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
- 1850 –The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
- 1860 –Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 1868 –Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
- 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.
- 1966 –BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
- 1970 –The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
- 1975 –First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
- 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.
- 1982 –Soviet probes Venera 14 landed on Venus.
Who were born on March 5?
- 1512 –Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (d. 1594)
- 1867 –Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
- 1897 –Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (d. 1960)
- 1938 –Fred Williamson, American football player and actor
- 1947 –Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
- 1959 –Tsukasa Hojo, Japanese manga artist
- 1959 –Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian politician and 7th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)
- 1975 –Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
- 1975 –Niki Taylor, American model
- 1975 –Sasho Petrovski, Australian soccer player
Who died on March 5?
- 1893 –Hippolyte Taine, French historian (b. 1828)
- 1925 –Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (b. 1859)
- 1931 –Fr. Arthur Tooth, British religious figure (b. 1839)
- 1940 –Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868)
- 1965 –Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
- 1977 –Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
- 1980 –Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (b. 1912)
- 1981 –Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
- 1982 –John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
- 2000 –Rena Dor, Greek actress and singer (b. 1917)
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