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This is a list of selected March 5 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

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Artist's impression of Crispus Attucks, one of the people killed in the Boston Massacre
The Bloody Massacre, engraved by Paul Revere
George Westinghouse
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
The Britannia Bridge, c. 1852
Gloster Meteor
Paul Okalik
Sinclair ZX81
Gerardus Mercator, in a c.1550 portrait by Titian
"Guerrillero Heroico" by Alberto Korda

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Blurb	Reason
1496 – King Henry VII of England issued letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore undiscovered lands.	citations needed
1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium, describing his heliocentric theory of the Solar System, was prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church.	refimprove section
1850 – The Britannia Bridge, a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans crossing the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, opened.	lots of CN tags (7)
1872 – American entrepreneur and engineer George Westinghouse patented the air brake, allowing trains to stop more reliably.	needs more footnotes
1918 – Bolshevist Russia relocated its capital from Petrograd to Moscow.	refimprove
1946 – The term "Iron Curtain", describing the symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas during the Cold War, was popularized by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.	refimprove section
1970 – The international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to limit the spread of nuclear weapons entered into force.	refimprove section, needs update
1975 – Computer hobbyists in Silicon Valley held the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club (founder pictured), whose members went on to have great influence on the development of the personal computer.	Orange-tagged since March 2022 for additional citations
1999 – Paul Okalik was elected as the first premier of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.	refimprove section

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363 – Roman–Persian Wars: Roman emperor Julian and his army set out from Antioch to attack the Sasanian Empire.
1279 – The Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order suffered a great loss when 71 knights died in the Battle of Aizkraukle.
1770 – American Revolution: British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, killing five people.
1824 – The First Anglo-Burmese War began.
1943 – World War II: The Gloster Meteor, the Allies' only operational jet aircraft, made its maiden flight.
1963 – American country-music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins were killed when their PA-24 crashed shortly after takeoff in Camden, Tennessee.
1966 – BOAC Flight 911 disintegrated and crashed near Mount Fuji shortly after departure from Tokyo International Airport, killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
Born/died: | Hermann Balk |d|1239| Louis I of Hungary |b|1326| Gerardus Mercator (pictured) |b|1512| Alessandro Volta |d|1827| Marietta Piccolomini |b|1834| Michael von Faulhaber |b|1869| Olav Bjaaland |b|1873| Lat |b|1951| Sergei Prokofiev |d|1953| Joseph Stalin |d|1953| Mary Louise Booth |d|1889| Lena Baker |d|1945| Elaine Paige |b|1948|

March 5: Learn from Lei Feng Day in China; St Piran's Day in Cornwall, England

Prototype Spitfire K5054

1811 – Peninsular War: At the Battle of Barrosa, Anglo-Iberian forces trying to lift the Siege of Cádiz defeated a French attack but could not break the siege itself.
1825 – Roberto Cofresí, one of the last Caribbean pirates, was apprehended after his flagship sloop Anne was captured by authorities.
1936 – The prototype (pictured) of the Supermarine Spitfire flew for the first time.
1960 – Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph Guerrillero Heroico of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1981 – The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, was launched by Sinclair Research, and went on to sell more than 1.5 million units around the world.

Edward Cornwallis (b. 1713)
J. R. Kealoha (d. 1877)
Anna Akhmatova (d. 1966)
Ailsa McKay (d. 2014)

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+File:Crispus Attucks.jpg|right|Artist's impression of Crispus Attucks, one of the people killed in the Boston Massacre
-File:Large.mc.arp.750pix.jpg|The first soft gamma repeater was detected in the Large Magellanic Cloud
+File:The Bloody Massacre.jpg|''The Bloody Massacre'', engraved by [[Paul Revere]]
-File:Crispus_Attucks.jpg|right|Artist's impression of Crispus Attucks, one of the people killed in the Boston Massacre
-File:St_Basils_Cathedral-500px.jpg|St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow
 File:George Westinghouse.jpg|George Westinghouse
 File:Churchill portrait NYP 45063 edit1.jpg|Winston Churchill
 File:Sir Winston S Churchill.jpg|Winston Churchill
 File:Britannia Bridge - circa 1852.jpg|The Britannia Bridge, c. 1852
+File:Gloster Meteor F8, UK - Air Force AN2059465.jpg|Gloster Meteor
+File:Paul Okalik.jpg|Paul Okalik
 File:Sinclair ZX81.jpg|Sinclair ZX81
+File:Workshop of Titian - Gerard Mercator, ca. 1550.tif|[[Gerardus Mercator]], in a {{circa}}1550 portrait by [[Titian]]
-File:CheHigh.jpg|"Guerrillero Heroico" by Alberto Korda
+File:Che Guevara - Guerrillero Heroico by Alberto Korda.jpg|"Guerrillero Heroico" by Alberto Korda
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+| [[1496]] – King [[Henry VII of England|Henry&nbsp;VII of England]] issued [[letters patent]] to '''[[John Cabot]]''' and his sons, authorising them to explore undiscovered lands.
-| [[1811]] – [[Peninsular War]]: In the '''[[Battle of Barrosa]]''', an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese force trying to lift the [[Siege of Cádiz]] was able to defeat a French attack, although they were ultimately unable to break the siege itself.
+| citations needed
-| [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 5, 2012|TFA for 2012]]
+|-
+| [[1616]] – [[Nicolaus Copernicus]]'s '''''[[De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]''''', describing his [[Copernican heliocentrism|heliocentric theory]] of the [[Solar System]], was [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|prohibited]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
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 | [[1850]] – The '''[[Britannia Bridge]]''', a [[tubular bridge]] of [[wrought iron]] rectangular box-section spans crossing the [[Menai Strait]] between the island of [[Anglesey]] and the mainland of Wales, opened.
+| lots of CN tags (7)
-| more footnotes
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-| [[1872]] – American [[entrepreneur]] and engineer [[George Westinghouse]] patented the '''[[railway air brake|air brake]]''', allowing trains to stop more reliably.
+| [[1872]] – American [[entrepreneur]] and engineer [[George Westinghouse]] patented the '''[[Railway air brake|air brake]]''', allowing trains to stop more reliably.
+| needs more footnotes
-| globalize
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 | [[1918]] – [[Bolshevist Russia]] '''[[History of Moscow|relocated]]''' its capital from [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]] to [[Moscow]].
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-| [[1946]] – The term "'''[[Iron Curtain]]'''", describing the symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas during the [[Cold War]], was popularized by former [[British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] during a speech at [[Westminster College, Missouri|Westminster College]] in [[Fulton, Missouri]].
+| [[1946]] – The term "'''[[Iron Curtain]]'''", describing the symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas during the [[Cold War]], was popularized by former [[British Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] during a speech at [[Westminster College (Missouri)|Westminster College]] in [[Fulton, Missouri]].
-| citation style, unreferenced section
+| refimprove section
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+| [[1970]] – The international '''[[Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons|Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]]''' to limit the spread of [[nuclear weapon]]s entered into force.
-| [[1960]] – British marine biologist [[Alister Hardy]] introduced his '''[[aquatic ape hypothesis]]''', theorizing that swimming and diving for food exerted a strong [[evolution]]ary effect that was partly responsible for the divergence between the [[Common descent|common ancestors]] of humans and other [[great ape]]s.
+| refimprove section, needs update
-| locked for editing disputes
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+| [[1975]] – Computer hobbyists in [[Silicon Valley]] held the first meeting of the '''[[Homebrew Computer Club]]''' ''(founder pictured)'', whose members went on to have great influence on the development of the [[personal computer]].
-| [[1966]] – '''[[BOAC Flight 911]]''' disintegrated and crashed near [[Mount Fuji]] shortly after departure from [[Tokyo International Airport]], killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
+|Orange-tagged since March 2022 for additional citations
-| refimprove
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+| [[1999]] – '''[[Paul Okalik]]''' was elected as the [[List of premiers of Nunavut|first premier]] of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian territory]] of [[Nunavut]].
-| [[1970]] – The international '''[[Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty]]''' to limit the spread of [[nuclear weapon]]s entered into force.
+| refimprove section
-| Tagged with {{tl|refimprove}}
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+* [[363]] – [[Roman–Persian Wars]]: Roman emperor [[Julian (emperor)|Julian]] and his army set out from [[Antioch]] '''[[Julian's Persian expedition|to attack]]''' the [[Sasanian Empire]].
-{{*mp}} [[1496]] – King [[Henry VII of England]] issued [[letters patent]] to '''[[John Cabot]]''' and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
+* [[1279]] – The [[Livonian Order|Livonian branch]] of the [[Teutonic Order]] suffered a great loss when 71 knights died in the '''[[Battle of Aizkraukle]]'''.
-{{*mp}} [[1940]] – [[World War II]]: Soviet leader [[Joseph Stalin]] and the [[Politburo]] signed an order for '''[[Katyn massacre|the execution]]''' of about 22,000 Polish military officers, policemen, intellectuals and civilian prisoners of war that were captured during the [[Soviet invasion of Poland]].
+* [[1770]] – [[American Revolution]]: British soldiers '''[[Boston Massacre|fired into a crowd]]'''<!-- ''(depicted)''--> in [[Boston]], killing five people.
-{{*mp}} [[1943]] – The '''[[Gloster Meteor]]''', the first operational [[fighter aircraft|jet fighter]] for the [[Allies of World War II|Allied Powers]], had its first flight.
+* [[1824]] – The '''[[First Anglo-Burmese War]]''' began.
-{{*mp}} [[1960]] – Cuban photographer [[Alberto Korda]] took his '''[[Guerrillero Heroico|iconic photograph]]''' of [[Marxism|Marxist]] revolutionary [[Che Guevara]] ''(pictured)''.
+* [[1943]] – [[World War&nbsp;II]]: The '''[[Gloster Meteor]]''', the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]]' only operational [[jet aircraft]], made its maiden flight.
-{{*mp}} [[1981]] – The '''[[ZX81]]''', a pioneering British [[home computer]], was launched by [[Sinclair Research]] and went on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.
+* [[1963]] – American [[Country music|country-music]] performers [[Patsy Cline]], [[Cowboy Copas]], and [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]] were killed when their [[Piper PA-24 Comanche|{{nowrap|PA-24}}]] '''[[1963 Camden PA-24 crash|crashed]]''' shortly after takeoff in [[Camden, Tennessee]].
-{{*mp}} [[1999]] – '''[[Paul Okalik]]''' was elected as the first [[List of Nunavut premiers|Premier]] of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian territory]] of [[Nunavut]].
+* [[1966]] – '''[[BOAC Flight 911|BOAC Flight&nbsp;911]]''' disintegrated and crashed near [[Mount Fuji]] shortly after departure from [[Haneda Airport|Tokyo International Airport]], killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
+* Born/died: | '''[[Hermann Balk]]'''<!--German knight--> |d|1239| '''[[Louis I of Hungary|Louis&nbsp;I of Hungary]]'''<!--King--> |b|1326| '''[[Gerardus Mercator]]''' ''(pictured)''<!--Belgian cartographer--> |b|1512| '''[[Alessandro Volta]]'''<!--Italian physicist--> |d|1827| '''[[Marietta Piccolomini]]'''<!--Italian singer--> |b|1834| '''[[Michael von Faulhaber]]'''<!--German bishop--> |b|1869| '''[[Olav Bjaaland]]'''<!--Norwegian explorer--> |b|1873| '''[[Lat (cartoonist)|Lat]]'''<!--Malaysian cartoonist--> |b|1951| '''[[Sergei Prokofiev]]'''<!--Russian composer--> |d|1953| '''[[Joseph Stalin]]'''<!--Russian politician--> |d|1953| '''[[Mary Louise Booth]]'''<!--American editor--> |d|1889| '''[[Lena Baker]]'''<!--American victim of injustice--> |d|1945| '''[[Elaine Paige]]'''<!--English singer--> |b|1948|
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-'''[[March 5]]''':  '''[[St Piran's Day]]''' in [[Cornwall]] (United Kingdom); '''[[Casimir Pulaski Day]]''' in [[Illinois]] (2012); '''[[Lei Feng|Lei Feng Day]]''' in the People's Republic of China
+'''[[March 5]]''': '''[[Lei Feng|Learn from Lei Feng Day]]''' in China; '''[[St Piran's Day|St&nbsp;Piran's Day]]''' in [[Cornwall]], England
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+|Prototype Spitfire K5054}}
-[[File:Boston_Massacre.jpg|Boston Massacre engraving by Paul Revere|100x100px]]
+* [[1811]] – [[Peninsular War]]: At the '''[[Battle of Barrosa]]''', Anglo-Iberian forces trying to lift the [[Siege of Cádiz]] defeated a French attack but could not break the siege itself.
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+* [[1825]] – '''[[Roberto Cofresí]]''', one of the last [[Piracy in the Caribbean|Caribbean pirates]], was apprehended after his flagship [[sloop]] ''Anne'' '''[[Capture of the sloop Anne|was captured by authorities]]'''.
-{{*mp}} [[1616]] – [[Nicolaus Copernicus]]'s '''''[[De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]''''', describing his [[Copernican heliocentrism|heliocentric theory]] of the [[solar system]], was [[Index Librorum Prohibitorum|prohibited]] by the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
+* [[1936]] – [[Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054|The prototype]] ''(pictured)'' of the '''[[Supermarine Spitfire]]''' flew for the first time.
-{{*mp}} [[1770]] – British soldiers fired into a crowd in [[Boston]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts]], '''[[Boston Massacre|killing five civilians]]''' ''(engraving pictured)''.
+* [[1960]] – Cuban photographer [[Alberto Korda]] took his iconic photograph '''''[[Guerrillero Heroico]]''''' of [[Marxism|Marxist]] revolutionary [[Che Guevara]].
-{{*mp}} [[1824]] – The '''[[First Anglo-Burmese War]]''', the longest and most expensive war in [[British Raj|British Indian]] history, began.
-{{*mp}} [[1936]] – The [[prototype]] of the '''[[Supermarine Spitfire]]''', a British single-seat [[Fighter aircraft|fighter]] that was later used by the [[Royal Air Force]] and many other [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] countries during the [[Second World War]], flew for the first time.
+* [[1981]] – The '''[[ZX81]]'''<!-- ''(example pictured)''-->, a pioneering British [[home computer]], was launched by [[Sinclair Research]], and went on to sell more than 1.5&nbsp;million units around the world.
+{{Born and died list| '''[[Edward Cornwallis]]'''<!--English military leader--> |b|1713| '''[[J. R. Kealoha|J.&nbsp;R. Kealoha]]'''<!--Hawaiian soldier--> |d|1877| '''[[Anna Akhmatova]]'''<!--Russian poet--> |d|1966 |'''[[Ailsa McKay]]'''<!--Scottish economist--> |d|2014}}
-{{*mp}} [[1975]] – Computer [[hacker (hobbyist)|hacker]]s in [[Silicon Valley]] held the first meeting of the '''[[Homebrew Computer Club]]''', whose members would go on to have great influence on the development of the [[personal computer]].
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