March 5
Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)
2025 Daily Holidays that fall on March 5, include:
- Ash Wednesday (First Day of Lent) - March 5, 2025
- Cinco de Marcho
- Discover What Your Name Means Day - March 5, 2025 (Wednesday of First Full Week which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
- Equal Pay Day - March 5, 2025
- International Open Data Day
- National Absinthe Day
- National Cheese Doodle Day
- National Equal Pay Day - March 5, 2025
- National Multiple Personality Day
- National Potty Dance Day
- National Poutine Day
- National Scott Day - (People Named Scott)
- Pasty Day - March 5, 2025
- Reel Film Day
- St. Piran's Day
- Stop Bad Service Day - March 5, 2025 (First Wednesday in March)
2025 Weekly Holidays that include March 5, are:
- Info. to Come!
2025 Monthly Holidays that include March 5, are:
There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our March Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of March.
NOTE:
- A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
- If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.
World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)
- Info. to Come!
Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for March 5 is Pisces.
Birth Flower of the Month
The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for March are:
- The Jonquil, better known as Daffodil or Narcissus
- The meaning of the Daffodil is friendship and domestic happiness
Birthstone
The Birthstone(s) for March is the aquamarine and the bloodstone.
Famous Birthdays
- 1713 – Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
- 1908 - Rex Harrison, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle)
- 1927 – Jack Cassidy, American actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show) (d. 1976)
- 1958 – Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer (d. 1988)
- 1974 – Eva Mendes, American actress
- 1975 – Niki Taylor, American model
Famous Deaths
- 1827 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist who made the 1st battery, dies at 82
- 1929 - David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile pioneer (b. 1854)
- 1953 – Joseph Stalin, Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
- 1963 – Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1982 – John Belushi, American actor (Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers) (b. 1949)
Famous Weddings and Divorces
- 1993 - Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi
- 1998 - Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Mottola
Quote of the Day
Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day
or a Recipe of the Day
The Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for March 5, is a Sausage Veggie Pasta Recipe from Kerry, at Healthy Diet Habits. This recipe can be switched up, just by changing the vegetables to those that you like.
This Day in History
- 1743 - The 1st US religious journal, The Christian History, is published in Boston
- 1836 – Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber
- 1849 - Zachary Taylor is sworn in as the 12th US President
- 1856 - Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads
- 1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake which modern trains still rely on
- 1877 - Rutherford B Hayes inaugurated as the 19th US President
- 1900 - American Hall of Fame founded
- 1923 - Montana & Nevada become the 1st states to enact old age pension laws
- 1933 – During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a bank holiday, and closes all banks for 10 days.
- 1933 - Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament
- 1934 - Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated in Amarillo, Texas
- 1935 - 1st premature baby health law in US in Chicago
- 1960 - Elvis Presley ends 2-year enlistment in the US Army
This Day in Music
- 1966 - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass's LP Going Places hits #1
- 1975 - Olivia Newton-John's Have You Never Been Mellow hits #1
- 1977 - Barbra Streisand's Love Theme From A Star Is Born, Evergreen hits #1
- 1983 - Michael Jackson's Billie Jean hits #1 (video below)
- 1985 - REO Speedwagon's Can't Fight This Feeling hits # 1
This Day in Sports
- 1924 - Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games
- 1981 - Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & C Dean (Great Britain)
- 1981 - Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
Word of the Day from Wiktionary
Tinker to Evers to Chance (noun)
1. (US, idiomatic) A task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamwork.
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