Wednesday March 05, 2014

US date format: 3/5/2014, UK date format: 5/3/2014

It was Wednesday, under the sign of Pisces (see zodiac on March 5, 2014). The US president was Barack Obama (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was David Cameron (Conservative), Pope Francis was leading the Catholic Church. In that special week of March people in US were listening to Happy by Pharrell Williams. Divergent, directed by Neil Burger, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2014 while The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert was one of the best selling books. On TV people were watching House of Fools. If you liked videogames you were probably playing Defense Grid 2 or Broken Age.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

You can also have a look at the year 2014, at March 05 across the years or at March 2014 calendar.

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Historical Events

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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

2014 Crimean crisis:: UN Envoy Robert Serry is ordered to leave Crimea at gunpoint after being threatened by 10–15 armed men. (AP)Saying she cannot be part of a network that "whitewashes the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin", Washington-based anchor Liz Wahl resigns on-air from the Russian government-backed news channel RT. (The Guardian) (CNN)
UN Envoy Robert Serry is ordered to leave Crimea at gunpoint after being threatened by 10–15 armed men. (AP)
Saying she cannot be part of a network that "whitewashes the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin", Washington-based anchor Liz Wahl resigns on-air from the Russian government-backed news channel RT. (The Guardian) (CNN)
The Israel Defense Forces captures an Iranian ship carrying long-range artillery rockets to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip (CNN)
An 1,800-year-old Egyptian papyrus discovered a century ago, whose inscription is nearly illegible to the naked eye, has been made more readable using infrared sensors, revealing the message to be a soldier's letter to his family. (Live Science)
Radio Shack announces the closure of up to 1,100 stores. (USA Today)
Raging forest fires break out and sweep through Hoàng Liên National Park fueled by dry weather and strong winds, in Lào Cai, Vietnam. (VOV)
The U.S. Supreme Court interprets the whistle-blower provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley to protect the employees of privately owned companies that contract with public companies, in a case involving a group of mutual fund entities. (SCOTUSBlog)
Andrus Ansip resigns after nine years as prime minister of Estonia. (BBC)
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