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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 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.{{cite book|author1=Claudio Mamertino|author2=Jean Chrysostome|author3=Saint Ephraem|title=The Emperor Julian: Panegyric and Polemic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C9HN6kAsf7wC&pg=PA54|year=1989|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-376-3|pages=54|archive-date=2022-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207044919/https://books.google.com/books?id=C9HN6kAsf7wC&pg=PA54|url-status=live|access-date=3 September 2020}}
  • 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
  • 1279 – The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
  • 1496 – King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.

=1601–1900=

  • 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.
  • 1766 – Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
  • 1770 – Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, are fatally shot by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later.
  • 1811 – Peninsular War: 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.{{cite book|author=Archibald Alison|title=History of Europe: From the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV [i.e. 1815]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uI0yAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA648|year=1850|publisher=Blackwood|pages=648|access-date=2020-09-03|archive-date=2022-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305141532/https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Europe/uI0yAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA648&printsec=frontcover|url-status=live}}
  • 1824 – First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
  • 1825 – Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.{{cite book|title=El Marinero, Bandolero, Pirata y Contrabandista Roberto Cofresí (1819–1825)|first=Walter A.|last=Cardona Bonet|publisher=Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Genealogía|year=1991|isbn=9781933545059|pages=181–182}}
  • 1836 – Samuel Colt established his first factory to produce recently patented production-model revolver, the .34-caliber "Paterson".{{cite book|title=Army Information Digest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vMUHS6xBUKcC&pg=RA4-PA57|publisher=U.S. Department of the Army|pages=4|access-date=2020-09-03|archive-date=2022-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305141537/https://books.google.com/books?id=vMUHS6xBUKcC&pg=RA4-PA57|url-status=live}}
  • 1850 – The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.{{cite book|author=Steve Skinner|title=Hydraulic Fluid Power – A Historical Timeline|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENUEBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|date=19 July 2014|isbn=978-1-291-67689-1|pages=42|publisher=Lulu.com |access-date=3 September 2020|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001221732/https://books.google.com/books?id=ENUEBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|url-status=live}}
  • 1860 – Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
  • 1868 – Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
  • 1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake.

=1901–present=

  • 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.
  • 1912 – Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
  • 1931 – The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
  • 1933 – Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections, which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
  • 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.{{cite book|last=Alexander|first=Robert J.|title=The Anarchists in the Spanish Civil War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axe1Tf4Lu6gC&pg=PA1077|access-date=2015-08-25 |date=1999|publisher=Janus Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-85756-412-9|page=1067}}
  • 1940 – Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
  • 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung.
  • 1943 – World War II: General strike and protest march in Athens against rumours of forced mobilization of Greek workers for work in Germany, resulting in clashes with the Axis occupation forces and collaborationist police. The decree is withdrawn on the next day.{{cite book | last = Fleischer | first = Hagen | author-link = | title = Krieg und Nachkrieg: Das schwierige deutsch-griechische Jahrhundert | trans-title = War and Post-War: The Difficult German–Greek Century | publisher = Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht | year = 2020 | location = Cologne | language = de | isbn = 978-341251790-8 | pages=61–62}}{{cite book|last=Mazower|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Mazower|title=Inside Hitler's Greece: The Experience of Occupation, 1941–44|year=1993|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-300-06552-3|location=New Haven and London | pages=118–119}}
  • 1944 – World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
  • 1946 – Cold War: Winston Churchill delivers his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
  • 1953 – Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
  • 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.{{Cite news |date=2016-03-06 |title=Memorial unveiled to victims of 1957 RAF air crash in Sutton Wick |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-35729685 |access-date=2024-12-16 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}
  • 1960 – Indonesian President Sukarno 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, Cowboy Copas and their pilot Randy Hughes are killed in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee.
  • 1963 – Aeroflot Flight 191 crashes while landing at Aşgabat International Airport, killing 12.
  • 1965 – March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against the British colonial presence.
  • 1966 – BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-436 G-APFE Mount Fuji |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660305-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701051257/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660305-1 |archive-date=2020-07-01 |access-date=2020-03-04 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}
  • 1967 – Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=1968-02-26 |title=Aircraft Accident Report : Lake Central Airlines |url=http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR68-AC.pdf |archive-url= |archive-date= |accessdate=2017-03-03 |website= |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |via=Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University}}
  • 1968 – Air France Flight 212 crashes into La Grande Soufrière, killing all 63 aboard.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Aircraft accident Boeing 707-328C F-BLCJ Pointe-à-Pitre |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19680305-1 |access-date=2021-06-21 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}
  • 1970 – The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
  • 1973 – An Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 collide in mid-air with a Spantax Convair 990 Coronado over Nantes, France, killing all 68 people aboard the DC-9, including music manager Michael Jeffery.{{cite news |last1=Leblanc |first1=Larry |date=27 February 2010 |title=Re-experiencing Jimi Hendrix |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/re-experiencing-jimi-hendrix/article4308120/ |access-date=26 February 2017 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |publisher=The Globe and Mail Inc}}
  • 1974 – Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
  • 1978 – The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
  • 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{{frac|1|2}} million units around the world.
  • 1982 – Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus.
  • 1991 – Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 109 crashes in Venezuela, killing 45.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YV-23C Valera |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910305-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050412172100/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19910305-1 |archive-date=2005-04-12 |access-date=2021-03-28 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}
  • 1993 – Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 100 PH-KXL Skopje Airport (SKP) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930305-1 |access-date=2020-05-29 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
  • 2001 – In Mina, Saudi Arabia, 35 pilgrims are killed in a stampede on the Jamaraat Bridge during the Hajj.{{Cite news |date=2001-03-05 |title=Pilgrims killed in Mecca stampede |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1203108.stm |access-date=2019-05-03 |work=BBC News}}
  • 2002 – An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100.{{cite news |date=March 16, 2002 |title=12 dead in Mindanao earthquake |url=http://www.inq7.net/nat/2002/mar/07/nat_3-2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020417105350/http://www.inq7.net/nat/2002/mar/07/nat_3-2.htm |archive-date=April 17, 2002 |accessdate=November 12, 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}
  • 2003 – In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
  • 2011 – An Antonov An-148 crashes in Russia's Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast during a test flight, killing all seven aboard.{{cite news |last=Kaminski-Morrow |first=David |date=5 March 2011 |title=An-148 crashes in Russia on test flight: ministry |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/03/05/353959/an-148-crashes-in-russia-on-test-flight-ministry.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110308180822/http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/03/05/353959/an-148-crashes-in-russia-on-test-flight-ministry.html |archive-date=8 March 2011 |accessdate=6 March 2011 |work=FlightGlobal}}
  • 2012 – Tropical Storm Irina kills over 75 as it passes through Madagascar.{{cite news |title=Tropical storm Irina claims 72 lives |url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/95025/madagascar-tropical-storm-irina-claims-72-lives |access-date=March 6, 2021 |work=The New Humanitarian |date=7 March 2012 |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305141539/https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/95025/madagascar-tropical-storm-irina-claims-72-lives |url-status=live }}
  • 2012 – Two people are killed and six more are injured in a shooting at a hair salon in Bucharest, Romania.{{Cite web |date=2011-03-06 |title=Agentul Vlădan a fost reţinut pentru 24 de ore. Şi-a omorât soţia cu trei gloanţe, apoi a tras la întâmplare |trans-title=Agent Vladan was detained for 24 hours. He killed his wife with three bullets, then fired at random |url=http://www.antena3.ro/romania/macel-in-centrul-capitalei-doua-persoane-au-murit-alta-este-in-coma-iar-alte-5-au-fost-transportate-la-spital-in-stare-grava-primele-imagini-de-la-locul-tragediei-158084.html |publisher=Antena 3 |language=ro}}
  • 2018 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-pentagon/turkish-offensive-in-syria-leads-to-pause-in-some-operations-against-is-pentagon-idUSKBN1GH2YW|title=Turkish offensive in Syria leads to pause in some operations against IS: Pentagon|date=6 March 2018|publisher=Reuters|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613055840/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-pentagon/turkish-offensive-in-syria-leads-to-pause-in-some-operations-against-is-pentagon-idUSKBN1GH2YW|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/06/battle-against-isil-paused-syria-kurdish-fighters-battle-turkey/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/06/battle-against-isil-paused-syria-kurdish-fighters-battle-turkey/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Battle against Isil 'paused in Syria' as Kurdish fighters battle Turkey|newspaper=The Telegraph |agency=Associated Press|date=6 March 2018|access-date=10 July 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web|url=https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/us-backed-syria-force-redeploy-1700-fight-afrin-doc-1213h24|title=Web & Mobile|date=27 February 2012|access-date=10 July 2018|archive-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307023318/https://www.afp.com/en/news/826/us-backed-syria-force-redeploy-1700-fight-afrin-doc-1213h24|url-status=live}}
  • 2021 – Pope Francis begins a historical visit to Iraq{{cite news |date=5 March 2021 |title=Pope Francis departs on Apostolic Journey to Iraq |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-03/pope-francis-departure-iraq-visit-itinerary.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305182054/https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-03/pope-francis-departure-iraq-visit-itinerary.html |archive-date=5 March 2021 |access-date=March 6, 2021 |work=Vatican News}} amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |title=Pope urges Iraq to embrace its Christians on historic visit |url=https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-arrives-iraq-ca6f3bcfe979bbaf399e15d9d614b25a |access-date=March 6, 2021 |work=AP NEWS |date=5 March 2021 |archive-date=6 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306020536/https://apnews.com/article/pope-francis-arrives-iraq-ca6f3bcfe979bbaf399e15d9d614b25a |url-status=live }}
  • 2021 – Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.{{cite news |title=At least 20 killed by suicide car bomb near restaurant in Somalia capital |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-violence/at-least-20-killed-by-suicide-car-bomb-near-restaurant-in-somalia-capital-idUSKCN2AX28U |access-date=March 11, 2021 |work=Reuters |agency=Reuters |date=5 March 2021 |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305232403/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-somalia-violence/at-least-20-killed-by-suicide-car-bomb-near-restaurant-in-somalia-capital-idUSKCN2AX28U |url-status=live }}
  • 2023 – The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.{{Cite web |url=https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4023/ |title=IFES Election Guide | Elections: Estonia Parliament 2023 |access-date=February 16, 2023 |archive-date=February 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230215233833/https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/4023/ |url-status=live }}
  • 2023 – A group of four prisoners escape from the Nouakchott Civil Prison, before being caught the next day.{{cite news |url=https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230306-four-jihadists-escape-in-deadly-prison-break-in-mauritania |title=Four jihadists escape in deadly Mauritania prison break |language=en |newspaper=France24 |date=6 March 2023 |access-date=2023-03-06}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg (died 1971)
  • 1901 – Julian Przyboś, Polish poet, essayist and translator (died 1970)
  • 1904 – Karl Rahner, German priest and theologian (died 1984)
  • 1905 – László Benedek, Hungarian-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)
  • 1908 – Fritz Fischer, German historian and author (died 1999)
  • 1908 – Irving Fiske, American author and playwright (died 1990)
  • 1908 – Rex Harrison, English actor (died 1990){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for March 5: Michael Irvin, Roman Griffin Davis |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/05/Famous-birthdays-for-March-5-Michael-Irvin-Roman-Griffin-Davis/3991677947868/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20March%205,Roman%20Griffin%20Davis%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=UPI |access-date=4 March 2024 |date=5 March 2023}}
  • 1910 – Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman, founded Nissin Foods (died 2007)
  • 1910 – Ennio Flaiano, Italian author, screenwriter, and critic (died 1972)
  • 1911 – Subroto Mukerjee, Indian Air Marshall, Father of the Indian Air Force (died 1960){{cite web |title=LEGENDS OF IAF: AM Subroto Mukerjee, OBE. The Saga of a Soaring Legend. |url=https://indianairforce.nic.in/content/am-subroto-mukerjee |website=Indian Air Force |access-date=8 November 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113115301/https://indianairforce.nic.in/content/am-subroto-mukerjee |url-status=live }}
  • 1912 – Jack Marshall, New Zealand colonel, lawyer, and politician, 28th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1988)
  • 1915 – Henry Hicks, Canadian academic and politician, 16th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1990)
  • 1915 – Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician and academic (died 2002)
  • 1917 – Raymond P. Shafer, American attorney and politician, 39th Governor of Pennsylvania (died 2006){{cite web|title=Raymond Philip Shafer|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5449&body=S|publisher=Pennsylvania State Senate|access-date=2 May 2024}}
  • 1918 – Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2017)
  • 1918 – Red Storey, Canadian football player, referee, and sportscaster (died 2006)
  • 1918 – James Tobin, American economist and academic (died 2002)
  • 1920 – José Aboulker, Algerian surgeon and activist (died 2009)
  • 1920 – Virginia Christine, American actress (died 1996)
  • 1920 – Rachel Gurney, English actress (died 2001)
  • 1920 – Wang Zengqi, Chinese writer (died 1997)
  • 1921 – Arthur A. Oliner, American physicist and electrical engineer (died 2013){{cite web |title=Arthur A. Oliner |url=https://mtt.org/profile/arthur-a-oliner/ |website=mtt.org |publisher=IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society |access-date=January 29, 2022 |archive-date=January 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116102723/https://mtt.org/profile/arthur-a-oliner/ |url-status=live }}
  • 1921 – Elmer Valo, American baseball player and coach (died 1998)
  • 1922 – James Noble, American actor (died 2016){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/arts/television/james-noble-absent-minded-governor-on-benson-dies-at-94.html?_r=1|title=James Noble, Absent-Minded Governor on 'Benson,' Dies at 94|last=Stack|first=Liam|date=March 29, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=February 28, 2020|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126055051/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/arts/television/james-noble-absent-minded-governor-on-benson-dies-at-94.html?_r=1|url-status=live}}
  • 1922 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1975)
  • 1923 – Juan A. Rivero, Puerto Rican biologist and academic (died 2014)
  • 1923 – Laurence Tisch, American businessman, co-founded the Loews Corporation (died 2003)
  • 1924 – Roger Marche, French footballer (died 1997)
  • 1927 – Jack Cassidy, American actor and singer (died 1976)
  • 1927 – Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford, Scottish businessman and politician (died 2023)
  • 1928 – J. Hillis Miller, American academic and critic (died 2021)
  • 1929 – Erik Carlsson, Swedish race car driver (died 2015)
  • 1929 – J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1967)
  • 1930 – John Ashley, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 2008)
  • 1930 – Del Crandall, American baseball player and manager (died 2021)
  • 1931 – Fred, French author and illustrator (died 2013)
  • 1931 – Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player and educator (died 2020){{cite news |last1=Millington |first1=Barry |title=Barry Tuckwell obituary {{!}} Barry Millington |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/jan/24/barry-tuckwell-obituary |access-date=15 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=24 January 2020 |archive-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215102900/https://www.theguardian.com/global/2020/jan/24/barry-tuckwell-obituary |url-status=live }}
  • 1932 – Paul Sand, American actor
  • 1933 – Walter Kasper, German cardinal and theologian
  • 1934 – Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American economist and psychologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)
  • 1934 – James B. Sikking, American actor (died 2024)
  • 1935 – Letizia Battaglia, Italian photographer and journalist (died 2022)
  • 1935 – Philip K. Chapman, Australian-American astronaut and engineer (died 2021)
  • 1935 – Shamsuddin Qasemi, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (died 1996){{cite book|url=https://www.kitabghor.com/books/the-handrede-bangla-mayer-kriti-sontan.html |title=দ্যা হান্ড্রেড (বাংলা মায়ের একশ কৃতিসন্তান) |last=Nizampuri|first=Ashraf Ali|year=2013|language=bn|publisher=Salman Prakashani|location=Hathazari, Chittagong District|pages=326–328|isbn=978-112009250-2|edition=1}}
  • 1936 – Canaan Banana, Zimbabwean minister and politician, 1st President of Zimbabwe (died 2003)
  • 1936 – Dale Douglass, American golfer (died 2022)
  • 1936 – Dean Stockwell, American actor (died 2021)
  • 1937 – Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian general and politician, 5th President of Nigeria
  • 1938 – Paul Evans, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1938 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist and academic (died 2011)
  • 1938 – Fred Williamson, American football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1939 – Samantha Eggar, English actress
  • 1939 – Tony Rundle, Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania (died 2025){{cite web |title=Former Tasmanian premier Tony Rundle dies at age of 86 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-06/tony-rundle-former-tasmanian-premier-dies/105143802 |website=ABC News |access-date=21 April 2025 |language=en-AU |date=6 April 2025}}
  • 1939 – Benyamin Sueb, Indonesian actor and comedian (died 1995)
  • 1939 – Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer (died 2010)
  • 1939 – Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
  • 1940 – Tom Butler, English bishop
  • 1940 – Ken Irvine, Australian rugby league player (died 1990)[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Ken_Irvine.html Rugby League Project]
  • 1940 – Graham McRae, New Zealand race car driver (died 2021)
  • 1940 – Sepp Piontek, German footballer and manager
  • 1941 – Des Wilson, New Zealand-English businessman and activist
  • 1942 – Felipe González, Spanish lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
  • 1942 – Mike Resnick, American author and editor (died 2020)
  • 1943 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998)
  • 1944 – Peter Brandes, Danish painter and sculptor
  • 1944 – Roy Gutman, American journalist and author
  • 1945 – Wilf Tranter, English footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/tranter_wilfred.html|title=Wilfred Tranter|website=mufcinfo.com|access-date=28 February 2020|archive-date=28 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228173104/http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/tranter_wilfred.html|url-status=live}}
  • 1946 – Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (died 2007)
  • 1946 – Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter (died 2018)
  • 1946 – Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager (died 2016)
  • 1946 – Murray Head, English actor and singer
  • 1947 – Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress (died 2025)
  • 1947 – Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1948 – Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1948 – Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar (died 2008)
  • 1948 – Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
  • 1948 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (died 1984)
  • 1948 – Jan van Beveren, Dutch footballer and coach (died 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, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1951 – Rodney Hogg, Australian cricketer and coach
  • 1952 – Petar Borota, Serbian footballer and coach (died 2010)
  • 1952 – Alan Clark, English musician and songwriter
  • 1952 – Robin Hobb, American author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2018 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9780787639952 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000138577/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8429bfa6 |access-date=13 March 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Robin Hobb |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314153333/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=BIC&u=wikipedia&id=GALE{{!}}H1000138577&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-BIC&asid=8429bfa6 |url-status=live }}
  • 1952 – Mike Squires, American baseball player and scout{{cite book|title=Sporting News Official Baseball Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gu9OAQAAIAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Sporting News|page=456|isbn=9780892041480|access-date=2019-06-26|archive-date=2022-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314153336/https://books.google.com/books?id=Gu9OAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1953 – Katarina Frostenson, Swedish poet and author
  • 1953 – Michael J. Sandel, American philosopher and academic
  • 1953 – Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman and politician, 1st Premier of Gauteng{{cite book|author1=Nelson Mandela|author2=Jurgen Schadeberg|author2-link=Jurgen Schadeberg|title=Voices from Robben Island|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E4hzAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Ravan Press|isbn=978-0-86975-454-2|page=35|access-date=2019-06-26|archive-date=2022-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314153308/https://books.google.com/books?id=E4hzAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}
  • 1954 – João Lourenço, Angolan politician, 3rd President of Angola{{cite web|url=https://consuladoangolarj.org/political-structure/?lang=en|title=Constitutional structure|website=Consulado Geral no Rio di Janeiro|access-date=26 June 2019|archive-date=6 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206210918/https://consuladoangolarj.org/political-structure/?lang=en|url-status=live}}
  • 1954 – Marsha Warfield, American actress
  • 1955 – Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 5, 2023 includes celebrities Niki Taylor, Eva Mendes |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-5-2023-includes-celebrities-niki-taylor-eva-mendes.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=4 March 2024 |date=5 March 2023}}
  • 1956 – Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress
  • 1956 – Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2010)
  • 1956 – Christopher Snowden, English engineer and academic
  • 1957 – Mark E. Smith, English singer, songwriter and musician (died 2018)
  • 1957 – Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
  • 1958 – Volodymyr Bezsonov, Ukrainian footballer and manager
  • 1958 – Bob Forward, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1958 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1988)
  • 1959 – Talia Balsam, American actress
  • 1959 – Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Armenia (died 1999)
  • 1960 – Paul Drayson, Baron Drayson, English businessman and politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
  • 1960 – Mike Munchak, American football player and coach{{cite web |title=Mike Munchak |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/mike-munchak/ |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=20 February 2023}}
  • 1963 – Joel Osteen, American pastor, author, and television host
  • 1964 – Bertrand Cantat, French singer-songwriter
  • 1964 – Scott Skiles, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Scott Skiles |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=4 March 2024}}
  • 1964 – Gerald Vanenburg, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1964 – Reggie Williams, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Reggie Williams |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/199/scoring |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=4 March 2024}}
  • 1965 – José Semedo, Portuguese footballer and coach
  • 1966 – Oh Eun-sun, South Korean mountaineer
  • 1966 – Bob Halkidis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1966 – Michael Irvin, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
  • 1966 – Aasif Mandvi, Indian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1966 – Zachary Stevens, American singer-songwriter
  • 1968 – 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 – Paul Blackthorne, English actor and producer
  • 1969 – Danny King, English author and playwright
  • 1969 – Moussa Saïb, Algerian footballer and manager
  • 1969 – M.C. Solaar, Senegalese-French rapper
  • 1970 – Mike Brown, American basketball player and coach
  • 1970 – John Frusciante, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1970 – Yuu Watase, Japanese illustrator
  • 1970 – Aleksandar Vučić, Serbian president{{Cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.predsednik.rs/en/president/biography |access-date=2024-08-21 |website=The President of the Republic of Serbia}}
  • 1971 – Greg Berry, English footballer and coach
  • 1971 – Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player and scout
  • 1971 – Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1971 – Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist
  • 1971 – Mark Protheroe, Australian rugby league player[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.com/players/Mark_Protheroe.html Rugby League Project]
  • 1972 – Brian Grant, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Brian Grant |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/258/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=4 March 2024}}
  • 1973 – Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer and manager
  • 1973 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (died 2009)
  • 1973 – Juan Esnáider, Argentine footballer and manager
  • 1973 – Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
  • 1973 – Nicole Pratt, Australian tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1973 – Špela Pretnar, Slovenian skier
  • 1974 – Kevin Connolly, American actor and director
  • 1974 – Jens Jeremies, German footballer
  • 1974 – Matt Lucas, English actor, comedian, writer, and television personality{{cite book|author1=William D. Rubinstein|title=The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_T_HCg17ufIC&pg=PA624|year=2010|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-1403939104|pages=624|access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2022-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314153309/https://books.google.com/books?id=_T_HCg17ufIC&pg=PA624|url-status=live}}
  • 1974 – Eva Mendes, American model and actress
  • 1975 – Jolene Blalock, American model and actress
  • 1975 – Luciano Burti, Brazilian race car driver and sportscaster
  • 1975 – Sasho Petrovski, Australian footballer
  • 1975 – Chris Silverwood, English cricketer and coach
  • 1976 – Neil Jackson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1976 – Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
  • 1976 – Paul Konerko, American baseball player
  • 1976 – Norm Maxwell, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1977 – Taismary Agüero, Cuban-Italian volleyball player
  • 1977 – Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Bryan Berard |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/bryan-berard-8462032 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=4 March 2024}}
  • 1977 – Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player and sportscaster{{cite web |title=Wally Szczerbiak |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1887/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=4 March 2024}}
  • 1978 – Jared Crouch, Australian footballer
  • 1978 – Mike Hessman, American baseball player and coach
  • 1978 – Kimberly McCullough, American actress, singer, and dancer
  • 1978 – Carlos Ochoa, Mexican footballer
  • 1979 – Martin Axenrot, Swedish drummer
  • 1979 – Érik Bédard, Canadian baseball player{{cite web |title=Erik Bedard |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/erik-bedard-407853 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=4 March 2024}}
  • 1979 – Lee Mears, English rugby player
  • 1980 – Shay Carl, American businessman, co-founded Maker Studios
  • 1981 – Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1981 – Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
  • 1981 – Karolina Wydra, Polish-American actress and model
  • 1982 – Dan Carter, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1982 – Philipp Haastrup, German footballer
  • 1983 – Édgar Dueñas, Mexican footballer
  • 1984 – Branko Cvetković, Serbian basketball player
  • 1984 – Guillaume Hoarau, French footballer
  • 1985 – David Marshall, Scottish footballer
  • 1985 – Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
  • 1985 – Brad Mills, American baseball player
  • 1986 – Alexandre Barthe, French footballer
  • 1986 – Corey Brewer, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Corey Brewer |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201147/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=4 March 2024}}
  • 1986 – Matty Fryatt, English footballer
  • 1986 – Shikabala, Egyptian footballer{{cite web|url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Egypt|publisher=FIFA|page=9|date=17 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619164139/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF|archive-date=19 June 2018|url-status=dead}}
  • 1987 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
  • 1987 – Chris Cohen, English footballer
  • 1988 – Jovana Brakočević, Serbian volleyball player{{cite web |title=Jovana Brakočević-Kancian |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/112097 |website=Olympedia |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905153158/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/112097 |url-status=live }}
  • 1988 – Liassine Cadamuro-Bentaïba, Algerian footballer
  • 1989 – Sterling Knight, American actor, singer, and dancer
  • 1989 – Jake Lloyd, American actor
  • 1990 – Danny Drinkwater, English footballer
  • 1990 – Mason Plumlee, American basketball player{{cite web|title=Mason Plumlee|url=https://www.nba.com/players/mason/plumlee/203486|website=NBA.com|access-date=18 March 2020|language=en|archive-date=28 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528111052/https://www.nba.com/players/mason/plumlee/203486|url-status=live}}
  • 1990 – Alex Smithies, English footballer
  • 1991 – Ramiro Funes Mori, Argentine footballer
  • 1991 – Daniil Trifonov, Russian pianist and composer
  • 1992 – Sam Bankman-Fried, American businessman and fraudsterbirth certificate published by Astrodatabank, https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/File:SBF_birth_certificate.jpg {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407152029/https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/File:SBF_birth_certificate.jpg |date=April 7, 2023 }}
  • 1993 – El Hadji Ba, French footballer
  • 1993 – Joshua Coyne, American violinist and composer
  • 1993 – Fred, Brazilian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5906/Fred/overview|title=Fred|website=Premier League|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=1 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501220606/https://www.premierleague.com/players/5906/Fred/overview|url-status=live}}
  • 1993 – Ahmed Hassan, Egyptian footballer{{cite web |url=https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of Players: Egypt |website=FIFA.com |date=4 June 2018 |access-date=10 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610160600/https://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FWC/2018/pdf/FWC_2018_SQUADLISTS.PDF |archive-date=10 June 2018}}
  • 1993 – Harry Maguire, English footballer
  • 1993 – Kyle Schwarber, American baseball player
  • 1994 – Daria Gavrilova, Russian-Australian tennis player
  • 1994 – MJ, South Korean singer and actor{{cite web|title=[똑똑SNS] '해피MJ데이' 아스트로 "든든한 맏형 MJ, 생일 축하해요"|url=https://www.mksports.co.kr/news/entertain/8215774|work=MK스포츠|date=5 March 2018|access-date=1 March 2025|language=ko}}
  • 1996 – Taylor Hill, American model
  • 1996 – Emmanuel Mudiay, Congolese-American basketball player
  • 1997 – Milena Venega, Cuban rower{{cite web |title=Rowing {{!}} Team Profile: Cuba - Pan American Games Lima 2019 |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/rowing/athlete-profile-nrowwscull2-l-cub01-cuba.htm |website=wrsd.lima2019.pe |access-date=28 May 2020 |archive-date=21 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621080958/https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/rowing/athlete-profile-nrowwscull2-l-cub01-cuba.htm |url-status=live }}
  • 1998 – Bo Bichette, American baseball player
  • 1999 – Madison Beer, American singer-songwriter[https://mobile.twitter.com/madisonbeer/status/1235629217317924864 My precious baby turns 21 today – Twitter]
  • 1999 – Justin Fields, American football player{{cite web |title=Justin Fields |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4362887/justin-fields |publisher=ESPN |access-date=20 February 2023}}
  • 1999 – Yeri, South Korean singer and actress{{cite web |title=Red Velvet Profile |url=http://redvelvet.smtown.com/profile |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018195600/http://redvelvet.smtown.com/profile |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |access-date=October 11, 2014 |language=ko}}
  • 2000 – Doug Edert, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Doug Edert - Men's Basketball |url=https://saintpeterspeacocks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/doug-edert/4646 |website=Saint Peter's University Athletics |access-date=March 4, 2024}}
  • 2007 – Roman Griffin Davis, English actor{{cite news|title=Roman Griffin Davis - Golden Globe|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/roman-griffin-davis|website=Golden Globe.com|access-date=2020-02-18|archive-date=2020-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218083653/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/roman-griffin-davis|url-status=live}}

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