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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 Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Kayōbi.
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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)
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.
1496
King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
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.
1824
First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
1872
George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
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.
1960
Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1970
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
1978
The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
1988
The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
Who were born on March 5?
1658
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730)
1814
Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1898
Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People’s Republic of China (d. 1976)
1921
Elmer Valo, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1944
Peter Brandes, Danish artist
1948
Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer
1955
Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
1957
Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall)
1958
Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer and teen idol (d. 1988)
1977
Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
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