Notable Historical Events on March 5th
March 5th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
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 |
Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama. |
1179 |
3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome |
1496 |
English King Henry VII hands John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) a commission to explore for new lands |
1528 |
Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague |
1558 |
Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes |
1579 |
Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht |
1616 |
Astronomical work 'de Revolutionibus' by Nicolaus Copernicus placed on Catholic Forbidden index |
1623 |
1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia |
1645 |
Battle of Jankau in Bohemia: Sweden defeats Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III |
1651 |
South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm |
1684 |
Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz |
1743 |
1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston |
1746 |
Jacobite troops leave Aberdeen |
1750 |
1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC |
1766 |
Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French |
1770 |
Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Native African American Crispus Attucks 1st to die. Later held up as early black martyr. Galvanised anti-British feelings |
1774 |
John Hancock delivers the fourth annual Massacre Day oration, a commemoration of the Boston Massacre, and denounces the presence of British troops in Boston, enhancing Hancock's stature as a leading Patriot |
1783 |
King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno |
1784 |
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is named President of the Board of Trade. |
1793 |
French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Liège is recaptured. |
1795 |
Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution |
1795 |
Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France |
1807 |
1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B |
1820 |
Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays |
1821 |
Monroe is 1st US president inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun |
1824 |
First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma. |
1836 |
Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model |
1841 |
1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11 |
1842 |
Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande. |
1848 |
Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance. |
1849 |
Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th US president |
1850 |
The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened. |
1856 |
Covent Garden Opera House, London, destroyed in a fire |
1856 |
Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads |
1860 |
Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia. |
1862 |
Union troops under brig-gen Wright occupy Fernandina Florida |
1864 |
1st track meet between Oxford & Cambridge |
1868 |
Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan |
1868 |
Stapler patented in England by C H Gould |
1868 |
US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson |
1872 |
George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains |
1877 |
Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th US president |
1894 |
Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in US |
1894 |
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery becomes First Lord of the Treasury. |
1896 |
Italian premier Crispi resigns |
1896 |
Italian governor of Eritrea, Gen Baldissera, reaches Massawa |
1897 |
American Negro Academy forms |
1899 |
1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D |
1900 |
American Hall of Fame founded |
1903 |
Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn up |
1904 |
Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation. |
1907 |
1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired |
1907 |
The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops. |
1908 |
1st ascent of Mt Erebus, Antarctica |
1910 |
Ramon Inclan's "La Farsa Infantil de la Cabeza del Dragon," premieres |
1910 |
Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1 |
1912 |
Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die |
1912 |
Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines. |
1915 |
World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend. |
1919 |
Louis Hirsch & Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in NYC |
1921 |
The Durban Land Alienation Ordinance passes, enabling the Durban City Council to exclude Indians from ownership or occupation of property in white areas, South Africa |
1922 |
"Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin |
1923 |
Montana & Nevada become 1st states to enact old age pension laws |
1924 |
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM |
1924 |
Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games |
1924 |
King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief |
1927 |
1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property |
1928 |
Karl Zuckmayer's "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick," premieres in Berlin |
1931 |
Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact |
1933 |
FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday |
1933 |
Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes) |
1934 |
Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Tx) |
1935 |
1st premature baby health law in US (Chicago) |
1936 |
Spitfire makes its 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton) |
1936 |
8th Academy Awards - "Mutiny on the Bounty," Victor McLaglen & Bette Davis wins |
1942 |
Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia |
1942 |
Dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in Siberia |
1942 |
Japanese troop march into Batavia |
1943 |
Anti-fascist strikes in Italy |
1943 |
RAF bombs Essen Germany |
1944 |
1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony |
1945 |
Allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands |
1945 |
Generals Eisenhower, Patton & Patch meet in Luneville |
1945 |
US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne |
1945 |
US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill |
1945 |
World War II: The Battle of the Ruhr begins. |
1946 |
Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton Missouri) popularizes the term and draws attention to division of Europe |
1946 |
Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc. |
1948 |
US rocket flies record 4800 kph to 126km height |
1949 |
Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30 |
1949 |
The Jharkhand Party is founded in India. |
1952 |
Terence Rattigan's "Deep Blue Sea," premieres in London |
1954 |
"Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 perfs |
1955 |
WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1956 |
"King Kong," 1st televised |
1956 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open |
1957 |
Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland |
1957 |
Sgt Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley (Elvis Pelvin) |
1958 |
Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit |
1958 |
KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast |
1959 |
Iran & US sign economic & military treaty |
1960 |
Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army |
1960 |
Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB) |
1960 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner & Paul (CAN) |
1960 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA) |
1960 |
Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champions in Vancouver won by Carol E Heiss (USA) |
1960 |
The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase. |
1962 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1963 |
Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl" |
1964 |
Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there |
1964 |
Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest |
1965 |
1st performance of Walter Piston's 8th Symphony |
1965 |
Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
1965 |
March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence. |
1966 |
75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die |
1966 |
Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record |
1966 |
Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as exec dir of Players' Association |
1966 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1967 |
WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1968 |
US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun |
1969 |
Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris |
1969 |
Gustav Heinemann elected president of West Germany |
1969 |
Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw" premieres in London |
1970 |
Edison Theater opens at 240 W 47th St NYC |
1970 |
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect |
1970 |
SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St in NYC |
1970 |
Dubnium atoms are first detected conclusively. |
1972 |
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party |
1973 |
Yankee pitchers Peterson & Kekich announce they swapped wives |
1974 |
"Candide" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 740 performances |
1974 |
Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot |
1976 |
British pound falls below $2 for 1st time |
1977 |
3rd People's Choice Awards: John Wayne & Barbra Streisand win (Motion Picture) and Telly Savalas & Mary Tyler Moore win (TV) |
1978 |
"Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 perfs |
1978 |
Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif |
1979 |
Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) |
1979 |
Iran resumes petroleum exports |
1980 |
Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 |
1981 |
"Bring Back Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 4 perfs |
1981 |
Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (GRB) |
1981 |
Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva & I Lisovski (URS) |
1981 |
Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA) |
1981 |
US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer |
1982 |
Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners |
1982 |
Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data |
1983 |
Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian PM Malcolm Fraser (Cons) |
1983 |
NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield |
1984 |
Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene |
1984 |
US accuse Iraq of using poison gas |
1985 |
NY Islander Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons |
1985 |
Mexican authorities find the body of US drug agent Enrique "Kike" Camarena Salaazar |
1986 |
"Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper) |
1988 |
Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised. |
1989 |
19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000 |
1989 |
Blains McCallister wins Honda Golf Classic shooting 266 |
1989 |
Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82) |
1991 |
Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait |
1991 |
Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games |
1992 |
Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks |
1993 |
Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery |
1993 |
Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die |
1993 |
Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game |
1994 |
Dottie Mochrie wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Championship |
1994 |
Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa) |
1994 |
PBA National Championship won by David Traber |
1994 |
Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop |
1995 |
21st People's Choice Awards: Tom Hanks & Jodie Foster win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Tim Allen & Roseanne win (TV) |
1995 |
Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election |
1995 |
Graves of Tsar Nicholas II and family found in St Petersburg |
1995 |
Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26) |
1996 |
Earl Weaver & Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame |
1997 |
Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox & Willie Wells for Hall of Fame |
1999 |
Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut. |
2001 |
In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. |
2003 |
In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre. |
2005 |
The Burkinabé Party for Democracy and Socialism holds its first National Convention. |
2006 |
78th Academy Awards - "Crash," Philip Seymour Hoffman & Reese Witherspoon win |
2009 |
Moises Alou announces he will retire following the World Baseball Classic |
2012 |
27 members of Iraq's security force are killed by gunmen disguised as police in Haditha |
2012 |
Tropical Storm Irina kills 65 in Madagascar |
2013 |
The Dow Jones surpasses its 2007 pre-financial crisis levels for the first time |
2013 |
Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro assumes the presidency after the death of Hugo Chavez |
2013 |
Willcom announces the world's smallest mobile phone, weighing 32 grams |
2016 |
Flint water crisis could cost US $300 billion |
2016 |
Ted Cruz wins CPAC straw poll, with Marco Rubio taking second |
2016 |
Ted Cruz tops Trump in Kansas Republican caucuses |
2016 |
Police say story of knife found at OJ Simpson house may be bogus |
2016 |
Syrian forces shell near rebel town in northwest |
2016 |
Knife found at OJ Simpson's former LA home studied by police |
2017 |
Helen M. Marshall, First Black Borough President of Queens, Dies at 87 |
2017 |
Premier Li says China will resolutely oppose Taiwan independence |
2017 |
Trump urged to back up claims his phones were tapped by Obama |
2018 |
'Coco' wins best animated feature Oscar |
2018 |
Former Lakers star Kobe Bryant wins Oscar for animated short |
2018 |
China's Xi poised to make historic grab at indefinite rule |
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