Events
Pre-1600
*
363
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–
Roman emperor Julian leaves
Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...
with an army of 90,000 to
attack the
Sasanian Empire
The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th centuries AD. Named ...
, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
*
1046
Year 1046 ( MXLVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* Autumn – King Henry III (the Black) travels to Italy to secure the imposition of ...
–
Nasir Khusraw
Abu Mo’in Hamid ad-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw al-Qubadiani or Nāsir Khusraw Qubādiyānī Balkhi ( fa, ناصر خسرو قبادیانی, Nasir Khusraw Qubadiani) also spelled as ''Nasir Khusrow'' and ''Naser Khosrow'' (1004 – after 1070 CE) w ...
begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book ''
Safarnama
''Safarnāma'' () is a book of travel literature written during the 11th century by Nasir Khusraw (1003-1077). It is also known as the ''Book of Travels.''
It is an account of Khusraw's seven-year journey through the Islamic world. He initiall ...
''.
*
1279 – The
Livonian Order is defeated in the
Battle of Aizkraukle by the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was Partitions of Poland, partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire, Habsburg Empire of ...
.
*
1496 – King
Henry VII of England
Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor.
Henry's mother, Margaret Beauf ...
issues letters patent to
John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
1601–1900
*
1616 –
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic canon, who formulat ...
's book ''
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
''De revolutionibus orbium coelestium'' (English translation: ''On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres'') is the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) of the Polish Renaissance. The book, ...
'' is added to the
Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
*
1766
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism.
* January 14 – Chr ...
–
Antonio de Ulloa
Antonio de Ulloa y de la Torre-Giralt, FRS, FRSA, KOS (12 January 1716 – 3 July 1795) was a Spanish naval officer, scientist, and administrator. At the age of nineteen, he joined the French Geodesic Mission to what is now the countr ...
, the first Spanish governor of
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
, arrives in
.
*
1770 –
Boston Massacre: Five
Americans
Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many dual citizens, expatriates, and permanent residents could also legally claim Ame ...
, including
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks ( – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African and Native American descent, commonly regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first American killed in the Amer ...
, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the
American Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
(also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
*
1811 –
Peninsular War
The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spai ...
: A French force under the command of
Marshal Victor is routed while trying to prevent an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese army from lifting the
Siege of Cádiz in the
Battle of Barrosa
The Battle of Barrosa (Chiclana, 5 March 1811, also known as the Battle of Chiclana or Battle of Cerro del Puerco) was part of an unsuccessful manoeuvre by an Anglo-Iberian force to break the French siege of Cádiz during the Peninsular W ...
.
*
1824
May 7: The almost completely deaf Beethoven premieres his Ninth Symphony
Events
January–March
* January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against h ...
–
First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
.
*
1825 –
Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean
pirate
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, v ...
s, is
defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
*
1836 –
Samuel Colt
Samuel Colt (; July 19, 1814 – January 10, 1862) was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company (now Colt's Manufacturing Company) and made the mass production of ...
patents the first production-model
revolver
A revolver (also called a wheel gun) is a repeating firearm, repeating handgun that has at least one gun barrel, barrel and uses a revolving cylinder (firearms), cylinder containing multiple chamber (firearms), chambers (each holding a single ...
, the .34-caliber.
*
1850
Events
January–June
* April
** Pope Pius IX returns from exile to Rome.
** Stephen Foster's parlor ballad " Ah! May the Red Rose Live Alway" is published in the United States.
* April 4 – Los Angeles is incorporated as a city ...
– The
Britannia Bridge across the
Menai Strait between the island of
Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
and the mainland of Wales is opened.
*
1860
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The discovery of a hypothetical planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
* January 10 – The Pemberton Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts ...
–
Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second m ...
,
Tuscany
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,
Modena
Modena (, , ; egl, label= Modenese, Mòdna ; ett, Mutna; la, Mutina) is a city and '' comune'' (municipality) on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
A town, and seat o ...
and
Romagna
Romagna ( rgn, Rumâgna) is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna, North Italy. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to th ...
vote in
referendum
A referendum (plural: referendums or less commonly referenda) is a Direct democracy, direct vote by the Constituency, electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue. This is in contrast to an issue being voted on by a Representative democr ...
s to join the
Kingdom of Sardinia.
*
1868 – ''
Mefistofele'', an opera by
Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at
La Scala
La Scala (, , ; abbreviation in Italian of the official name ) is a famous opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as the ' (New Royal-Ducal Theatre alla Scala). The premiere performan ...
.
*
1872 –
George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pennsylvania who created the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry, receiving his first patent at the age ...
patents the
air brake.
1901–present
*
1906 –
Moro Rebellion:
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, ...
troops bring overwhelming force against the native
Moros in the
First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
*
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
–
Italo-Turkish War:
Italian forces are the first to use
airship
An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power. Aerostats gain their lift from a lifting gas that is less dense than the surrounding air.
In early ...
s for military purposes, employing them for
reconnaissance
In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, terrain, and other activities.
Examples of reconnaissance include patrolling by troops ( skirmishe ...
behind
Turkish lines.
*
1931 – The
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
*
* it is also called Crown rule in India,
*
*
*
*
or Direct rule in India,
* Quote: "Mill, who was him ...
:
Gandhi–Irwin Pact
The Gandhi–Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Irwin, Viceroy of India, on 5 March 1931 before the Second Round Table Conference in London. Before this, Irwin, the Viceroy, had announced in October 1929 ...
is signed.
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and the ...
's
Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported t ...
receives 43.9% at the
Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the
Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
*
1936 – First flight of ''K5054'', the first prototype
Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce Gri ...
advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
–
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlism, Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebeli ...
: The
National Defence Council seizes control of the
republican government in a
coup d'etat, with the intention of negotiating an end to the war.
*
1940 – Six high-ranking members of the
Soviet politburo, including
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...
, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish
intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the i ...
, including 14,700 Polish
POWs
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610.
Belligerents hold prisoners of war ...
, in what will become known as the
Katyn massacre
The Katyn massacre, "Katyń crime"; russian: link=yes, Катынская резня ''Katynskaya reznya'', "Katyn massacre", or russian: link=no, Катынский расстрел, ''Katynsky rasstrel'', "Katyn execution" was a series of m ...
.
*
1942 –
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
:
Japanese forces capture
Batavia, capital of
Dutch East Indies
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, whic ...
, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the
KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce
battalion
A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,200 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). In some countries, battalions ...
to
Buitenzorg
Bogor ( su, , nl, Buitenzorg) is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide. and
Bandung
Bandung ( su, ᮘᮔ᮪ᮓᮥᮀ, Bandung, ; ) is the capital city of the Indonesian province of West Java. It has a population of 2,452,943 within its city limits according to the official estimates as at mid 2021, making it the fourth most ...
.
*
1943 – First Flight of the
Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
– World War II: The
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...
begins the
Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
.
*
1946 –
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because t ...
:
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from ...
coins the phrase "
Iron Curtain" in his speech at
Westminster College, Missouri
Westminster College is a private college in Fulton, Missouri. It was established in 1851 as Fulton College. America's National Churchill Museum (formerly the Winston Churchill Memorial and Library) is a national historic site located on campus ...
.
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...
, the longest serving leader of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
after suffering a
cerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...
four days earlier.
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Indonesian President Sukarno
Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
Sukarno was the leader of ...
dismissed the
Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
*
1963 – American country music stars
Patsy Cline,
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Harold Franklin "Hawkshaw" Hawkins (December 22, 1921 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honk ...
,
Cowboy Copas
Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline an ...
and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a
plane crash in
Camden, Tennessee.
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
March Intifada: A
Leftist uprising erupts in
Bahrain
Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and a ...
against British colonial presence.
*
1966 –
BOAC Flight 911, a
Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is an American, long-range, narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype first flown in 1954, the initial first flew on December 2 ...
aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to
clear-air turbulence and crashes into
Mount Fuji
, or Fugaku, located on the island of Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan, with a summit elevation of . It is the second-highest volcano located on an island in Asia (after Mount Kerinci on the island of Sumatra), and seventh-highest ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
, killing all 124 people on board.
*
1970 – The
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation ...
goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
–
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was an armed conflict fought from October 6 to 25, 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by E ...
:
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i forces withdraw from the west bank of the
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal ( arz, قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The long canal is a popula ...
.
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government).
* January 6 ...
– The
Landsat 3
Landsat 3 is the third satellite of the Landsat program. It was launched on March 5, 1978, with the primary goal of providing a global archive of satellite imagery. Unlike later Landsat satellites, Landsat 3 was managed solely by NASA. Landsat 3 ...
is launched from
Vandenberg Air Force Base in
California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...
.
*
1979 – Soviet probes
Venera 11,
Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite
Helios II all are hit by
"off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of
soft gamma repeaters.
*
1981 – The
ZX81, a pioneering British
home computer, is launched by
Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1 million units around the world.
*
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...
– Soviet probe
Venera 14 lands on
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never f ...
.
*
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...
– In
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the
Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
*
2012 –
Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Afric ...
.
*
2018
File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
–
Syrian civil war: The
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the
Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the
Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.
*
2021 –
Pope Francis
Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013 ...
begins a
historical visit to Iraq amidst the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...
.
* 2021 – Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a
suicide car bombing in
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...
, Somalia.
Births
Pre-1600
*
1133 –
Henry II of England
Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Curtmantle (french: link=no, Court-manteau), Henry FitzEmpress, or Henry Plantagenet, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189, and as such, was the first Angevin kin ...
(d. 1189)
*
1224 – Saint
Kinga of Poland (d. 1292)
*
1324
Year 1324 ( MCCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
* 23 March – Pope John XXII excommunicates German king Louis IV, as Louis had not sought papal approval during ...
–
David II of Scotland (d. 1371)
*
1326
Year 1326 ( MCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 21 – The foundation of Oriel College, the University of Oxford's fift ...
–
Louis I of Hungary (d. 1382)
*
1340
Year 1340 ( MCCCXL) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
* January 26 – King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
* April 8 – Marinid galleys, un ...
–
Cansignorio della Scala
Cansignorio della Scala (5 March 1340 – 19 October 1375) was Lord of Verona from 1359 until 1375, initially together with his brother Paolo Alboino.
Biography
He inherited the lordship of Verona at the death of his father Mastino, together wit ...
, Lord of Verona (d. 1375)
*
1451 –
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (5 March 145116 July 1491) was an English nobleman and politician.
Early life
He was the son of William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke and Anne Devereux. His paternal grandparents were William ap Thomas an ...
, English Earl (d. 1491)
*
1512 –
Gerardus Mercator
Gerardus Mercator (; 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a 16th-century geographer, cosmographer and cartographer from the County of Flanders. He is most renowned for creating the 1569 world map based on a new projection which represented ...
, Flemish mathematician, cartographer, and philosopher (d. 1594)
*
1523 –
Rodrigo de Castro Osorio, Spanish cardinal (d. 1600)
*
1527 –
Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg
Ulrich III, Duke of Mecklenburg or Ulrich III of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (5 March 1527 – 14 March 1603) was Duke of Mecklenburg ( -Güstrow) from 1555-56 to 1603.
Early life
Ulrich was the third son of Duke Albrecht VII and Anna of Brandenburg. U ...
(d. 1603)
*
1539
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Year 1539 ( MDXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January – Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War – Battle of Naungyo, Burm ...
–
Christoph Pezel, German theologian (d. 1604)
*
1563 –
John Coke
Sir John Coke (5 March 1563 – 8 September 1644) was an English civil servant and naval administrator, described by one commentator as "the Samuel Pepys of his day". He was MP for various constituencies in the House of Commons between 1621 and ...
, English civil servant and politician (d. 1644)
*
1575
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Year 1575 ( MDLXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January 21 – Queen Elizabeth I of England grants a monopoly on producin ...
–
William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (d. 1660)
*
1585 –
John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
* 1585 –
Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (d. 1638)
1601–1900
*
1637 –
Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer (d. 1712)
*
1658 –
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer and politician, 3rd
Colonial Governor of Louisiana (d. 1730)
*
1693 –
Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar (d. 1754)
*
1696
Events
January–March
* January 21 – The Recoinage Act, passed by the Parliament of England to pull counterfeit silver coins out of circulation, becomes law.James E. Thorold Rogers, ''The First Nine Years of the Bank of Engl ...
–
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
*
1703 –
Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1768)
*
1713 –
Edward Cornwallis
Edward Cornwallis ( – 14 January 1776) was a British career military officer and was a member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, who reached the rank of Lieutenant General. After Cornwallis fought in Scotland, putting down the Jacob ...
, English general and politician,
Governor of Gibraltar (d. 1776)
* 1713 –
Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop (d. 1783)
*
1723 –
Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
*
1733 –
Vincenzo Galeotti
Vincenzo Galeotti (5 March 1733 – 16 December 1816) was an Italian-born Danish dancer, choreographer and ballet master, who was influential as the director of the Royal Danish Ballet from 1775 until his death.
Life
Vincenzo Tomasselli was b ...
, Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1816)
*
1739 –
Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge
Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge (March 5, 1739March 8, 1819) was an American physician, lawyer, farmer, and military officer who served as a colonel in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War.''Massachusetts Soldiers and Sa ...
, American colonel and physician (d. 1819)
*
1748 –
Jonas Carlsson Dryander
Jonas Carlsson Dryander (5 March 1748 – 19 October 1810) was a Swedish botanist.
Biography
Dryander was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was the son of Carl Leonard Dryander and Brita Maria Montin. He was a pupil of Carl Linnaeus at Upps ...
, Swedish botanist and biologist (d. 1810)
* 1748 –
William Shield
William Shield (5 March 1748 – 25 January 1829) was an English composer, violinist and violist. His music earned the respect of Haydn and Beethoven.
Life and musical career
Shield was born in Swalwell near Gateshead, County Durham, the son o ...
, English violinist and composer (d. 1829)
*
1750
Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era.
Events
January–March
* January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain a ...
–
Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French scholar and academic (d. 1805)
*
1751
In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule).
Events
January&n ...
–
Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator (d. 1829)
*
1774
Events
January–March
* January 21 – Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I.
* January 27
** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and feathers British customs c ...
–
Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer (d. 1842)
*
1779 –
Benjamin Gompertz
Benjamin Gompertz (5 March 1779 – 14 July 1865) was a British self-educated mathematician and actuary, who became a Fellow of the Royal Society. Gompertz is now best known for his Gompertz law of mortality, a demographic model published in 1 ...
, English mathematician and statistician (d. 1865)
*
1785 –
Carlo Odescalchi
Carlo Odescalchi, (5 March 1785 – 17 August 1841) was an Italian prince and priest, Archbishop of Ferrara, cardinal of the Catholic Church and Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome. For years a close collaborator of popes Pius VII and Gregory ...
, Italian cardinal (d. 1841)
*
1794 –
Jacques Babinet, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1872)
* 1794 –
Robert Cooper Grier, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1870)
*
1814 –
Wilhelm von Giesebrecht
Friedrich Wilhelm von Giesebrecht (5 March 1814 – 17 December 1889) was a German historian.
He was born in Berlin, the son of Karl Giesebrecht (died 1832), and a nephew of the poet Ludwig Giesebrecht (1792–1873).
He studied under Leopold v ...
, German historian and academic (d. 1889)
*
1800 –
Georg Friedrich Daumer, German poet and philosopher (d. 1875)
*
1815
Events
January
* January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England.
* January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Pru ...
–
John Wentworth, American journalist and politician, 19th
Mayor of Chicago
The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States. The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments, submits proposals and ...
(d. 1888)
*
1817 –
Austen Henry Layard
Sir Austen Henry Layard (; 5 March 18175 July 1894) was an English Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He was born to a mostly English family in Paris and largely raised in It ...
, English archaeologist, academic, and politician,
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (d. 1894)
*
1830
It is known in European history as a rather tumultuous year with the Revolutions of 1830 in France, Belgium, Poland, Switzerland and Italy.
Events January–March
* January 11 – LaGrange College (later the University of North Alabama) b ...
–
Étienne-Jules Marey, French physiologist and chronophotographer (d. 1904)
* 1830 –
Charles Wyville Thomson
Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (5 March 1830 – 10 March 1882) was a Scottish natural historian and marine zoologist. He served as the chief scientist on the Challenger expedition; his work there revolutionized oceanography and led to his knigh ...
, Scottish historian and zoologist (d. 1882)
*
1834 –
Félix de Blochausen
Baron Félix de Blochausen (5 March 1834 – 15 November 1915), was a Luxembourgish politician. An Orangist, he was the sixth Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for ten years, from 26 December 1874 until 20 February 1885.
Minister for the ...
, Luxembourgian politician, 6th
Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1915)
* 1834 –
Marietta Piccolomini
Marietta Piccolomini (; 5 March 1834 – 11 December 1899)The birthdate given in this article is stated by the Register of baptisms — year 1834 — number 215 — of the former Parish of Saints Quiricus and Julitta in Sienna, while the death dat ...
, Italian soprano (d. 1899)
*
1853
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida.
* January 8 – Taiping Reb ...
–
Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
*
1862
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria.
* January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico.
* January ...
–
Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player and theoretician (d. 1934)
*
1867 –
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (; March 5, 1867 – July 6, 1952) was the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. He was a member of the Parti libéral du Québec.
Early life
Taschereau was born in Quebec City, Quebec, the son of Jean-Tho ...
, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th
Premier of Quebec
The premier of Quebec ( French: ''premier ministre du Québec'' (masculine) or ''première ministre du Québec'' (feminine)) is the head of government of the Canadian province of Quebec. The current premier of Quebec is François Legault of t ...
(d. 1952)
*
1869 –
Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal (d. 1952)
*
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
–
Frank Norris
Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include '' McTeague: A Story of Sa ...
, American journalist and author (d. 1902)
* 1870 –
Evgeny Paton, French-Ukrainian engineer (d. 1953)
*
1871
Events January–March
* January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory.
* January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
–
Rosa Luxemburg, Polish-Russian economist and philosopher (d. 1919)
* 1871 –
Konstantinos Pallis
Konstantinos Pallis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Πάλλης; 1871–1941) was a staff officer of the Hellenic Army, who served as chief of staff of the Army of Asia Minor in 1920–22, and as Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff during the ...
, Greek general and politician,
Minister Governor-General of Macedonia (d. 1941)
*
1873 –
Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian skier and explorer (d. 1961)
*
1874
Events
January–March
* January 1 – New York City annexes The Bronx.
* January 2 – Ignacio María González becomes head of state of the Dominican Republic for the first time.
* January 3 – Third Carlist War &ndash ...
–
Henry Travers, English-American actor (d. 1965)
*
1875
Events
January–March
* January 1 – The Midland Railway of England abolishes the Second Class passenger category, leaving First Class and Third Class. Other British railway companies follow Midland's lead during the rest of th ...
–
Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th
Premier of Victoria (d. 1952)
*
1876 –
Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, English lawyer and politician, 8th
Lord Chief Justice of England
Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...
(d. 1947)
* 1876 –
Elisabeth Moore
Elisabeth 'Bessie' Holmes Moore (March 5, 1876 – January 22, 1959) was an American tennis champion who was active at the beginning of the 20th century. Moore won the singles title at the U.S. Championships on four occasions. She was inducted i ...
, American tennis player (d. 1959)
*
1879
Events January–March
* January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War.
* January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
* Janu ...
–
William Beveridge
William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge, (5 March 1879 – 16 March 1963) was a British economist and Liberal politician who was a progressive and social reformer who played a central role in designing the British welfare state. His 1942 ...
, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic (d. 1963)
* 1879 –
Andres Larka, Estonian general and politician, 1st
Estonian Minister of War (d. 1943)
*
1880 –
Sergei Natanovich Bernstein
Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (russian: Серге́й Ната́нович Бернште́йн, sometimes Romanized as ; 5 March 1880 – 26 October 1968) was a Ukrainian and Russian mathematician of Jewish origin known for contributions to parti ...
, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1968)
*
1882 –
Dora Marsden, English author and activist (d. 1960)
*
1883
Events
January–March
* January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States.
* January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people.
* Janua ...
–
Pauline Sperry, American mathematician (d. 1967)
*
1885
Events
January–March
* January 3– 4 – Sino-French War – Battle of Núi Bop: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing Chinese force, in northern Vietnam.
* January 4 &n ...
–
Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (d. 1969)
*
1886 –
Dong Biwu
Dong Biwu (; 5 March 1886 – 2 April 1975) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and politician, who served as acting Chairman of the People's Republic of China between 1972 and 1975.
Early life
Dong Biwu was born in Huanggang, Hubei to ...
, Chinese judge and politician,
Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1975)
* 1886 –
Freddie Welsh, Welsh boxer (d. 1927)
*
1887 –
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 1959)
*
1894 –
Henry Daniell, English-American actor (d. 1963)
*
1898 –
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai (; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman and military officer who served as the first premier of the People's Republic of China from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman M ...
, Chinese politician, 1st
Premier of the People's Republic of China
The premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, commonly called the premier of China and sometimes also referred to as the prime minister, is the head of government of China and leader of the State Council. The premier is ...
(d. 1976)
* 1898 –
Misao Okawa
Japanese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Japan who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years. , the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 263 Japanese supercentenarians, most of ...
, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2015)
*
1900 –
Lilli Jahn, Jewish German doctor (d. 1944)
* 1900 –
Johanna Langefeld, German guard and supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps (d. 1974)
1901–present
*
1901 –
Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg
Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg (5 March 1901 – 9 November 1971) was the final head of the House of Schwarzburg and heir to the formerly sovereign principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
Early life
...
(d. 1971)
* 1901 –
Julian Przyboś
Julian Przyboś (5 March 1901 – 6 October 1970) was a Polish poet, essayist and translator, one of the most important poets of the Kraków Avant-Garde.
Life
Przyboś was born in Gwoźnica near Strzyżów to a peasant family. From 1912, he ...
, Polish poet, essayist and translator (d. 1970)
*
1904 –
Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (d. 1984)
*
1905 –
László Benedek, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (d. 1992)
*
1908 –
Fritz Fischer, German historian and author (d. 1999)
* 1908 –
Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (d. 1990)
* 1908 –
Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
*
1910 –
Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded
Nissin Foods (d. 2007)
* 1910 –
Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic (d. 1972)
*
1911
A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole.
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* ...
–
Subroto Mukerjee, Indian Air Marshall, Father of the
Indian Air Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air force, air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks third amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct ...
(d. 1960)
*
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
–
Jack Marshall
Sir John Ross Marshall New Zealand Army Orders 1952/405 (5 March 1912 – 30 August 1988) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He entered Parliament in 1946 and was first promoted to Cabinet in 1951. After spending twelve years ...
, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th
Prime Minister of New Zealand
The prime minister of New Zealand ( mi, Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, took office on 26 October 2017.
The prime minister (inf ...
(d. 1988)
*
1915 –
Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th
Premier of Nova Scotia
The premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister to the lieutenant governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of t ...
(d. 1990)
* 1915 –
Laurent Schwartz
Laurent-Moïse Schwartz (; 5 March 1915 – 4 July 2002) was a French mathematician. He pioneered the theory of distributions, which gives a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. He was awarded the Fields Medal in ...
, French mathematician and academic (d. 2002)
*
1918
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide.
Events
Below, the events ...
–
Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2017)
* 1918 –
Red Storey
Roy Alvin "Red" Storey, (March 5, 1918 – March 15, 2006) was a Canadian athlete, referee and broadcaster. He played football, lacrosse and ice hockey. While active as an athlete, he turned to officiating in all three sports and continued as ...
, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster (d. 2006)
* 1918 –
James Tobin
James Tobin (March 5, 1918 – March 11, 2002) was an American economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisers and consulted with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale Universities. He ...
, American economist and academic (d. 2002)
*
1920
Events January
* January 1
** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.
** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own ma ...
–
José Aboulker
José Aboulker (5 March 1920 – 17 November 2009) was a French Algerian Jew and the leader of the anti-Nazi resistance in French Algeria in World War II. He received the U.S. Medal of Freedom, the Croix de Guerre, and was made a Companio ...
, Algerian surgeon and activist (d. 2009)
* 1920 –
Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)
* 1920 –
Rachel Gurney, English actress (d. 2001)
* 1920 –
Wang Zengqi
Wang Zengqi (; 1920 – 1997) was a contemporary Chinese writer. He is famous for his short stories and essays. He is regarded as a successor of Beijing School Writers.
Biography
Wang was born in a landowner family in 1920 in Gaoyou, Jiangsu pr ...
, Chinese writer (d. 1997)
*
1921
Events
January
* January 2
** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil.
** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' bre ...
–
Arthur A. Oliner, American physicist and electrical engineer (d. 2013)
* 1921 –
Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (d. 1998)
*
1922
Events
January
* January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes.
* January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éirean ...
–
James Noble, American actor (d. 2016)
* 1922 –
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...
, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1975)
*
1923 –
Juan A. Rivero
Dr. Juan Arturo Rivero Quintero (March 5, 1923 in Santurce, Puerto Rico – March 3, 2014) was a Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican biologist who founded the Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo at the University of Puerto Rico's Mayagüez Campus.
Education
Dr. Rivero ...
, Puerto Rican biologist and academic (d. 2014)
* 1923 –
Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the
Loews Corporation (d. 2003)
*
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China hold ...
–
Roger Marche
Roger Gaston Louis Marche (5 March 1924 – 1 November 1997) was a French footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the French national team during the 1954 and 1958 World Cup tournaments. He was nicknamed '' Le Sanglier des Ardenne ...
, French footballer (d. 1997)
*
1927 –
Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (d. 1976)
* 1927 –
Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, Scottish businessman and politician
*
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhano ...
–
J. Hillis Miller
Joseph Hillis Miller Jr. (March 5, 1928 – February 7, 2021) was an American literary critic and scholar who advanced theories of literary deconstruction. He was part of the Yale School along with scholars including Paul de Man, Jacques Derri ...
, American academic and critic (d. 2021)
*
1929 –
Erik Carlsson
Erik Hilding Carlsson (5 March 1929 – 27 May 2015) was a Swedish rally driver for Saab. He was nicknamed "''Carlsson på taket''" ("Carlsson on the roof" in reference to Astrid Lindgren's children's book character) as well as ''Mr. Saab'' ...
, Swedish race car driver (d. 2015)
* 1929 –
J. B. Lenoir
J. B. Lenoir ( '; March 5, 1929 – April 29, 1967) was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter, active in the Chicago blues scene in the 1950s and 1960s.
Life and career
Lenoir was born in Monticello, Mississippi. His full given ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
*
1930 –
John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 2008)
* 1930 –
Del Crandall
Delmar Wesley Crandall (March 5, 1930May 5, 2021) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He was born in Ontario, California. Crandall played as a catcher in Major League Baseball and spent most of his career with the Boston / ...
, American baseball player and manager (d. 2021)
*
1931 –
Fred
Fred may refer to:
People
* Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Mononym
* Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French
* Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rod ...
, French author and illustrator (d. 2013)
* 1931 –
Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator (d. 2020)
*
1932
Events January
* January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel.
* January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort to assassinate Emperor Hir ...
–
Paul Sand, American actor
*
1933
Events
January
* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.
* January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...
–
Walter Kasper, German cardinal and theologian
*
1934 –
Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman (; he, דניאל כהנמן; born March 5, 1934) is an Israeli-American psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was award ...
, Israeli-American economist and psychologist,
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...
laureate
*
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
–
Letizia Battaglia
Letizia Battaglia (; 5 March 1935 – 13 April 2022) was an Italian photographer and photojournalist. Although her photos document a wide spectrum of Sicilian life, she is best known for her work on the Mafia.
A documentary film based on her lif ...
, Italian photographer and journalist
* 1935 –
Philip K. Chapman, Australian-American astronaut and engineer (d. 2021)
* 1935 –
Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (d. 1996)
*
1936 –
Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st
President of Zimbabwe
The president of Zimbabwe is the head of state of Zimbabwe and head of the executive branch of the government of Zimbabwe. The president chairs the national cabinet and is the chief commanding authority of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces.
The ...
(d. 2003)
* 1936 –
Dale Douglass, American golfer
* 1936 –
Dean Stockwell, American actor (d. 2021)
*
1937
Events
January
* January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua.
* January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into ...
–
Olusegun Obasanjo
Chief Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, , ( ; yo, Olúṣẹ́gun Ọbásanjọ́ ; born 5 March 1937) is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as Nigeria's head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its presid ...
, Nigerian general and politician, 5th
President of Nigeria
*
1938
Events
January
* January 1
** The new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the authoritarian regime.
** State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France ...
–
Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1938 –
Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (d. 2011)
* 1938 –
Fred Williamson, American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*
1939
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1
** Third Reich
*** Jews are forbidden to ...
–
Samantha Eggar, English actress
* 1939 –
Tony Rundle, Australian politician, 40th
Premier of Tasmania
The premier of Tasmania is the head of the executive government in the Australian state of Tasmania. By convention, the leader of the party or political grouping which has majority support in the House of Assembly is invited by the governor of ...
* 1939 –
Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian actor and comedian (d. 1995)
* 1939 –
Peter Woodcock
David Michael Krueger (March 5, 1939 – March 5, 2010), best known by his birth name, Peter Woodcock, was a Canadian serial killer, child rapist and diagnosed psychopath. He gained notoriety for the murders of three young children in Toronto ...
, Canadian serial killer (d. 2010)
* 1939 –
Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
*
1940 –
Tom Butler, English bishop
* 1940 –
Ken Irvine
Kenneth John Irvine (5 March 1940 – 22 December 1990),
also nicknamed "Mongo", was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He holds the standing Australian record for the most tries in a ...
, Australian rugby league player (d. 1990)
* 1940 –
Graham McRae
Graham McRae (5 March 1940 – 4 August 2021) was a racing driver from New Zealand. He achieved considerable success in Formula 5000 racing, winning the Tasman Series each year from 1971 to 1973, and also the 1972 L&M Continental 5000 Champion ...
, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2021)
* 1940 –
Sepp Piontek
Josef Emanuel Hubertus "Sepp" Piontek (born 5 March 1940) is a German former footballer and manager.
Playing career
Born in Breslau, now Wrocław. Piontek started his playing career with VfL Germania Leer. Between 1963 and 1972, the full-back ...
, German footballer and manager
*
1941 –
Des Wilson
Des Wilson (born 5 March 1941) is a New Zealand-born British campaigner, political activist, businessman, sports administrator, author and poker player. He was one of the founders of the British homelessness charity Shelter and was for a while an ...
, New Zealand-English businessman and activist
*
1942 –
Felipe González
Felipe González Márquez (; born 5 March 1942) is a Spanish lawyer, professor, and politician, who was the Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) from 1974 to 1997, and the 3rd Prime Minister of Spain since th ...
, Spanish lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of Spain
The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government ( es, link=no, Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The office was established in its current form by the Constitution of 1978 and it was first regul ...
* 1942 –
Mike Resnick, American author and editor (d. 2020)
* 1942 –
David Watkins, Welsh rugby player
*
1943 –
Lucio Battisti
Lucio Battisti (5 March 1943 – 9 September 1998) was an influential Italian singer-songwriter and composer. He is widely recognized for songs that defined the late 1960s and 1970s era of Italian songwriting.
Battisti released 18 studio albums ...
, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Peter Brandes
Peter Brandes (born 5 March 1944 in Assens, Denmark) is a Danish painter, sculptor, ceramic artist and photographer.
Brandes' art is abstract and often in brown colours. He had his breakthrough as artist in the beginning of the 1980s. He ha ...
, Danish painter and sculptor
* 1944 –
Roy Gutman
Roy Gutman (born March 5, 1944) is an American journalist and author.
Biography
Gutman received a B.A. degree from Haverford College with a major in History and an MSc. degree from the London School of Economics in International Relations.
Roy ...
, American journalist and author
*
1945 –
Wilf Tranter, English footballer
*
1946 –
Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (d. 2007)
* 1946 –
Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter (d. 2018)
* 1946 –
Graham Hawkins
Graham Norman Hawkins (5 March 1946 – 27 September 2016) was an English football player and manager. During a sixteen year playing career in the English Football League he made a total of 502 league and cup appearances, scoring eleven goals. ...
, English footballer and manager (d. 2016)
* 1946 –
Murray Head, English actor and singer
*
1947 –
Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress
* 1947 –
Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster
*
1948 –
Paquirri
Francisco Rivera Pérez, known as Paquirri (March 5, 1948 – September 26, 1984), was a Spanish bullfighter.
Death
Paquirri was gored by a bull named "Avispado" (Spanish for street-smart, or wasp-like) during a bullfight in Pozoblanco ( Có ...
, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
* 1948 –
Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician
* 1948 –
Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar (d. 2008)
* 1948 –
Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
* 1948 –
Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2011)
*
1949 –
Bernard Arnault, French businessman, philanthropist, and art collector
* 1949 –
Franz Josef Jung, German lawyer and politician,
German Federal Minister of Defence
* 1949 –
Tom Russell
Thomas George Russell (born 1947/1948) is an American singer-songwriter. Although most strongly identified with the Americana music tradition, his music also incorporates elements of folk, rock, and the cowboy music of the American West. Many ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*
1951 –
Rodney Hogg, Australian cricketer and coach
*
1952 –
Petar Borota, Serbian footballer and coach (d. 2010)
* 1952 –
Robin Hobb, American author
* 1952 –
Mike Squires
Michael Lynn Squires (born March 5, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball player who played for the Chicago White Sox primarily as a first baseman from 1975 and 1977 to 1985. He won the American League Gold Glove Award at first base ...
, American baseball player and scout
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
Katarina Frostenson
Alma Katarina Frostenson Arnault (born 5 March 1953) is a Swedish poet and writer. She was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1992 to 2019. In 2003, Frostenson was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in France in recognition of her serv ...
, Swedish poet and author
* 1953 –
Michael J. Sandel, American philosopher and academic
* 1953 –
Tokyo Sexwale
Mosima Gabriel "Tokyo" Sexwale (; born 5 March 1953) is a South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist, and former political prisoner. Sexwale was imprisoned on Robben Island for his anti-apartheid activities, alongside figure ...
, South African businessman and politician, 1st
Premier of Gauteng
*
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
–
Marsha Warfield, American actress
* 1954 –
João Lourenço
João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (born 5 March 1954) is an Angolan politician, who has served as the president of Angola since 26 September 2017. Previously, he was Minister of Defence from 2014 to 2017. In September 2018, he became the Cha ...
, Angolan president
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
Penn Jillette
Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. The duo has been featured i ...
, American magician, actor, and author
*
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
–
Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
* 1956 –
Christopher Snowden
Sir Christopher Maxwell Snowden, (born 1956) is a British electronic engineer and academic. He was the former Vice-Chancellor of Surrey University (2005-2015) and of the University of Southampton (2015-2019). He was president of Universities UK ...
, English engineer and academic
*
1957 –
Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician (d. 2018)
* 1957 –
Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
*
1958
Events
January
* January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
* January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
* January 4
** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...
–
Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
* 1958 –
Bob Forward
Bob Forward (born 1958) is an American writer, producer, and director. Forward is the production director and president of his independent company, Detonation Films. Forward has been the writer of many animated television series, as well as a f ...
, American director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1958 –
Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1988)
*
1959 –
Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)
*
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
–
Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician,
Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
*
1963 –
Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
*
1964 –
Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter
* 1964 –
Gerald Vanenburg
Gerald Mervin Vanenburg (born 5 March 1964) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right winger.
He amassed Eredivisie totals of 372 games and 112 goals for Ajax and PSV combined, winning fifteen major titles between the t ...
, Dutch footballer and manager
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Steve Linnane, Australian rugby league player
* 1965 –
José Semedo, Portuguese footballer and coach
*
1966 –
Oh Eun-sun
Oh, OH, or Oh! is an interjection, often proclaiming surprise. It may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music Albums
* ''Oh!'' (Girls' Generation album), 2010
* ''Oh!'' (ScoLoHoFo album), 2003
* '' OH (ohio)'', by Lambchop, 2008
* ''Oh!'', an ...
, South Korean mountaineer
* 1966 –
Bob Halkidis
Robert H. Halkidis (born March 5, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
As a youth, Halkidis played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.
After ...
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
* 1966 –
Michael Irvin
Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966) is an American sports commentator and former professional football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 2007, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of F ...
, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
* 1966 –
Aasif Mandvi, Indian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1966 –
Zachery Stevens, American singer-songwriter
*
1968
The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide.
Events January–February
* January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
* J ...
–
Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian businessman and politician, 7th
Prime Minister of Hungary
* 1968 –
Theresa Villiers, English lawyer and politician,
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
*
1969
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon.
Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
–
Paul Blackthorne
Paul Blackthorne (born 5 March 1969) is an English actor. Although born in Shropshire, he spent his early childhood on UK military bases in Britain and Germany.
Blackthorne broke into acting via television commercials in England. His breakthr ...
, English actor and producer
* 1969 –
Danny King, English author and playwright
* 1969 –
Moussa Saïb, Algerian footballer and manager
* 1969 –
M.C. Solaar
Claude M'Barali, professionally known as MC Solaar (; born 5 March 1969), is a French rapper of Senegalese and Chadian origin. He is one of France's most famous and influential hip hop artists. Some consider him the best French rapper of all ...
, Senegalese-French rapper
*
1970 –
Mike Brown, American basketball player and coach
* 1970 –
John Frusciante, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1970 –
Yuu Watase
is a Japanese manga artist. She debuted in 1989 at the age of 18 with the short story "Pajama de Ojama" (, "An Intrusion in Pajamas") and has since published more than 50 volumes of one-shots and long-running manga series. One of her most popu ...
, Japanese illustrator
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
Greg Berry
Greg Berry (born 5 March 1971) is an English retired footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Ca ...
, English footballer and coach
* 1971 –
Jeffrey Hammonds
Jeffrey Bryan Hammonds (born March 5, 1971) is an American former professional baseball player. Hammonds was an outfielder and played for the Baltimore Orioles (1993–1998), Cincinnati Reds (1998–1999), Colorado Rockies (2000), Milwaukee Bre ...
, American baseball player and scout
* 1971 –
Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1971 –
Filip Meirhaeghe
Filip Meirhaeghe (born 5 March 1971["Rider Profile: Filip Meiraeghe"](_blank)
, Belgian cyclist
* 1971 –
Mark Protheroe, Australian rugby league player
*
1973 –
Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer and manager
* 1973 –
Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (d. 2009)
* 1973 –
Juan Esnáider, Argentinian footballer and manager
* 1973 –
Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
* 1973 –
Nicole Pratt
Nicole Pratt (born 5 March 1973) is a retired tennis player from Australia.
Pratt was born in Mackay, Queensland. She is the middle sibling of five children of cane farmers and was taught to play by her father, George, who was a top junior pl ...
, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
* 1973 –
Špela Pretnar
Špela Pretnar (born 5 March 1973) is a Slovenian former alpine skier.
In her career, Pretnar won six races in Alpine Skiing World Cup races, with 13 podiums altogether. In the 1999–2000 season, she won a small crystal globe in slalom. Pretn ...
, Slovenian skier
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
–
Kevin Connolly, American actor and director
* 1974 –
Jens Jeremies
Jens Jeremies (born 5 March 1974) is a German former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Best known for his tackling abilities, he played for three clubs during his professional career, most notably Bayern Munich which ...
, German footballer
* 1974 –
Matt Lucas, English actor, comedian, writer, and television personality
* 1974 –
Eva Mendes, American model and actress
*
1975
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe.
Events
January
* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...
–
Luciano Burti, Brazilian race car driver and sportscaster
* 1975 –
Sasho Petrovski
Sasho Petrovski ( mk, Сашо Петровски, ''Sašo Petrovski'') (born 5 March 1975) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays for South Coast Wolves. Petrovski has two caps for the Australian national team. Petrovski was know ...
, Australian footballer
* 1975 –
Chris Silverwood
Christopher Eric Wilfred Silverwood (born 5 March 1975) is a former international cricketer and a former head coach of the England cricket team. He is currently the Head Coach of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team.
Early life and domestic playing care ...
, English cricketer and coach
*
1976 –
Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1976 –
Šarūnas Jasikevičius
Šarūnas "Šaras" Jasikevičius (; born 5 March 1976) is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player. He currently serves as a head coach for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. During his playing career, standing ...
, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
* 1976 –
Paul Konerko, American baseball player
* 1976 –
Norm Maxwell
Norman Michael Clifford Maxwell (born 5 March 1976 in Rawene, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rugby union player.
His usual position was at lock. He initially played for the Hora Hora club and Northland.
On moving to Christchurch his clu ...
, New Zealand rugby player
*
1977 –
Taismary Agüero, Cuban-Italian volleyball player
* 1977 –
Adam Hayden, Australian rugby league player
*
1978
Events January
* January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
* January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government).
* January 6 ...
–
Jared Crouch
Jared Crouch (born 5 March 1978) is a former Australian football player with the Sydney Swans of the Australian Football League (AFL), who is colloquially known as "Crouchie" to Swans fans and the media. He currently serves as a development coa ...
, Australian footballer
* 1978 –
Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach
* 1978 –
Kimberly McCullough
Kimberly Anne McCullough (born March 5, 1978) is an American actress and television director. She is best known for her role as Robin Scorpio on the soap opera ''General Hospital'', a role which she originated at age seven, playing the character ...
, American actress, singer, and dancer
* 1978 –
Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
*
1979 –
Martin Axenrot
Erik Martin "Axe" Axenrot (born 5 March 1979 in Linköping, Sweden) is a Swedish death metal drummer, best known as the former drummer for progressive death metal band Opeth from 2006 to 2021. Since 2004, he is the drummer for Bloodbath. Known ...
, Swedish drummer
* 1979 –
Lee Mears, English rugby player
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Shay Carl
Shay Carl Butler (born March 5, 1980), known professionally as Shay Carl, is an American YouTube personality. He has three YouTube channels, two of which ("shaycarl" and "SHAYTARDS") have over three million subscribers. Butler and Corey Vid ...
, American businessman, co-founded
Maker Studios
*
1981 –
Barret Jackman
Barret D. Jackman (born March 5, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues and the Nashville Predators. Jackman was selected 17th overall in the 1999 NHL E ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1981 –
Paul Martin
Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006.
The son ...
, American ice hockey player
*
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...
–
Dan Carter, New Zealand rugby player
* 1982 –
Philipp Haastrup, German footballer
*
1983 –
Édgar Dueñas
Edgar Esteban Dueñas Peñaflor (born 5 March 1983) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a defender.
International career
During the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Dueñas, and four other members of the Mexico national team, tes ...
, Mexican footballer
*
1984 –
Branko Cvetković, Serbian basketball player
* 1984 –
Guillaume Hoarau
Guillaume Hoarau (born 5 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Early career
Hoarau started his football career at JS Saint-Pierroise in his native Réunion. In 1995, Le Havre AC scouts con ...
, French footballer
*
1985 –
David Marshall, Scottish footballer
* 1985 –
Brad Mills, American baseball player
* 1985 –
Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
*
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal en ...
–
Alexandre Barthe
Alexandre Barthe (born 5 March 1986) is a French former footballer who played as a defender. He has won the Bulgarian league championship on six occasions in a row (2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, and 2015–16).
Career
B ...
, French footballer
* 1986 –
Matty Fryatt Matty may refer to:
* Matty (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the nickname, given name or surname
* Matty, Hungary, a village in Baranya County
* Matty Island, a Canadian arctic island
* Former name of Wuvulu Island
* Matty, ...
, English footballer
*
1987 –
Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
* 1987 –
Chris Cohen, English footballer
*
1988 –
Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, Algerian footballer
* 1988 –
Jovana Brakočević, Serbian volleyball player
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Danny Drinkwater, English footballer
* 1990 –
Mason Plumlee
Mason Alexander Plumlee (born March 5, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He primarily plays the forward and center positions. As a freshman in 2009–10, h ...
, American basketball player
* 1990 –
Alex Smithies, English footballer
*
1991 –
Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentinian footballer
* 1991 –
Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer
*
1993 –
El Hadji Ba, French footballer
* 1993 –
Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer
* 1993 –
Fred
Fred may refer to:
People
* Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name
Mononym
* Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French
* Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rod ...
, Brazilian footballer
* 1993 –
Harry Maguire
Jacob Harry Maguire (born 5 March 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Manchester United and the England national team.
Maguire came through the youth system at Sheffield United before graduating ...
, English footballer
*
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
–
Daria Gavrilova, Russian-Australian tennis player
* 1994 –
Kyle Schwarber
Kyle Joseph Schwarber (born March 5, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball for the Indiana Hoosiers and was a first-round selection in the 20 ...
, American baseball player
*
1996 –
Taylor Hill, American model
* 1996 –
Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese basketball player
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
–
Milena Venega, Cuban rower
*
1998 –
Bo Bichette
Bo Joseph Bichette (born March 5, 1998) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB).
High school
Bichette was home schooled, but competed in baseball for Lakewood High School in St. Pe ...
, American baseball player
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
–
Kim Ye-rim, South Korean singer and actress
*
2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...
–
Roman Griffin Davis, British actor
Deaths
Pre-1600
*
254 –
Pope Lucius I
*
824
__NOTOC__
Year 824 ( DCCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* November 11 – The ''Constitutio Romana'' establishes the authority of the H ...
–
Suppo I, Frankish
nobleman
*
1239
Year 1239 ( MCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – A German expeditionary force under Emperor Frederick II invades the R ...
–
Hermann Balk
Hermann Balk (died March 5, 1239, Würzburg), also known as Hermann von Balk or Hermann Balke, was a Knight-Brother of the Teutonic Order and its first '' Landmeister'', or Provincial Master, in both Prussia and Livonia. From 1219 to 1227, he s ...
, German knight
*
1410 –
Matthew of Kraków
Matthew of Kraków (c. 1335 – 5 March 1410) was a renowned German-Polish scholar and priest of the fourteenth century.
Early life
He was born in Kraków, the son of a German immigrant town-clerk, but the view, once generally held, that he w ...
, Polish reformer (b. 1335)
*
1417
Year 1417 ( MCDXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* June 29 – An English fleet, led by the Earl of Huntingdon, defeats a fleet of Ge ...
–
Manuel III Megas Komnenos,
Emperor of Trebizond
The Trapezuntine emperors were the rulers of the Empire of Trebizond, one of the successor states of the Byzantine Empire founded after the Fourth Crusade in 1204, until its fall to the Ottoman Empire in 1461. All but two of the Trapezuntine r ...
(b. 1364)
*
1534 –
Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter and educator (b. 1489)
*
1539
__NOTOC__
Year 1539 ( MDXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* January – Toungoo–Hanthawaddy War – Battle of Naungyo, Burm ...
–
Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese admiral and politician,
Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1487)
*
1599
__NOTOC__
Events
January–June
* January 8 – The Jesuit educational plan, known as the ''Ratio Studiorum'', is issued.
* March 12 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Queen Elizabeth I o ...
–
Guido Panciroli, Italian historian and jurist (b. 1523)
1601–1900
*
1611 –
Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1533)
*
1622 –
Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
*
1695 –
Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)
*
1726 –
Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician,
Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)
*
1770 –
Crispus Attucks
Crispus Attucks ( – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African and Native American descent, commonly regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre and thus the first American killed in the Amer ...
, American slave (b. 1723)
*
1778 –
Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)
*
1815
Events
January
* January 2 – Lord Byron marries Anna Isabella Milbanke in Seaham, county of Durham, England.
* January 3 – Austria, Britain, and Bourbon-restored France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Pru ...
–
Franz Mesmer
Franz Anton Mesmer (; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects; this he called " ani ...
, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
*
1827 –
Pierre-Simon Laplace
Pierre-Simon, marquis de Laplace (; ; 23 March 1749 – 5 March 1827) was a French scholar and polymath whose work was important to the development of engineering, mathematics, statistics, physics, astronomy, and philosophy. He summarize ...
, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
* 1827 –
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (, ; 18 February 1745 – 5 March 1827) was an Italian physicist, chemist and lay Catholic who was a pioneer of electricity and power who is credited as the inventor of the electric battery and th ...
, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1745)
*
1829 –
John Adams
John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Befor ...
, English sailor and mutineer (b. 1766)
*
1849 –
David Scott, Scottish historical painter (b. 1806)
*
1876 –
Marie d'Agoult
Marie Cathérine Sophie, Comtesse d'Agoult (née de Flavigny; 31 December 18055 March 1876), was a Franco-German romantic author and historian, known also by her pen name, Daniel Stern.
Life
Marie was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with th ...
, German-French historian and author (b. 1805)
*
1889 –
Mary Louise Booth
Mary Louise Booth (April 19, 1831March 5, 1889) was an American editor, translator, and writer. She was the first editor-in-chief of the women's fashion magazine, ''Harper's Bazaar''.
At the age of eighteen, Booth left the family home for New Yo ...
, American writer, editor and translator (b. 1831)
*
1893 –
Hippolyte Taine
Hippolyte Adolphe Taine (, 21 April 1828 – 5 March 1893) was a French historian, critic and philosopher. He was the chief theoretical influence on French naturalism, a major proponent of sociological positivism and one of the first practitio ...
, French historian and critic (b. 1828)
*
1895 –
Nikolai Leskov, Russian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1831)
* 1895 –
Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet, English general and scholar (b. 1810)
1901–present
*
1907 –
Friedrich Blass, German philologist, scholar, and academic (b. 1843)
*
1925 –
Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1859)
*
1927 –
Franz Mertens, Polish-Austrian mathematician and academic (b. 1840)
*
1929 –
David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded
Buick
Buick () is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Started by automotive pioneer David Dunbar Buick in 1899, it was among the first American marques of automobiles, and was the company that established General ...
(b. 1854)
*
1934 –
Reşit Galip
Reşit Galip, also known as Mustafa Reşit Baymur (1893 – 5 March 1934) was a Turkish politician in the early years of the Turkish Republic. By profession, he was a medical doctor.
Early years
He was born in the Sanjak of Rhodes (now an isla ...
, Turkish academic and politician, 6th
Turkish Minister of National Education (b. 1893)
*
1935
Events
January
* January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims.
* January 12 – Amelia Earhart ...
–
Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (b. 1877)
*
1940 –
Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
*
1942 –
George Plant Executed
Irish Republican (b. 1904)
*
1944
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 2 – WWII:
** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in ...
–
Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
*
1945 –
Lena Baker
Lena Baker (June 8, 1900 – March 5, 1945) was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia, United States, who was wrongfully convicted of capital murder of a white man, Ernest Knight. She was executed by the state of Georgia in 1945. Baker ...
,
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
held captive post slavery-era(b. 1900)
*
1947 –
Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
*
1950 –
Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
* 1950 –
Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
*
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugosl ...
–
Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
* 1953 –
Sergei Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, ...
, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
* 1953 –
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...
, Soviet dictator and politician of
Georgian descent, 2nd
leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
*
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangs ...
–
Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th
Prime Minister of Lithuania
The prime minister of Lithuania ( lt, Ministras Pirmininkas; "Minister-Chairman") is the head of the government of Lithuania. The prime minister is Lithuania's head of government and is appointed by the president with the assent of the Lithua ...
(b. 1888)
*
1963 –
Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
* 1963 –
Cowboy Copas
Lloyd Estel Copas (July 15, 1913 – March 5, 1963), known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline an ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
* 1963 –
Hawkshaw Hawkins
Harold Franklin "Hawkshaw" Hawkins (December 22, 1921 – March 5, 1963) was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honk ...
, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
*
1965
Events January–February
* January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
* January 20
** Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in for a full term ...
–
Chen Cheng
Chen Cheng (; ; January 4, 1898 – March 5, 1965) was a Chinese political and military leader, and one of the main commanders of the National Revolutionary Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War.
After movi ...
, Chinese general and politician, 27th
Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1897)
* 1965 –
Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)
*
1966 –
Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)
*
1967 –
Mischa Auer, Russian-American actor (b. 1905)
* 1967 –
Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian political scientist and politician, 60th
Prime Minister of Iran
The Prime Minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...
(b. 1882)
* 1967 –
Georges Vanier
Georges-Philias Vanier (23 April 1888 – 5 March 1967) was a Canadian military officer and diplomat who served as governor general of Canada, the first Quebecer and second Canadian-born person to hold the position.
Vanier was born an ...
, Canadian general and politician, 19th
Governor General of Canada
The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm ...
(b. 1888)
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
J ...
–
Allan Nevins, American journalist and author (b. 1890)
*
1973 –
Robert C. O'Brien
Robert Charles O'Brien Jr. (born June 18, 1966) is an American attorney who served as the 27th United States national security advisor from 2019 to 2021. He was the fourth and final person to hold the position during the presidency of Donald Tru ...
, American journalist and author (b. 1918)
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...
–
John Samuel Bourque, Canadian colonel and politician (b. 1894)
* 1974 –
Billy De Wolfe
William Andrew Jones (February 18, 1907 – March 5, 1974), better known as Billy De Wolfe, was an American character actor. He was active in films from the mid-1940s until his death in 1974.
Early life and early stage career
Born William Andr ...
, American actor (b. 1907)
* 1974 –
Sol Hurok, Ukrainian-American businessman (b. 1888)
*
1976 –
Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1889)
*
1977 –
Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
*
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
–
Jay Silverheels, Canadian-American actor (b. 1912)
*
1981 –
Yip Harburg, American songwriter and composer (b. 1896)
*
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...
–
John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
*
1984 –
Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)
* 1984 –
William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
*
1988 –
Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian and actor (b. 1933)
*
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...
–
Gary Merrill, American actor and director (b. 1915)
*
1995 –
Vivian Stanshall, English singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1943)
*
1996 –
Whit Bissell, American character actor (b. 1909)
*
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
–
Samm Sinclair Baker, American writer (b. 1909)
* 1997 –
Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
–
Richard Kiley
Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, film and television actor and singer. He is best known for his distinguished theatrical career in which he twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor In A Musical. Kiley ...
, American actor and singer (b. 1922)
*
2000 –
Lolo Ferrari
Lolo Ferrari (born Ève Valois; 9 February 1963 – 5 March 2000), was a French dancer, actress, and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breast implants in the world".
She entered the international limelight in 1995, appearing in the ...
, French dancer, actress and singer (b. 1963)
*
2005
File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
–
David Sheppard, English cricketer and bishop (b. 1929)
*
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
–
Joseph Weizenbaum, German computer scientist and author (b. 1923)
*
2010
File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...
–
Charles B. Pierce, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)
* 2010 –
Richard Stapley, British actor and writer (b. 1923)
*
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...
–
Manolis Rasoulis
Emmanouil (Manolis) Rasoulis ( el, Μανώλης Ρασούλης, 28 September 19455 March 2011), best known as the lyricist of famous songs, was a Greek music composer, singer, writer, and journalist.
Rasoulis was born in 1945 in Heraklion, ...
, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1945)
*
2012 –
Paul Haines, New Zealand-Australian author (b. 1970)
* 2012 –
Philip Madoc
Philip Madoc (born Philip Arvon Jones; 5 July 1934 – 5 March 2012) was a Welsh actor. He performed many stage, television, radio and film roles, and was recognised for having a "rich, sonorous voice" and often playing villains and office ...
, Welsh-English actor (b. 1934)
* 2012 –
William O. Wooldridge
William O. Wooldridge (August 12, 1922 – March 5, 2012) was a United States Army soldier and the first Sergeant Major of the Army.
Wooldridge served on active duty from 1940 to 1972. His military career spanned two wars and 14 campaigns, duri ...
, American sergeant (b. 1922)
*
2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
–
Paul Bearer
William Alvin Moody (April 10, 1954 – March 5, 2013) was an American professional wrestling manager and licensed funeral director. He is best known for his tenure with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, later WWE) where he performed under ...
, American wrestler and manager (b. 1954)
* 2013 –
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (; 28 July 1954 – 5 March 2013) was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, except for a brief period in 2002. Chávez was also leader of the Fifth Republ ...
, Venezuelan colonel and politician,
President of Venezuela
The president of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de Venezuela), officially known as the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, Presidente de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is the head of state and head of government in Ven ...
(b. 1954)
* 2013 –
Duane Gish, American biochemist and academic (b. 1921)
*
2014
File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
–
Geoff Edwards
Geoffrey Bruce Owen Edwards (February 13, 1931 – March 5, 2014) was an American television actor, game show host, and radio personality. Starting in the early 2000s, he was also a writer and broadcaster on the subject of travel.
Background
P ...
, American actor and game show host (b. 1931)
* 2014 –
Ailsa McKay, Scottish economist and academic (b. 1963)
* 2014 –
Leopoldo María Panero, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1948)
* 2014 –
Ola L. Mize, American colonel,
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of val ...
recipient (b. 1931)
*
2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...
–
Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1958)
* 2015 –
Edward Egan, American cardinal and former
Archbishop of New York (b. 1932)
*
2016 –
Hassan Al-Turabi, Sudanese activist and politician (b. 1932)
* 2016 –
Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (b. 1941)
* 2016 –
Al Wistert, American football player and coach (b. 1920)
*
2017 –
Kurt Moll, German opera singer (b. 1938)
Holidays and observances
*Christian
feast day
The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint. The word "feast" in this context do ...
:
**
Ciarán of Saigir
Ciarán of Saigir (5th century – ), also known as Ciarán mac Luaigne or Saint Kieran ( cy, Cieran), was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland and is considered the first saint to have been born in Ireland,''Catholic Online''St. Kier ...
**
John Joseph of the Cross
**
Piran
**
Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea
**
Thietmar of Minden
**
March 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*
Day of Physical Culture and Sport (
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
)
*
Learn from Lei Feng Day
Lei Feng (18 December 194015 August 1962) was allegedly a soldier in the People's Liberation Army who was the object of several major propaganda campaigns in China. The most well-known of these campaigns in 1963 promoted the slogan, "Follo ...
(
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
)
*
St Piran's Day
Saint Piran's Day ( kw, Gool Peran), or the Feast of Saint Piran, is the national day of Cornwall, held on 5 March every year. The day is named after one of the patron saints of Cornwall, Saint Piran, who is also the patron saint of tin miners ...
(
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a Historic counties of England, historic county and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people ...
)
References
External links
BBC: On This Day*
Historical Events on March 5
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