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| March 5th, 2008 (March 05 2008) | Death | Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American professor of computer science (b.1923) | |
| March 5th, 2006 (March 05 2006) | Death | Richard Kuklinski, American Mafia hit man (born in 1935) | |
| March 5th, 2005 (March 05 2005) | Event | The Burkinabe Party for Democracy and Socialism holds its first National Convention. | |
| March 5th, 2004 (March 05 2004) | Death | Walt Gorney, American actor (born in 1912) | |
| March 5th, 2003 (March 05 2003) | Event | In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre. | |
| March 5th, 2001 (March 05 2001) | Event | In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. | |
| March 5th, 2000 (March 05 2000) | Death | Lolo Ferrari, French pornographic actress (born in 1962) | |
| March 5th, 1999 (March 05 1999) | Event | Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut. | |
| March 5th, 1999 (March 05 1999) | Death | Richard Kiley, American actor (born in 1922) | |
| March 5th, 1998 (March 05 1998) | Event | NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water to support a human colony. | |
| March 5th, 1997 (March 05 1997) | Death | Samm Sinclair Baker, American diet author (born in 1909) | |
| March 5th, 1996 (March 05 1996) | Death | Whit Bissell, American actor (born in 1909) | |
| March 5th, 1995 (March 05 1995) | Death | Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Band) (born in 1943) | |
| March 5th, 1995 (March 05 1995) | Death | Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (born in 1952) | |
| March 5th, 1993 (March 05 1993) | Death | Cyril Collard, French author and filmmaker (born in 1957) | |
| March 5th, 1991 (March 05 1991) | Event | Iraq releases all Gulf War prisoners. | |
| March 5th, 1990 (March 05 1990) | Death | Gary Merrill, American film actor (born in 1915) | |
| March 5th, 1989 (March 05 1989) | Birth | Jake Lloyd, American actor | |
| March 5th, 1988 (March 05 1988) | Event | Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised. | |
| March 5th, 1988 (March 05 1988) | Birth | Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer | |
| March 5th, 1988 (March 05 1988) | Birth | Bjarni Vi?arsson, Icelandic footballer | |
| March 5th, 1988 (March 05 1988) | Death | Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (born in 1933) | |
| March 5th, 1987 (March 05 1987) | Birth | Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player | |
| March 5th, 1986 (March 05 1986) | Birth | Matty Fryatt, English footballer | |
| March 5th, 1985 (March 05 1985) | Birth | Ken ichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor | |
| March 5th, 1985 (March 05 1985) | Birth | Whitney Port, Cast member of The Hills TV series | |
| March 5th, 1984 (March 05 1984) | Death | Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (born in 1915) | |
| March 5th, 1984 (March 05 1984) | Death | William Powell, American actor (born in 1892) | |
| March 5th, 1982 (March 05 1982) | Event | Venera 14, a Soviet satellite arrives at the planet Venus. | |
| March 5th, 1982 (March 05 1982) | Birth | Daniel Carter, New Zealand Rugby player | |
| March 5th, 1982 (March 05 1982) | Birth | Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model | |
| March 5th, 1982 (March 05 1982) | Death | John Belushi, American actor (born in 1949) | |
| March 5th, 1981 (March 05 1981) | Birth | Andreas Wiig, Norwegian snowboarder | |
| March 5th, 1981 (March 05 1981) | Birth | Paul Martin, American ice hockey player | Paul Martin Quotes |
| March 5th, 1981 (March 05 1981) | Birth | Shugo Oshinari, Japanese actor | |
| March 5th, 1981 (March 05 1981) | Death | Yip Harburg, American lyricist (born in 1896) | |
| March 5th, 1980 (March 05 1980) | Death | Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (born in 1912) | |
| March 5th, 1980 (March 05 1980) | Death | Winifred Wagner, German opera producer (born in 1897) | |
| March 5th, 1979 (March 05 1979) | Event | Detection equipment picks up a gamma ray burst originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters. | |
| March 5th, 1979 (March 05 1979) | Event | Voyager 1 s closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles. | |
| March 5th, 1979 (March 05 1979) | Birth | Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter | |
| March 5th, 1978 (March 05 1978) | Event | The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California. | |
| March 5th, 1978 (March 05 1978) | Birth | Mike Hessman, American baseball player | |
| March 5th, 1978 (March 05 1978) | Birth | Kimberly McCullough, American actress | |
| March 5th, 1978 (March 05 1978) | Birth | Papoose, American rapper | |
| March 5th, 1977 (March 05 1977) | Birth | Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player | |
| March 5th, 1977 (March 05 1977) | Birth | Mike MacDougal, American baseball player | |
| March 5th, 1977 (March 05 1977) | Birth | Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player | |
| March 5th, 1977 (March 05 1977) | Death | Tom Pryce, Welsh Formula One driver (born in 1949) | |
| March 5th, 1977 (March 05 1977) | Death | Jansen Van Vuuren, Dutch volunteer safety marshall at the 1977 South African Grand Prix | |
| March 5th, 1976 (March 05 1976) | Event | The British pound falls below $2 USD for the first time. | |
| March 5th, 1976 (March 05 1976) | Birth | Sarunas Jasikevicius, Lithuanian basketball player | |
| March 5th, 1976 (March 05 1976) | Birth | Paul Konerko, American baseball player | |
| March 5th, 1976 (March 05 1976) | Birth | Katerina Matziou, Greek actress | |
| March 5th, 1976 (March 05 1976) | Birth | Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial artist | Martial Quotes |
| March 5th, 1975 (March 05 1975) | Birth | Jolene Blalock, American actress | Jolene Blalock Quotes |
| March 5th, 1975 (March 05 1975) | Birth | Sasho Petrovski, Australian soccer player | |
| March 5th, 1975 (March 05 1975) | Birth | Niki Taylor, American model | |
| March 5th, 1975 (March 05 1975) | Birth | Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver | |
| March 5th, 1974 (March 05 1974) | Event | Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal. | |
| March 5th, 1974 (March 05 1974) | Birth | Kevin Connolly, American television actor and comedian | |
| March 5th, 1974 (March 05 1974) | Birth | Jens Jeremies, German footballer | |
| March 5th, 1974 (March 05 1974) | Birth | Matt Lucas, English comedian | |
| March 5th, 1974 (March 05 1974) | Birth | Eva Mendes, American actress | |
| March 5th, 1974 (March 05 1974) | Death | Billy De Wolfe, American actor (born in 1907) | |
| March 5th, 1974 (March 05 1974) | Death | Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (born in 1888) | |
| March 5th, 1973 (March 05 1973) | Event | Donald DeFreeze, the future Symbionese Liberation Army leader, escapes from Vacaville Prison. | Bion Quotes |
| March 5th, 1973 (March 05 1973) | Birth | Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer | Yanni Quotes |
| March 5th, 1973 (March 05 1973) | Birth | Ryan Franklin, American baseball player | |
| March 5th, 1973 (March 05 1973) | Death | Michael Jeffery, British music manager (born in 1933) | |
| March 5th, 1972 (March 05 1972) | Birth | Luca Turilli, Italian musician (Rhapsody) | |
| March 5th, 1971 (March 05 1971) | Birth | Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player | |
| March 5th, 1971 (March 05 1971) | Birth | Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (Bloodhound Gang) | |
| March 5th, 1971 (March 05 1971) | Birth | Yuri Lowenthal, American actor/author/painter | |
| March 5th, 1971 (March 05 1971) | Birth | Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian mountainbiker | |
| March 5th, 1970 (March 05 1970) | Event | The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. | |
| March 5th, 1970 (March 05 1970) | Event | Dubnium atoms are first detected conclusively. | |
| March 5th, 1970 (March 05 1970) | Birth | John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) | |
| March 5th, 1970 (March 05 1970) | Birth | Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress | |
| March 5th, 1969 (March 05 1969) | Birth | Paul Blackthorne, British actor | |
| March 5th, 1969 (March 05 1969) | Birth | Moussa Saib, former Algerian footballer | |
| March 5th, 1969 (March 05 1969) | Birth | MC Solaar, French rapper | |
| March 5th, 1967 (March 05 1967) | Death | Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (born in 1888) | |
| March 5th, 1966 (March 05 1966) | Event | BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124. | |
| March 5th, 1966 (March 05 1966) | Birth | Michael Irvin, American football player | |
| March 5th, 1966 (March 05 1966) | Birth | Bob Halkidis, Canadian hockey player | |
| March 5th, 1966 (March 05 1966) | Birth | Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian | |
| March 5th, 1966 (March 05 1966) | Death | Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (born in 1889) | |
| March 5th, 1965 (March 05 1965) | Event | March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence. | |
| March 5th, 1965 (March 05 1965) | Death | Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (born in 1897) | |
| March 5th, 1965 (March 05 1965) | Death | Pepper Martin, American baseball player (born in 1904) | |
| March 5th, 1964 (March 05 1964) | Event | Ceylon declares emergency crisis due to unrest. | |
| March 5th, 1963 (March 05 1963) | Death | Patsy Cline, American singer (born in 1932) | |
| March 5th, 1963 (March 05 1963) | Death | Cowboy Copas, American singer (born in 1913) | |
| March 5th, 1963 (March 05 1963) | Death | Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer (born in 1921) | |
| March 5th, 1962 (March 05 1962) | Birth | Jonathan Penner, American reality show contestant | |
| March 5th, 1962 (March 05 1962) | Birth | Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers) | |
| March 5th, 1960 (March 05 1960) | Event | The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase. | |
| March 5th, 1960 (March 05 1960) | Birth | David Tibet, English musician (Current 93) | |
| March 5th, 1959 (March 05 1959) | Birth | Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian politician (died in 1999) | Vazgen Sargsyan Quotes |
| March 5th, 1959 (March 05 1959) | Birth | David Fury, American television writer and producer | |
| March 5th, 1958 (March 05 1958) | Event | The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is established. | |
| March 5th, 1958 (March 05 1958) | Event | Explorer 2 spacecraft launches and fails to reach Earth orbit. | |
| March 5th, 1958 (March 05 1958) | Birth | Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer and teen idol (died in 1988) | |
| March 5th, 1957 (March 05 1957) | Birth | Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall) | |
| March 5th, 1956 (March 05 1956) | Birth | Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress | |
| March 5th, 1956 (March 05 1956) | Birth | Teena Marie, American singer | |
| March 5th, 1955 (March 05 1955) | Birth | Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian | Penn Jillette Quotes |
| March 5th, 1955 (March 05 1955) | Death | Antanas Merkys, President of Lithuania (born in 1888) | |
| March 5th, 1954 (March 05 1954) | Birth | Marsha Warfield, American actress, comedienne | |
| March 5th, 1953 (March 05 1953) | Death | Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (born in 1891) | Sergei Prokofiev Quotes |
| March 5th, 1953 (March 05 1953) | Death | Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (born in 1879) | Joseph Stalin Quotes |
| March 5th, 1953 (March 05 1953) | Death | Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (born in 1897) | Herman J. Mankiewicz Quotes |
| March 5th, 1952 (March 05 1952) | Birth | Alan Clark, English keyboardist (Dire Straits) | |
| March 5th, 1951 (March 05 1951) | Birth | Giorgos Ninios, Greek actor | |
| March 5th, 1949 (March 05 1949) | Event | The Jharkhand Party is founded in India. | |
| March 5th, 1949 (March 05 1949) | Birth | Franz Josef Jung, Commander-in-chief of the German Bundeswehr | |
| March 5th, 1948 (March 05 1948) | Birth | Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer | |
| March 5th, 1948 (March 05 1948) | Birth | Richard Hickox, English musical conductor | |
| March 5th, 1948 (March 05 1948) | Birth | Elaine Paige, English singer and actress | Elaine Paige Quotes |
| March 5th, 1948 (March 05 1948) | Birth | Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (died in 1984) | |
| March 5th, 1947 (March 05 1947) | Birth | Eddie Hodges, American actor and singer | |
| March 5th, 1947 (March 05 1947) | Birth | Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer | |
| March 5th, 1947 (March 05 1947) | Birth | Kent Tekulve, American baseball player | |
| March 5th, 1947 (March 05 1947) | Death | Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (born in 1883) | |
| March 5th, 1946 (March 05 1946) | Event | Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri. | Winston Churchill Quotes |
| March 5th, 1946 (March 05 1946) | Event | Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc. | |
| March 5th, 1946 (March 05 1946) | Birth | Murray Head, British actor and singer | |
| March 5th, 1946 (March 05 1946) | Birth | Richard Bell, Canadian musician (The Band) | |
| March 5th, 1945 (March 05 1945) | Event | World War II: The "Battle of the Ruhr" begins. | |
| March 5th, 1945 (March 05 1945) | Death | Lena Baker, American murderer (born in 1901) | |
| March 5th, 1944 (March 05 1944) | Birth | Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (died in 1998) | |
| March 5th, 1944 (March 05 1944) | Birth | Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner | |
| March 5th, 1944 (March 05 1944) | Death | Max Jacob, French poet and writer (born in 1876) | |
| March 5th, 1943 (March 05 1943) | Event | First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom. | |
| March 5th, 1943 (March 05 1943) | Birth | Billy Backus, American boxer | |
| March 5th, 1942 (March 05 1942) | Birth | Felipe Gonzalez, Prime Minister of Spain | |
| March 5th, 1942 (March 05 1942) | Birth | Mike Resnick, American science fiction author | |
| March 5th, 1940 (March 05 1940) | Event | 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. | |
| March 5th, 1940 (March 05 1940) | Birth | Malcolm Hebden, English actor | |
| March 5th, 1940 (March 05 1940) | Death | Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (born in 1868) | |
| March 5th, 1939 (March 05 1939) | Birth | Samantha Eggar, English actress | |
| March 5th, 1939 (March 05 1939) | Birth | Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer | |
| March 5th, 1939 (March 05 1939) | Birth | Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef | |
| March 5th, 1938 (March 05 1938) | Birth | Paul Evans, American singer and songwriter | Evans Quotes |
| March 5th, 1938 (March 05 1938) | Birth | Fred Williamson, American football player and actor | |
| March 5th, 1937 (March 05 1937) | Birth | Olus?gun ?basanj?, President of Nigeria | |
| March 5th, 1936 (March 05 1936) | Event | First flight of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. | |
| March 5th, 1936 (March 05 1936) | Birth | Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (died in 2003) | |
| March 5th, 1936 (March 05 1936) | Birth | Dean Stockwell, American actor | |
| March 5th, 1934 (March 05 1934) | Birth | Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist, Nobel laureate | |
| March 5th, 1934 (March 05 1934) | Birth | James B. Sikking, American actor | |
| March 5th, 1933 (March 05 1933) | Event | Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions. | |
| March 5th, 1933 (March 05 1933) | Event | In Germany, the Nazis win 44 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections. | |
| March 5th, 1933 (March 05 1933) | Birth | Tommy Tucker, American blues singer and pianist (died in 1982) | |
| March 5th, 1931 (March 05 1931) | Birth | Fred Othon Aristides, French comics artist | |
| March 5th, 1931 (March 05 1931) | Birth | Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn virtuoso | |
| March 5th, 1931 (March 05 1931) | Death | Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist activities (born in 1839) | |
| March 5th, 1930 (March 05 1930) | Birth | Del Crandall, American baseball player | |
| March 5th, 1929 (March 05 1929) | Birth | Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver | |
| March 5th, 1929 (March 05 1929) | Death | David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile pioneer (born in 1854) | |
| March 5th, 1927 (March 05 1927) | Birth | Jack Cassidy, American actor (died in 1976) | |
| March 5th, 1927 (March 05 1927) | Death | Franz Mertens, German mathematician (born in 1840) | |
| March 5th, 1926 (March 05 1926) | Death | Clement Ader, French aviation pioneer (born in 1841) | |
| March 5th, 1925 (March 05 1925) | Death | Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (born in 1859) | |
| March 5th, 1923 (March 05 1923) | Birth | Laurence Tisch, American investor | |
| March 5th, 1922 (March 05 1922) | Birth | James Noble, American actor | |
| March 5th, 1922 (March 05 1922) | Birth | Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (died in 1975) | |
| March 5th, 1921 (March 05 1921) | Birth | Elmer Valo, American baseball player (died in 1998) | |
| March 5th, 1920 (March 05 1920) | Birth | Jose Aboulker, Jewish Communist | |
| March 5th, 1920 (March 05 1920) | Birth | Virginia Christine, American actress (died in 1996) | |
| March 5th, 1918 (March 05 1918) | Birth | Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager | |
| March 5th, 1918 (March 05 1918) | Birth | Red Storey, Canadian football player and ice hockey referee (died in 2006) | |
| March 5th, 1918 (March 05 1918) | Birth | James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (died in 2002) | |
| March 5th, 1915 (March 05 1915) | Event | World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend. | |
| March 5th, 1915 (March 05 1915) | Birth | Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (died in 2002) | |
| March 5th, 1914 (March 05 1914) | Birth | Philip Farkas, American horn player and teacher (died in 1992) | |
| March 5th, 1912 (March 05 1912) | Event | Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. | |
| March 5th, 1908 (March 05 1908) | Birth | Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (died in 1990) | Irving Fiske Quotes |
| March 5th, 1908 (March 05 1908) | Birth | Sir Rex Harrison, English actor (died in 1990) | |
| March 5th, 1907 (March 05 1907) | Event | The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops. | |
| March 5th, 1907 (March 05 1907) | Death | Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (born in 1843) | |
| March 5th, 1905 (March 05 1905) | Event | Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, Manchuria after losing 100,000 troops in three days. | |
| March 5th, 1904 (March 05 1904) | Event | Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation. | Nikola Tesla Quotes |
| March 5th, 1904 (March 05 1904) | Birth | Karl Rahner, German theologian (died in 1984) | |
| March 5th, 1903 (March 05 1903) | Death | George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (born in 1854) | |
| March 5th, 1898 (March 05 1898) | Birth | Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People s Republic of China (died in 1976) | |
| March 5th, 1898 (March 05 1898) | Birth | Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-Shek (died in 2003) | Soong May ling Quotes |
| March 5th, 1897 (March 05 1897) | Birth | Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (died in 1960) | |
| March 5th, 1895 (March 05 1895) | Death | Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (born in 1831) | |
| March 5th, 1895 (March 05 1895) | Death | Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (born in 1810) | |
| March 5th, 1894 (March 05 1894) | Event | Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery becomes First Lord of the Treasury. | |
| March 5th, 1893 (March 05 1893) | Death | Hippolyte Taine, French historian (born in 1828 | |
| March 5th, 1887 (March 05 1887) | Birth | Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (died in 1959) | |
| March 5th, 1886 (March 05 1886) | Birth | Dong Biwu, High-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (died in 1975) | |
| March 5th, 1883 (March 05 1883) | Birth | Marius Barbeau, French Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (born in 1969) | |
| March 5th, 1879 (March 05 1879) | Birth | Sir William Beveridge, British economist (died in 1963) | |
| March 5th, 1876 (March 05 1876) | Death | Marie d Agoult, German-born writer (born in 1805) | |
| March 5th, 1874 (March 05 1874) | Birth | Henry Travers, British actor (died in 1965) | |
| March 5th, 1873 (March 05 1873) | Birth | Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (died in 1961) | |
| March 5th, 1872 (March 05 1872) | Event | George Westinghouse patents the air brake. | |
| March 5th, 1871 (March 05 1871) | Birth | Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (died in 1919) | Rosa Luxemburg Quotes |
| March 5th, 1870 (March 05 1870) | Birth | Frank Norris, American writer (died in 1902) | |
| March 5th, 1869 (March 05 1869) | Birth | Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal and archbishop (died in 1952) | |
| March 5th, 1868 (March 05 1868) | Event | A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson. | Andrew Johnson Quotes |
| March 5th, 1868 (March 05 1868) | Event | Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito premieres at La Scala. | |
| March 5th, 1867 (March 05 1867) | Birth | Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (died in 1952) | |
| March 5th, 1862 (March 05 1862) | Birth | Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (died in 1934) | |
| March 5th, 1861 (March 05 1861) | Event | The "Stars and Bars" is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America. | |
| March 5th, 1860 (March 05 1860) | Event | Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia. | |
| March 5th, 1853 (March 05 1853) | Birth | Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (died in 1911) | |
| March 5th, 1850 (March 05 1850) | Event | The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened. | |
| March 5th, 1849 (March 05 1849) | Death | David Scott, Scottish painter (born in 1806) | |
| March 5th, 1848 (March 05 1848) | Event | Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance. | |
| March 5th, 1842 (March 05 1842) | Event | Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. | |
| March 5th, 1836 (March 05 1836) | Event | Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. | |
| March 5th, 1836 (March 05 1836) | Birth | Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (died in 1929) | |
| March 5th, 1829 (March 05 1829) | Death | John Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (born in 1766) | John Adams Quotes |
| March 5th, 1827 (March 05 1827) | Death | Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (born in 1749) | Pierre-Simon Laplace Quotes |
| March 5th, 1827 (March 05 1827) | Death | Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (born in 1745) | |
| March 5th, 1824 (March 05 1824) | Event | First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma. | |
| March 5th, 1817 (March 05 1817) | Birth | Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist (died in 1894) | Austen Henry Layard Quotes |
| March 5th, 1815 (March 05 1815) | Birth | John Wentworth, American politician (died in 1888) | |
| March 5th, 1815 (March 05 1815) | Death | Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (born in 1734) | |
| March 5th, 1814 (March 05 1814) | Birth | Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (died in 1889) | |
| March 5th, 1794 (March 05 1794) | Birth | Jacques Babinet, French physicist (died in 1872) | |
| March 5th, 1794 (March 05 1794) | Birth | Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (died in 1870) | |
| March 5th, 1793 (March 05 1793) | Event | French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Liege is recaptured. | |
| March 5th, 1784 (March 05 1784) | Event | Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is named President of the Board of Trade. | |
| March 5th, 1778 (March 05 1778) | Death | Thomas Arne, English composer (born in 1710) | |
| March 5th, 1776 (March 05 1776) | Death | Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (born in 1694) | |
| March 5th, 1770 (March 05 1770) | Event | Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including a black man named Crispus Attucks, and a boy are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later. | |
| March 5th, 1770 (March 05 1770) | Death | Crispus Attucks a free black American | |
| March 5th, 1766 (March 05 1766) | Event | Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans. | |
| March 5th, 1750 (March 05 1750) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (died in 1805) | |
| March 5th, 1748 (March 05 1748) | Birth | Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (died in 1810) | |
| March 5th, 1748 (March 05 1748) | Birth | William Shield, English musician (died in 1829) | |
| March 5th, 1739 (March 05 1739) | Birth | Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (died in 1819) | |
| March 5th, 1726 (March 05 1726) | Death | Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician | |
| March 5th, 1723 (March 05 1723) | Birth | Princess Mary of Great Britain (died in 1773) | |
| March 5th, 1696 (March 05 1696) | Birth | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (died in 1770) | |
| March 5th, 1695 (March 05 1695) | Death | Henry Wharton, English writer (born in 1664) | |
| March 5th, 1693 (March 05 1693) | Birth | Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (died in 1754) | |
| March 5th, 1689 (March 05 1689) | Event | Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham is named Secretary of State for the Northern Department. | |
| March 5th, 1658 (March 05 1658) | Birth | Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (died in 1730) | |
| March 5th, 1622 (March 05 1622) | Death | Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (born in 1569) | |
| March 5th, 1611 (March 05 1611) | Death | Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (born in 1533) | |
| March 5th, 1592 (March 05 1592) | Death | Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (born in 1499) | |
| March 5th, 1585 (March 05 1585) | Birth | John George I, Elector of Saxony (died in 1656) | |
| March 5th, 1575 (March 05 1575) | Birth | William Oughtred, English mathematician (died in 1660) | |
| March 5th, 1563 (March 05 1563) | Birth | John Coke, English politician (died in 1644) | |
| March 5th, 1539 (March 05 1539) | Death | Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (born in 1487) | |
| March 5th, 1534 (March 05 1534) | Death | Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (born in 1489) | |
| March 5th, 1512 (March 05 1512) | Birth | Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (died in 1594) | |
| March 5th, 1496 (March 05 1496) | Event | England King Henry VII issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorizing them to explore unknown lands. | |
| March 5th, 1324 (March 05 1324) | Birth | King David II of Scotland (died in 1371) | |
| March 5th, 1133 (March 05 1133) | Birth | King Henry II of England (died in 1189) | |
| March 5th, 1046 (March 05 1046) | Event | Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama. | |
| March 5th, 0363 (March 05 0363) | Event | 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. | Julian Quotes |
