Browse by date
5 March 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
1981 - The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research, and went on to sell more than 1.5 million units around the world.1981 home computer
Anniversary
1966 - BOAC Flight 911 disintegrated and crashed near Mount Fuji shortly after departure from Tokyo International Airport, killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.1966 aviation accident in Japan
Anniversary
1963 - American country-music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed when their PA-24 crashed shortly after takeoff in Camden, Tennessee.Music genre
Anniversary
1960 - Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph Guerrillero Heroico of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.Cuban photographer (1928–2001)
Anniversary
1943 - World War II: The Gloster Meteor, the Allies' only operational jet aircraft, made its maiden flight.Global conflict from 1939 to 1945
Historical events
History
2023 - The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.History
2023 - A group of four prisoners escape from the Nouakchott Civil Prison, before being caught the next day.Violent prison break of four AQMI prisoners in Nouakchott, Mauritania
History
2021 - Pope Francis begins a historic visit to Iraq amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.Head of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025
History
2021 - Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.Suicide attack on restaurant in Somalia
History
2018 - Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.2011–2024 armed conflict in Syria
History
2012 - Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar.2012 tropical cyclone which devastated South Africa, Mozambique, and Madagascar
History
2012 - Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a hair salon in Bucharest, Romania.Mass shooting in Bucharest
History
2011 - An Antonov An-148 crashes in Russia's Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast during a test flight, killing all seven aboard.Ukrainian regional jet aircraft
History
2003 - In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.City in Northern Israel
History
2002 - An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100.Magnitude 7.5 earthquake in the southern Philippines
Notable births
Born
2000 - Doug Edert, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
Born
1999 - Justin Fields, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Born
1999 - Yeri, South Korean singer and actressSouth Korean singer and actress (born 1999)
Born
1998 - Bo Bichette, American baseball playerAmerican baseball player (born 1998)
Notable deaths
Died
2017 - Kurt Moll, German opera singer (born 1938)German operatic bass (1938–2017)
Died
2016 - Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (born 1932)Sudanese religious and political leader (1932–2016)
Died
2016 - Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (born 1941)American computer programmer (1941–2016)
Died
2016 - Al Wistert, American football player and coach (born 1920)American football player (1920–2016)
Died
2015 - Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1958)Serbian musician
Died
2015 - Edward Egan, American cardinal and former Archbishop of New York (born 1932)American Catholic cardinal (1932–2015)
Died
2014 - Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host (born 1931)American actor and game show host
Died
2014 - Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (born 1963)Scottish economist (1963–2014)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated
Lunar age: 24.6 days
Sun zodiac
Pisces
15.40 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius
Moon zodiac
Capricorn
8.39 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.