March 5: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

March 5th marks the 64th day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 65th in case of leap years). There are 301 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. Famous birthdays on this day include Eva Mendes (1974), Bertrand Cantat (1964) and John Frusciante (1970). Holidays and observances around the world include: International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness and International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness.
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Holidays

St Piran's Day - Cornwall's national day.
Saint Theophile (d. 195)
Saint Olivia (d. 308)
Saint Gerarda
Learn from Lei Feng Day in China.
Feast of St. Kieran, patron of the Diocese of Ossory, in Irish calendar.
Approximate beginning of month of j?ngzhT in Chinese calendar.
Saint Adrian (died 308)
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Events

2019 Packages with suspected improvised explosives devices were found near Heathrow Airport and London City Airport in London, England.
2018 Tongo Tongo ambush: ISIL releases purported footage from the October 2017 attack by American special forces in Tongo Tongo (Niger).
2017 Conflict between Sudanese in South Kordofan & Blue Nile: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement - North releases 127 captives, most of them soldiers from the Sudanese military.
2016 Taliban insurgency. The Afghan Taliban release a statement disapproving of peace talks with Afghanistan's government until foreign forces cease attacking their positions and withdraw completely from the country. Next week, direct peace talks between government officials and Taliban are expected to take place at Islamabad in Pakistan.
2015 In Seoul, the American ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was attacked by a knife-wielding attacker. According to authorities, the injuries to his wrist and face are not life-threatening.
2014 2014 Crimean crisis: UN Envoy Robert Serry ordered to flee Crimea under gunpoint by 10 armed men. (AP) Washington-based anchor Liz Wahl resigns from RT, a Russian-backed news channel. She claims she can't be part of a network "that whitewashes Vladimir Putin's actions".
2013 2013 Lahad Datu standoff :: In an attempt to end the standoff, the Malaysian Army launched an attack against an armed Filipino group located on Borneo.
2012 Syrian refugees fleeing Homs accuse security forces for atrocities.
2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
2010 Baidu shares rose 34% after rival Google announced on Jan 12 that it might close its China business. Baidu has increased by 34%, while Google has fallen by 8.5 percent.
2009 General Motors admits in its annual report, that it is in "substantial doubt" about its survival.
2008 China's first plenary session begins at the 11th National People's Congress. Premier Wen Jiabao presents the final annual government report for his first term.
2007 New York City: The United States and North Korea begin talks to establish diplomatic relations after the North Korean nuclear weapons program is abandoned.
2006 The 2006 Academy Awards were held. Film Crash won Best Picture.
2005 Syria's President Bashar al-Assad announces that Syria will pull out all 14,000 troops from Lebanon to the Bekaa Valley, near the Syrian-Lebanese border.
2004 U.S. Republican National Committee issues a warning to television stations regarding anti-Bush ads sponsored by MoveOn.org. The letter warns against the possibility that ads could be funded with money raised in contravention of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign reform Act.
2003 The United States Supreme Court affirmed California's "three strikes or you're out” law by a 5-4 margin.
1999 Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
1998 Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Lee Jones
1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox, and Willie Wells selected for American Baseball Hall of Fame.
1996 Earl Weaver and Jim Bunning elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
1995 Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop
1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery
1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks
1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1990 Gloria Carter Spann, President Carter's sister, dies at age 63 from cancer.
1989 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$37,002,000.
1988 The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
1985 New York Islanders' Mike Bossy is first to score 50 goals in eight straight seasons.
1984 US accuse Iraq of using poison gas
1983 New South Wales beats Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield.
1982 Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners.
1981 Bring Back Birdie opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 4 performances
1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49.
1979 Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by ''off the scale'' gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
1978 Hello, Dolly! opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances
1977 Formula One driver Tom Pryce dies after colliding with a track marshal at the South African Grand Prix in Kyalami.
1975 The Homebrew Computer Club, an early computer hobbyist club in Silicon Valley, meets for the first time. Its members include several future high-profile hackers and IT entrepreneurs, including the founders of Apple Inc.
1974 Candide opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 740 performances
1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson and Kekich announce they swapped wives
1972 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party.
1971 The Pakistani army occupies East Pakistan.
1970 Edison Theater opens at 240 W 47th St, New York City
1969 Gustav Heinemann elected President of West Germany.
1968 US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun.
1967 WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1965 Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest.
1963 Beatles record From Me to You andThank You Girl
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1960 Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army
1959 Iran and US sign economic and military treaty.
1958 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
1957 Sgt Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley
1956 King Kong, 1st televised
1955 WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954 Girl in Pink Tights opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 performances
1948 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson
1946 Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
1945 Generals Eisenhower, Patton and Patch meet in Luneville
1944 World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman : Botosani Offensive in western Ukrainian SSR.
1943 Anti fascist strikes in Italy
1942 Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia
1940 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.
1935 First premature baby health law in US (Chicago, Illinois).
1934 Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo, Texas).
1933 FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday
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.
1930 Danish painter Einar Wegener goes through a sexual reassignment surgery and takes the name Lili Elbe.
1927 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property.
1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief.
1923 1st old age pension plans in US established by Montana and Nevada
1919 A. Mitchell Palmer becomes Attorney General of the United States through recess appointment.
1913 March 7 ampndash First Battle of Bud Dajo: American troops decisively defeat Moro rebels in the Philippines.
1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks northeast of Spain, 500 die.
1910 Stanley Cup: MontrTal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1.
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.
1905 Cassie Chadwick is sentenced for 14 years in Cleveland, Ohio for fraud.
1903 Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn.
1900 American Hall of Fame is founded.
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