Tuesday, March 5, 2013

This was 64th day of the year and 301 days remained in the year.

Hebrew calendar — 23 Adar 5773
Chinese calendar — the 24th day of the 1st month of 4711 (Kui Si)
Islamic calendar — (note)

March 5 Birthdays

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1512–1594, Flemish Cartographer.

Antoine Cadillac
founder of Detroit (1658)

Charles Goodnight
cattleman (1836)

Lady Augusta Gregory
dramatist (1859)

Rosa Luxemburg
revolutionary (1871)

Rex Harrison
actor (1908)

March 2013

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March 5 in History

1770

The Boston Massacre, a pre-Revolutionary incident that grew out of anger towards British troops, occurred. Five anti-British rioters were killed.

1933

In the last free elections in Germany until after World War II, the Nazi Party received 44% of the vote.

1946

Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron curtain speech, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent."

1953

Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73, after 29 years in power.

1963

Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hankshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash.

1997

North and South Korean representatives met for the first time in 25 years for peace talks.

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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.