March 5
March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). There are 301 days remaining.
Events:
- 1770 - Boston Massacre 5 Americans killed in an event that would help start the American Revolution 5 years later.
- 1946 - Winston Churchill metions the iron curtain in his speech at Fulham. This event is often regarded at the beginning of the Cold War.
Births:
- 1133 - Henry II of England (+ 1189)
- 1324 - David II of Scotland
- 1696 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, painter (+ 1770)
- 1869 - Michael von Faulhaber, cardinal and archbishoph (+ 1952)
- 1870 - Rosa Luxemburg, politician (+ 1919)
- 1887 - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (+ 1959)
- 1905 - Günther Lüders, actor and film director (+ 1975)
- 1908 - Rex Harrison, actor (+ 1990)
- 1918 - James Tobin, economist (+ 2002)
- 1922 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, writer and film director (+ 1975)
- 1942 - Felipe González Márquez, politician (+ 1942)
Deaths:
- 1953 - Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet composer
- 1953 - Joseph Stalin
- 1982 - John Belushi
Holidays and observances:
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
March 4 - March 6 - February 5 - April 5 - more historical anniversaries