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March 5th


- CCHR Day (Scientology)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Learn from Lei Feng Day (China)
- St Piran's Day (Cornwall)

March 5th


- 1942 - United States Navy Seabees established.
- 2003 - In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
- 2001 - In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
- 1999 - Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
- 1988 - The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
- 1984 - 6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
- 1982 - The Soviet probe Venera 14 arrives at the planet Venus.
- 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.
- 1979 - America's Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
- 1978 - The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
- 1975 - First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
- 1974 - Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
- 1973 - Donald DeFreeze, the future Symbionese Liberation Army leader, escapes from Vacaville Prison.
- 1970 - The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
- 1966 - BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
- 1965 - March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
- 1960 - Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase, giving rise to the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis.
- 1958 - The Explorer 2 spacecraft launches and fails to reach Earth orbit.
- 1946 - Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
- 1946 - Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
- 1943 - First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
- 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.
- 1933 - Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
- 1912 - Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
- 1904 - Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation.
- 1894 - Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery becomes First Lord of the Treasury.
- 1872 - George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
- 1868 - A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson.
- 1868 - Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
- 1860 - Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
- 1850 - The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
- 1848 - Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance.
- 1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
- 1824 - First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
- 1784 - Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is named President of the Board of Trade.
- 1770 - Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including a black man named Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later.
- 1766 - Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
- 1689 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham is named Secretary of State for the Northern Department.
- 1496 - King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
- 1279 - the Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- 1046 - Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
- 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.

March 5th


- 1990 - Alex Smithies, English footballer (Huddersfield Town)
- 1989 - Sterling Knight, American actor
- 1989 - Jake Lloyd, American actor
- 1988 - Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
- 1988 - Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1987 - Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
- 1986 - Matty Fryatt, English footballer
- 1986 - Kimberlee Green, Australian netball player
- 1986 - Ellen Whitaker, English show jumper
- 1985 - Brad Mills, American baseball player
- 1985 - Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
- 1985 - David Marshall, Scottish footballer
- 1984 - Ryan Crowley, Australian rules footballer
- 1982 - Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
- 1982 - Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
- 1981 - Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
- 1981 - Shugo Oshinari, Japanese actor
- 1981 - Andreas Wiig, Norwegian snowboarder
- 1979 - Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter
- 1978 - Jared Crouch, Australian rules footballer
- 1978 - Mike Hessman, American baseball player
- 1978 - Kimberly McCullough, American actress
- 1978 - Papoose, American rapper
- 1977 - Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player
- 1977 - Mike MacDougal, American baseball player
- 1977 - Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
- 1976 - Šar?nas Jasikevi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1976 - Paul Konerko, American baseball player
- 1976 - Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
- 1976 - Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial artist
- 1975 - Jolene Blalock, American actress
- 1975 - Sasho Petrovski, Australian soccer player
- 1975 - Niki Taylor, American model
- 1975 - Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
- 1974 - Kevin Connolly, American actor and comedian
- 1974 - Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- 1974 - Matt Lucas, English comedian
- 1974 - Eva Mendes, American actress
- 1973 - Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
- 1973 - Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
- 1972 - Brian Grant, American basketball player
- 1972 - Luca Turilli, Italian musician (Rhapsody)
- 1971 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
- 1971 - Yuri Lowenthal, American actor and author
- 1971 - Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian mountainbiker
- 1971 - Scott Mosier, American producer
- 1971 - Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player
- 1970 - Mike Brown, American basketball coach
- 1970 - John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- 1970 - Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
- 1969 - Paul Blackthorne, British actor
- 1969 - Danny King, British author
- 1969 - Moussa Saïb, former Algerian footballer
- 1969 - MC Solaar, French rapper
- 1968 - Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian politician
- 1966 - Michael Irvin, American football player
- 1966 - Bob Halkidis, Canadian hockey player
- 1966 - Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
- 1964 - Bertrand Cantat, French singer and murderer
- 1963 - Joel Osteen, American religious figure
- 1962 - Jonathan Penner, American reality show contestant
- 1962 - Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers)
- 1960 - David Tibet, English musician (Current 93)
- 1959 - Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian politician and 7th Prime Minister of Armenia(d. 1999)
- 1959 - David Fury, American television writer and producer
- 1958 - Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer and teen idol (d. 1988)
- 1957 - Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall)
- 1957 - Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
- 1956 - Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress
- 1956 - Teena Marie, American singer
- 1956 - Marco Paolini, Italian stage actor and author
- 1955 - Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
- 1955 - Julien Dray, French politician
- 1955 - Georgios Papastamkos, Greek politician
- 1954 - Marsha Warfield, American actress
- 1954 - Barry Lee Fairchild, American convicted murderer (d. 1995)
- 1953 - Michael Sandel, American philosopher
- 1952 - Alan Clark, English keyboardist (Dire Straits)
- 1952 - Diana Castro Hagee, American evangelist and author, wife of John Hagee
- 1951 - Giorgos Ninios, Greek actor
- 1951 - Burkhard Segler, German footballer
- 1949 - Franz Josef Jung, German federal minister of defence
- 1948 - Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer
- 1948 - Richard Hickox, English musical conductor
- 1948 - Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
- 1948 - Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
- 1947 - Eddie Hodges, American actor and singer
- 1947 - Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer
- 1947 - Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
- 1946 - Murray Head, British actor and singer
- 1946 - Lova Moor, French singer and dancer
- 1946 - Richard Bell, Canadian musician (The Band) (d. 2007)
- 1944 - Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998)
- 1944 - Peter Brandes, Danish artist
- 1944 - Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
- 1943 - Billy Backus, American boxer
- 1942 - Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain (1982-1996)
- 1942 - Mike Resnick, American science fiction author
- 1940 - Malcolm Hebden, English actor
- 1940 - David Koch, American businessman, politician
- 1939 - Samantha Eggar, English actress
- 1939 - Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer
- 1939 - Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
- 1938 - Paul Evans, American singer and songwriter
- 1938 - Fred Williamson, American football player and actor
- 1937 - Olus?gun ?basanj?, 5th & 12th President of Nigeria
- 1936 - Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
- 1936 - Dean Stockwell, American actor
- 1935 - Philip K. Chapman, Australian astronaut and scientist
- 1934 - James B. Sikking, American actor
- 1934 - Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist, Nobel laureate
- 1933 - Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (d. 2005)
- 1933 - Kostas Linoxilakis, Greek footballer
- 1933 - Tommy Tucker, American blues singer and pianist (d. 1982)
- 1931 - Fred Othon Aristidès, French comics artist
- 1931 - Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player
- 1930 - Del Crandall, American baseball player
- 1929 - Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
- 1927 - Jack Cassidy, American actor (d. 1976)
- 1923 - Laurence Tisch, American investor (d. 2003)
- 1922 - James Noble, American actor
- 1922 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (d. 1975)
- 1921 - Elmer Valo, American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1920 - José Aboulker, Jewish Communist (d. 2009)
- 1920 - Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)
- 1918 - Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager
- 1918 - Red Storey, Canadian football player and ice hockey referee (d. 2006)
- 1918 - James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
- 1915 - Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
- 1914 - Philip Farkas, American horn player and teacher (d. 1992)
- 1908 - Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (d. 1990)
- 1908 - Sir Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
- 1904 - Karl Rahner, German theologian (d. 1984)
- 1898 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
- 1898 - Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-Shek (d. 2003)
- 1897 - Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (d. 1960)
- 1887 - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (d. 1959)
- 1886 - Dong Biwu, Chinese Communist Party figure (d. 1975)
- 1883 - Marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (d. 1969)
- 1882 - Dora Marsden, British editor, writer (d. 1960)
- 1879 - Sir William Beveridge, British economist (d. 1963)
- 1874 - Henry Travers, British actor (d. 1965)
- 1873 - Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. 1961)
- 1871 - Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
- 1870 - Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
- 1869 - Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal and archbishop (d. 1952)
- 1867 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
- 1862 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
- 1853 - Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
- 1836 - Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
- 1817 - Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist (d. 1894)
- 1815 - John Wentworth, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois (d. 1888)
- 1814 - Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
- 1794 - Jacques Babinet, French physicist (d. 1872)
- 1794 - Robert Cooper Grier, American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1870)
- 1750 - Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
- 1748 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
- 1748 - William Shield, English musician (d. 1829)
- 1739 - Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American physican and statesman (d. 1819)
- 1723 - Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
- 1713 - Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
- 1713 - Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1783)
- 1703 - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
- 1696 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
- 1693 - Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
- 1658 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730)
- 1585 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
- 1575 - William Oughtred, English mathematician (d. 1660)
- 1563 - John Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
- 1512 - Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (d. 1594)
- 1326 - Louis I of Hungary (d. 1382)
- 1324 - King David II of Scotland (d. 1371)
- 1133 - King Henry II of England (d. 1189)