What Day of the Week

March 5, 2019 was the 64^th day of the year 2019 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.

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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• 1046

  Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
• 1279

  The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
• 1836

  Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
• 1850

  The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
• 1868

  Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
• 1912

  Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
• 1960

  Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
• 1979

  America’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
• 1984

  6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
• 1999

  Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.

• 1133

  Henry II of England, King of England (d. 1189)
• 1748

  Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
• 1867

  Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
• 1887

  Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (d. 1959)
• 1918

  Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager
• 1931

  Fred Othon Aristidès, French comics artist
• 1951

  Giorgos Ninios, Greek actor
• 1974

  Matt Lucas, English comedian
• 1990

  Alex Smithies, English footballer
• 1992

  Erik Lamela, Argentine footballer

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