What happened this day in history March 5

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 65th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 301 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 21, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,709,596,800 seconds 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 ‘hexacontapentagon’ day.

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 330 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 4,092 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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March 5 Historical Events

  • 1046
    Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
  • 1616
    Nicolaus Copernicus’s book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is banned by the catholic chuch
  • 1766
    Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
  • 1850
    The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
  • 1872
    George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
  • 1946
    Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
  • 1970
    The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
  • 1979
    Soviet 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.
  • 1981
    The 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.
  • 1999
    Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.

Who were born on March 5?

  • 1750
    Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
  • 1879
    Sir William Beveridge, British economist (d. 1963)
  • 1918
    James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
  • 1933
    Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (d. 2005)
  • 1951
    Burkhard Segler, German footballer
  • 1966
    Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
  • 1969
    MC Solaar, French rapper
  • 1974
    Eva Mendes, American actress
  • 1975
    Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
  • 1984
    Ryan Crowley, Australian rules footballer

Who died on March 5?

  • 1827
    Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
  • 1895
    Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (b. 1831)
  • 1926
    Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
  • 1947
    Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
  • 1955
    Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian politician (b. 1888)
  • 1963
    Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
  • 1974
    Sol Hurok, Russian-born American impresario (b. 1888)
  • 1980
    Winifred Wagner, German opera producer (b. 1897)
  • 2004
    Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
  • 2008
    Joseph Weizenbaum, German-born American computer science professor (b. 1923)

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