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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