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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)
1046
Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
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.
1836
Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1868
Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
1946
Winston Churchill uses the phrase “Iron Curtain” in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
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.
1979
America’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
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.
1999
Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
Who were born on March 5?
1696
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
1713
Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
1931
Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player
1933
Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (d. 2005)
1936
Dean Stockwell, American actor
1948
Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
1957
Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
1971
Scott Mosier, American producer
1971
Yuri Lowenthal, American actor and author
1990
Alex Smithies, English footballer
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