About March 5
March 5, 2025 is the 64th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 301 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Pisces is the sun 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.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 349 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On March 5
- 363 –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.
- 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
- 1496 –King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
- 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.
- 1824 –First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
- 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.
- 1906 –Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
- 1931 –The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population.
- 1943 –First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
- 1944 –World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoşani Offensive in western Ukrainian SSR.
- 1946 –Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
- 1946 –Winston Churchill uses the phrase “Iron Curtain” in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
- 1965 –March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
- 1970 –The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
- 1975 –First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
- 1988 –The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
- 1999 –Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
- 2003 –In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
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