Wednesday March 5, 2025
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

: Day of the Week

was the of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There were until the end of the year. The day of the week was .

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.

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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.

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by the Numbers

  • days since
  • year, months, and days ago
  • months since then
  • is in the th week of the year (ISO 8601)
  • weeks ago
  • The year is not a leap year

Historical Event(s)

1279
The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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.
Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
America’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
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.
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.
6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.

Who were born on ?

Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (d. 1990)
Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
Michael Sandel, American philosopher
Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer and teen idol (d. 1988)
David Fury, American television writer and producer
Jolene Blalock, American actress
Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
Alex Smithies, English footballer

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