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March 5: Day of the Week
March 5, 2024 was the 65th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 301 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Tuesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
March 5 Historical Event(s)
1279
The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
1766
Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
1770
Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. At a subsequent trial the soldiers are defended by John Adams.
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.
1912
Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
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.
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.
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.
1984
6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
Who were born on March 5?
1693
Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
1922
Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (d. 1975)
1927
Jack Cassidy, American actor (d. 1976)
1936
Dean Stockwell, American actor
1942
Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain (1982-1996)
1947
Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
1956
Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress
1964
Bertrand Cantat, French singer and murderer
1974
Kevin Connolly, American actor and comedian
1982
Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
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