March 5 in history
Events on March 5
Notable events that happened on March 5 in past years.
- 2023
The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.
Wikipedia article: 2023 Estonian parliamentary election - 2018
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.
Wikipedia article: Syrian civil war - 2003
In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
Wikipedia article: Haifa - 1993
Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83.
Wikipedia article: Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 - 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.
Wikipedia article: Venera 11 - 1970
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
Wikipedia article: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - 1965
March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against the British colonial presence.
Wikipedia article: March Intifada - 1957
Sutton Wick air crash: A Blackburn Beverley of 53 Squadron, Royal Air Forces, crashes into the village of Sutton Wick, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire), killing most of the crew and passengers and two local residents.
Wikipedia article: Sutton Wick air crash - 1944
World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
Wikipedia article: Red Army - 1939
Spanish Civil War: 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.
Wikipedia article: Spanish Civil War - 1906
Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
Wikipedia article: Moro Rebellion - 1850
The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
Wikipedia article: Britannia Bridge - 1824
First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
Wikipedia article: First Anglo-Burmese War - 1616
Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
- 363
Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
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