What are the important events that happened on March 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 5 is the 64th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 301 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 20, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 483,648 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontatetragon’ day.
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Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 349 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,457 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 5 Historical Events
- 1496 –King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
- 1824 –First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
- 1872 –George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
- 1906 –Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
- 1940 –Members 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.
- 1944 –World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoşani Offensive in western Ukrainian SSR.
- 1946 –Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
- 1965 –March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
- 1978 –The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
- 1999 –Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
Who were born on March 5?
- 1693 –Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
- 1713 –Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
- 1739 –Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American physican and statesman (d. 1819)
- 1870 –Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
- 1918 –Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager
- 1938 –Lynn Margulis, American biologist (d. 2011)
- 1951 –Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid, Malaysian cartoonist
- 1962 –Jonathan Penner, American reality show contestant
- 1964 –Bertrand Cantat, French singer and murderer
- 1982 –Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
Who died on March 5?
- 1876 –Marie d'Agoult, German-born writer (b. 1805)
- 1907 –Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
- 1925 –Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (b. 1859)
- 1945 –Lena Baker, American convicted murderer (b. 1901)
- 1947 –Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
- 1950 –Edgar Lee Masters American poet, biographer and dramatist (b. 1868)
- 1955 –Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian politician (b. 1888)
- 1982 –John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
- 1988 –Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
- 2000 –Lolo Ferrari, French pornographic actress (b. 1962)
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