5 Mairch
Appearance
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The5t o Mairchis the 64t day o the year (65t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 301 days ti come.
Events
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- 1770-BostonMassacre: 5 Americans are kilt bi Breetish troops.
- 1850- TheBritannia Brig,ane o the main crossins atween mainlandWalesanAngleseyacross theMenai Strait,is opened.
- 1878-Manchester United F.C.is foondit as Newton Heath LYR FC.
- 1894-Archibald Primrose, 5t Yerl o RoseberybecomesPrime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick.
- 1919-Helsinki's mainrailwey stationopens.
- 1933- TheNazi Pairtywins 43.9% o the vote in German elections, five weeks efterAdolf Hitlercame tae pouer.
- 1936- The prototype o Supermarine Spitfire flies for the first time.
- 1946-Winston Churchilluses the term "Iron Curtain" for the first time.
- 1953-Joseph Stalindees in theSoviet Union.Nikita Khrushchevtaks ower frae him.
- 1960-Che Guevara's "Guerrilero Heroico" photograph is taken.
- 1979-Voyager 1passes the planetJupiter.
- 1983-Rugby union:Scotlandachieves its maist recent away win owerIngland,defeatin thaim 22-12 at Twickenham inLunnon.
- 1999-Paul Okalikis electit as the first Premier o the newly creatit Canadian territory oNunavut.
- 2006- TheBBC's laundmairk "PlanetEarth"telly series debuts.
- 2013-PresesoVenezuelaHugo Chávezdees o cancer agit 58.
- 2020-COVID-19 pandemic:Bosnie an Herzegovinae,Martinique,PalestineanSooth Africaerecord thair firstCOVID-19cases.
Births
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- 1133- KingHenry II o Ingland(d.1189)
- 1324- KingDavid II o Scotland(d.1371)
- 1326-Louis I o Hungary(d.1382)
- 1512-Gerardus Mercator,Flemish cairtmaker (d.1594)
- 1759-John Jamieson,Scots clergyman, lexicografer, philologist an antiquary (d.1838)
- 1830-Charles Wyville Thomson,Scots naitural historian an marine zoologist (d.1882)
- 1871-Rosa Luxemburg,German activist (d.1919)
- 1873-Olav Bjaaland,Norse skier an splorer (d.1961)
- 1874-Henry Travers,Inglis actor (d.1965)
- 1887-Heitor Villa-Lobos,Brazilian componer an conductor (d.1959)
- 1896-David Pratt,Scots fitbawer (d.1967)
- 1898-Misao Okawa,Japanese supercentenarian (d.2015)
- 1898-Zhou Enlai,Cheenese politeecian (d.1976)
- 1908-Rex Harrison,Inglis actor (d.1990)
- 1922-Pier Paolo Pasolini,Italian film director (d.1975)
- 1934-Daniel Kahneman,Israeli-American psychologist
- 1937-Olusegun Obasanjo,umwhilePresesoNigerie
- 1942-Felipe González,umwhilePrime meenisteroSpain
- 1942-Mike Resnik,AmericanScience Feectionowthor (d.2020)
- 1962-The Proclaimers,Scots sangsters
- 1964-Heather Roy,New Zealandpoliteecian
- 1965-Carolyn Leckie,Scots politeecian
- 1974-Eva Mendes,American actress
- 1974-Jens Jeremies,German fitbawer
- 1982-Dan Carter,New Zealand rugby union player
- 1982-Nikki Walker,Scots rugby union player
- 1985-David Marshall,Scots fitbawer
- 1987-Anna Chakvetadze,Roushie tennis player
- 1988-Brian Easton,Scots fitbawer
- 1993-Harry Maguire,Inglis fitbawer
Daiths
- 254-Pape Lucius I(b.200)
- 1605-Pape Clement VIII(b.1536)
- 1790-Flora Macdonald,Jacobiteheroine
- 1827-Pierre-Simon Laplace,French mathemateecian an astronomer (b.1749)
- 1827-Alessandro Volta,Italian pheesicist (b.1745)
- 1864-Leonard Horner,Scots merchand, geologist an eddicational reformer (b.1785)
- 1941-Tom Dorward,Scots rugby union player (b.1916)
- 1953-Sergei Prokofiev,Roushie componer (b.1891)
- 1953-Joseph Stalin,Soviet leader (b.1878)
- 1963-Patsy Cline,American sangster (b.1932)
- 2011-Alberto Granado,Argentine-Cuban biochemist an writer (b.1922)
- 2013-Hugo Chávez,PresesoVenezuela(b.1954)
- 2013-Nigel Forbes, 22nt Laird Forbes,Scots sodger an politeecian (b.1918)
- 2020-Jeanette Fitzsimons,New Zealand politeecian (b.1945)
Halidays
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- 5 Mairch is the eat day o the follaein saunts:
- St. John Joseph of the Cross
- St. Piran - ane o the patron saunts oCornwall
- St. Virgilius of Arles
- St. Theophilus
- St. Caron
- St. Carthach
- St. Colman of Armagh
- Bl. Dionysius Fugishima
- St. Gerasimus
- St. John-Joseph of the Cross
- St. Kieran
- St. Oliva
- St. Phocas and Antioch
- Lei Feng Day (Fowkrepublic o Cheenae)
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