietta Piccolomini, an Italian opera singer.
  • 1853 – Howard Pyle, an American author and illustrator.
  • 1862 – Siegbert Tarrasch, a German chess player.
  • 1867 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, a Canadian politician and Premier of Quebec.
  • 1869 – Michael von Faulhaber, a German cardinal.
  • 1870 – Frank Norris, an American journalist and author.
  • 1870 – Evgeny Paton, a French-Ukrainian engineer.
  • 1871 – Rosa Luxemburg, a Polish-Russian economist and philosopher.
  • 1871 – Konstantinos Pallis, a Greek general.
  • 1873 – Olav Bjaaland, a Norwegian skier and explorer.
  • 1874 – Henry Travers, an English-American actor.
  • 1875 – Harry Lawson, an Australian politician.
  • 1876 – Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, an English lawyer and judge.
  • 1876 – Elisabeth Moore, an American tennis player.
  • 1879 – William Beveridge, an English economist.
  • 1879 – Andres Larka, an Estonian general.
  • 1880 – Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, a Russian mathematician.
  • 1882 – Dora Marsden, an English author and activist.
  • 1883 – Pauline Sperry, an American mathematician.
  • 1885 – Marius Barbeau, a Canadian ethnographer.
  • 1886 – Dong Biwu, a Chinese judge and politician.
  • 1886 – Freddie Welsh, a Welsh boxer.
  • 1887 – Heitor Villa-Lobos, a Brazilian composer.
  • 1894 – Henry Daniell, an English-American actor.
  • 1898 – Zhou Enlai, a Chinese politician and Premier.
  • 1898 – Misao Okawa, a Japanese super-centenarian.
  • 1900 – Lilli Jahn, a Jewish German doctor.
  • 1900 – Johanna Langefeld, a German guard.

Born After 1900

  • 1901 – Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg, a German prince.
  • 1901 – Julian Przyboś, a Polish poet.
  • 1904 – Karl Rahner, a German priest and theologian.
  • 1905 – László Benedek, a Hungarian-American director.
  • 1908 – Fritz Fischer, a German historian.
  • 1908 – Irving Fiske, an American author.
  • 1908 – Rex Harrison, an English actor.
  • 1910 – Momofuku Ando, a Taiwanese-Japanese businessman who founded Nissin Foods (invented instant noodles!).
  • 1910 – Ennio Flaiano, an Italian author and screenwriter.
  • 1911 – Subroto Mukerjee, an Indian Air Marshall, known as the Father of the Indian Air Force.
  • 1912 – Jack Marshall, a New Zealand politician and Prime Minister.
  • 1915 – Henry Hicks, a Canadian politician.
  • 1915 – Laurent Schwartz, a French mathematician.
  • 1918 – Milt Schmidt, a Canadian ice hockey player.
  • 1918 – Red Storey, a Canadian football player and sportscaster.
  • 1918 – James Tobin, an American economist and Nobel Prize winner.
  • 1920 – José Aboulker, an Algerian surgeon and activist.
  • 1920 – Virginia Christine, an American actress.
  • 1920 – Rachel Gurney, an English actress.
  • 1920 – Wang Zengqi, a Chinese writer.
  • 1921 – Arthur A. Oliner, an American physicist.
  • 1921 – Elmer Valo, an American baseball player.
  • 1922 – James Noble, an American actor.
  • 1922 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, an Italian director.
  • 1923 – Juan A. Rivero, a Puerto Rican biologist.
  • 1923 – Laurence Tisch, an American businessman.
  • 1924 – Roger Marche, a French footballer.
  • 1927 – Jack Cassidy, an American actor and singer.
  • 1927 – Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, a Scottish businessman.
  • 1928 – J. Hillis Miller, an American academic.
  • 1929 – Erik Carlsson, a Swedish race car driver.
  • 1929 – J. B. Lenoir, an American singer-songwriter.
  • 1930 – John Ashley, a Canadian ice hockey referee.
  • 1930 – Del Crandall, an American baseball player.
  • 1931 – Fred, a French author and illustrator.
  • 1931 – Barry Tuckwell, an Australian horn player.
  • 1932 – Paul Sand, an American actor.
  • 1933 – Walter Kasper, a German cardinal.
  • 1934 – Daniel Kahneman, an Israeli-American economist and Nobel Prize winner.
  • 1934 – James B. Sikking, an American actor.
  • 1935 – Letizia Battaglia, an Italian photographer.
  • 1935 – Philip K. Chapman, an Australian-American astronaut.
  • 1935 – Shamsuddin Qasemi, a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar.
  • 1936 – Canaan Banana, the first President of Zimbabwe.
  • 1936 – Dale Douglass, an American golfer.
  • 1936 – Dean Stockwell, an American actor.
  • 1937 – Olusegun Obasanjo, a Nigerian general and President.
  • 1938 – Paul Evans, an American singer-songwriter.
  • 1938 – Lynn Margulis, an American biologist.
  • 1938 – Fred Williamson, an American football player and actor.
  • 1939 – Samantha Eggar, an English actress.
  • 1939 – Tony Rundle, an Australian politician.
  • 1939 – Benyamin Sueb, an Indonesian actor and comedian.
  • 1939 – Pierre Wynants, a Belgian chef.
  • 1940 – Tom Butler, an English bishop.
  • 1940 – Graham McRae, a New Zealand race car driver.
  • 1940 – Sepp Piontek, a German footballer and manager.
  • 1941 – Des Wilson, a New Zealand-English businessman.
  • 1942 – Felipe González, a Spanish lawyer and Prime Minister.
  • 1942 – Mike Resnick, an American author.
  • 1943 – Lucio Battisti, an Italian singer-songwriter.
  • 1944 – Peter Brandes, a Danish painter and sculptor.
  • 1944 – Roy Gutman, an American journalist.
  • 1945 – Wilf Tranter, an English footballer.
  • 1946 – Richard Bell, a Canadian pianist.
  • 1946 – Guerrino Boatto, an Italian illustrator.
  • 1946 – Graham Hawkins, an English footballer.
  • 1946 – Murray Head, an English actor and singer.
  • 1947 – Clodagh Rodgers, a Northern Irish singer.
  • 1947 – Kent Tekulve, an American baseball player.

4* 1948 – Eddy Grant, a Guyanese-British singer.

  • 1948 – Richard Hickox, an English conductor.
  • 1948 – Elaine Paige, an English singer and actress.
  • 1948 – Paquirri, a Spanish bullfighter.
  • 1948 – Jan van Beveren, a Dutch footballer.
  • 1949 – Bernard Arnault, a French businessman and art collector.
  • 1949 – Franz Josef Jung, a German politician.
  • 1949 – Tom Russell, an American singer-songwriter.
  • 1951 – Rodney Hogg, an Australian cricketer.
  • 1952 – Petar Borota, a Serbian footballer.
  • 1952 – Alan Clark, an English musician.
  • 1952 – Robin Hobb, an American author.
  • 1952 – Mike Squires, an American baseball player.
  • 1953 – Katarina Frostenson, a Swedish poet.
  • 1953 – Michael J. Sandel, an American philosopher.
  • 1953 – Tokyo Sexwale, a South African businessman and politician.
  • 1954 – João Lourenço, the President of Angola.
  • 1954 – Marsha Warfield, an American actress.
  • 1955 – Penn Jillette, an American magician.
  • 1956 – Adriana Barraza, a Mexican actress.
  • 1956 – Teena Marie, an American singer-songwriter.
  • 1956 – Christopher Snowden, an English engineer.
  • 1957 – Mark E. Smith, an English singer.
  • 1957 – Ray Suarez, an American journalist.
  • 1958 – Volodymyr Bezsonov, a Ukrainian footballer.
  • 1958 – Bob Forward, an American director.
  • 1958 – Andy Gibb, an English-Australian singer.
  • 1959 – Talia Balsam, an American actress.
  • 1959 – Vazgen Sargsyan, an Armenian politician and Prime Minister.
  • 1960 – Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, an English businessman and politician.
  • 1960 – Mike Munchak, an American football player and coach.
  • 1963 – Joel Osteen, an American pastor and author.
  • 1964 – Bertrand Cantat, a French singer.
  • 1964 – Scott Skiles, an American basketball player and coach.
  • 1964 – Gerald Vanenburg, a Dutch footballer.
  • 1964 – Reggie Williams, an American basketball player.
  • 1965 – José Semedo, a Portuguese footballer.
  • 1966 – Oh Eun-sun, a South Korean mountaineer.
  • 1966 – Bob Halkidis, a Canadian ice hockey player.
  • 1966 – Michael Irvin, an American football player and sportscaster.
  • 1966 – Aasif Mandvi, an Indian-American actor.
  • 1966 – Zachary Stevens, an American singer.
  • 1968 – Gordon Bajnai, a Hungarian politician and Prime Minister.
  • 1968 – Theresa Villiers, an English lawyer and politician.
  • 1969 – Paul Blackthorne, an English actor.
  • 1969 – Danny King, an English author.
  • 1969 – Moussa Saïb, an Algerian footballer.
  • 1969 – M.C. Solaar, a Senegalese-French rapper.
  • 1970 – Mike Brown, an American basketball coach.
  • 1970 – John Frusciante, an American guitarist and musician.
  • 1970 – Yuu Watase, a Japanese illustrator.
  • 1971 – Greg Berry, an English footballer.
  • 1971 – Jeffrey Hammonds, an American baseball player.
  • 1971 – Yuri Lowenthal, an American voice actor.
  • 1971 – Filip Meirhaeghe, a Belgian cyclist.
  • 1972 – Brian Grant, an American basketball player.
  • 1973 – Yannis Anastasiou, a Greek footballer.
  • 1973 – Nelly Arcan, a Canadian author.
  • 1973 – Juan Esnáider, an Argentine footballer.
  • 1973 – Ryan Franklin, an American baseball player.
  • 1973 – Nicole Pratt, an Australian tennis player.
  • 1973 – Špela Pretnar, a Slovenian skier.
  • 1974 – Kevin Connolly, an American actor and director.
  • 1974 – Jens Jeremies, a German footballer.
  • 1974 & Matt Lucas, an English actor and comedian.
  • 1974 – Eva Mendes, an American model and actress.
  • 1975 – Jolene Blalock, an American model and actress.
  • 1975 – Luciano Burti, a Brazilian race car driver.
  • 1975 – Sasho Petrovski, an Australian footballer.
  • 1975 – Chris Silverwood, an English cricketer.
  • 1976 – Neil Jackson, an English actor.
  • 1976 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius, a Lithuanian basketball player.
  • 1976 – Paul Konerko, an American baseball player.
  • 1976 – Norm Maxwell, a New Zealand rugby player.
  • 1977 – Taismary Agüero, a Cuban-Italian volleyball player.
  • 1977 – Bryan Berard, an American ice hockey player.
  • 1977 – Wally Szczerbiak, an American basketball player.
  • 1978 – Jared Crouch, an Australian footballer.
  • 1978 – Mike Hessman, an American baseball player.
  • 1978 – Kimberly McCullough, an American actress.
  • 1978 – Carlos Ochoa, a Mexican footballer.
  • 1979 – Martin Axenrot, a Swedish drummer.
  • 1979 – Érik Bédard, a Canadian baseball player.
  • 1979 – Lee Mears, an English rugby player.
  • 1980 – Shay Carl, an American businessman.
  • 1981 – Barret Jackman, a Canadian ice hockey player.
  • 1981 – Paul Martin, an American ice hockey player.
  • 1981 – Karolina Wydra, a Polish-American actress.
  • 1982 – Dan Carter, a New Zealand rugby player.
  • 1982 – Philipp Haastrup, a German footballer.
  • 1983 – Édgar Dueñas, a Mexican footballer.
  • 1984 – Branko Cvetković, a Serbian basketball player.
  • 1984 – Guillaume Hoarau, a French footballer.
  • 1985 – David Marshall, a Scottish footballer.
  • 1985 – Kenichi Matsuyama, a Japanese actor.
  • 1985 – Brad Mills, an American baseball player.
  • 1986 – Alexandre Barthe, a French footballer.
  • 1986 – Corey Brewer, an American basketball player.
  • 1986 – Matty Fryatt, an English footballer.
  • 1986 – Shikabala, an Egyptian footballer.
  • 1987 – Anna Chakvetadze, a Russian tennis player.
  • 1987 – Chris Cohen, an English footballer.
  • 1988 – Jovana Brakočević, a Serbian volleyball player.
  • 1988 – Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, an Algerian footballer.
  • 1989 – Sterling Knight, an American actor.
  • 1989 – Jake Lloyd, an American actor.
  • 1990 – Danny Drinkwater, an English footballer.
  • 1990 – Mason Plumlee, an American basketball player.
  • 1990 – Alex Smithies, an English footballer.
  • 1991 – Ramiro Funes Mori, an Argentine footballer.
  • 1991 – Daniil Trifonov, a Russian pianist.
  • 1992 – Sam Bankman-Fried, an American businessman.
  • 1993 – El Hadji Ba, a French footballer.
  • 1993 – Joshua Coyne, an American violinist.
  • 1993 – Fred, a Brazilian footballer.
  • 1993 – Ahmed Hassan, an Egyptian footballer.
  • 1993 & Harry Maguire, an English footballer.
  • 1993 – Kyle Schwarber, an American baseball player.
  • 1994 – Daria Gavrilova, a Russian-Australian tennis player.
  • 1996 – Taylor Hill, an American model.
  • 1996 – Emmanuel Mudiay, a Congolese-American basketball player.
  • 1997 – Milena Venega, a Cuban rower.
  • 1998 – Bo Bichette, an American baseball player.
  • 1999 – Madison Beer, an American singer-songwriter.
  • 1999 – Justin Fields, an American football player.
  • 1999 – Yeri, a South Korean singer.
  • 2000 – Doug Edert, an American basketball player.
  • 2007 – Roman Griffin Davis, an English actor.

Notable Deaths on March 5

Died Before the 1600s

Died Between 1601 and 1900

Died After 1900

Holidays and Observances

See also

In Spanish: 5 de marzo para niños

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