March 5th, 1965

Born on March 5th, 1965

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 5th?

March 5th, 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.

March 5th, 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.

March 5th, 1960

Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph Guerrillero Heroico of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.

March 5th, 1943

World War II: The Gloster Meteor, the Allies' only operational jet aircraft, made its maiden flight.

March 5th, 1825

Roberto Cofresí, one of the last Caribbean pirates, was apprehended after his flagship sloop Anne was captured by authorities.

March 5th, 1824

The First Anglo-Burmese War began.

March 5th, 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.

March 5th, 1770

American Revolution: British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, killing five people.

March 5th, 1496

King Henry VII of England issued letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore undiscovered lands.

March 5th, 1279

The Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order suffered a great loss when 71 knights died in the Battle of Aizkraukle.

March 5th, 1936

The prototype (pictured) of the Supermarine Spitfire flew for the first time.

March 5th, 2011

An Antonov An-148 crashes in Russia's Alexeyevsky District, Belgorod Oblast during a test flight, killing all seven aboard.

March 5th, 2002

An earthquake in Mindanao, Philippines, kills 15 people and injures more than 100.

March 5th, 2001

In Mina, Saudi Arabia, 35 pilgrims are killed in a stampede on the Jamaraat Bridge during the Hajj.

March 5th, 1968

Air France Flight 212 crashes into La Grande Soufrière, killing all 63 aboard.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 5th

Born on March 5th, 1965

59

Nadja Abd el Farrag

German television personality

*March 5th, 1965, Hamburg

59

Jorge Macri

Argentinian politician and businessperson

*March 5th, 1965, Tandil

59

Mark Z. Danielewski

American author

*March 5th, 1965, New York City

59

Steve Linnane

Australian rugby league footballer and coach

*March 5th, 1965, Sydney

59

Johnny Ekström

Swedish footballer

*March 5th, 1965, Gothenburg

59

José Orlando Semedo

Portuguese footballer

*March 5th, 1965, Ovar

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 5th?

60

Maria Bengtsson

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1964, Malmö

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

Nigerian president (1999-2007) and military leader (1976–79)

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

36

Young Dolph

American rapper (1985–2021)

*March 5th, 1985, Chicago †November 17th, 2021, Memphis

39

Willem Viljoen

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1985, Bloemfontein

58

Mario De Clercq

Belgian cyclist

*March 5th, 1966, Oudenaarde

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

57

Antje Boetius

German biologist

*March 5th, 1967, Frankfurt

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

26

Leif Torbjørn Næsvold

Norwegian Nordic combined skier (born 1998)

*March 5th, 1998, Trondheim

54

Alexander Vučić

President of the Republic of Serbia

*March 5th, 1970, Belgrade

69

Penn Jillette

American magician

*March 5th, 1955, Greenfield

61

Yves Nicolin

French politician

*March 5th, 1963, Le Coteau

76

Jack Marshall

Prime Minister of New Zealand, politician (1912-1988)

*March 5th, 1912, Wellington †August 30th, 1988, Snape

55

Alexis Kauffmann

1969- French mathematics teacher, libre software activist

*March 5th, 1969, Boulogne-Billancourt

20

Liu Yutong

Badminton player

*March 5th, 2004, Cangzhou

50

Eva Mendes

American actress

*March 5th, 1974, Miami

46

Kimberly McCullough

American actress, television director and dancer

*March 5th, 1978, Bellflower

55

Paul Ritter

English actor (1966–2021)

*March 5th, 1966, Gravesend †April 5th, 2021, Faversham

47

Rosa Luxemburg

German-Polish Marxist theorist, socialist philosopher, and revolutionary, editor (1871–1919)

*March 5th, 1871, Zamość †January 15th, 1919, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1965

59

Martin Sonneborn

German satirist, journalist and politician

*May 15th, 1965, Göttingen

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

59

Jan Tore Sanner

Norwegian politician

*May 6th, 1965, Bærum Municipality

58

J. K. Rowling

British author and philanthropist (born 1965)

*July 31st, 1965, Yate

58

Norbert Röttgen

German politician (CDU)

*July 2nd, 1965, Meckenheim

59

Hansi Flick

German association football player and manager

*February 24th, 1965, Heidelberg

59

Thomas Kemmerich

German politician

*February 20th, 1965, Aachen

58

Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

Danish badminton player and administrator

*September 20th, 1965, Esbønderup

58

Dmitry Medvedev

President of Russia from 2008 to 2012

*September 14th, 1965, Saint Petersburg

58

Andreas Thom

German association football player and manager

*September 7th, 1965, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

58

Karl-Heinz Riedle

German association football player and manager

*September 16th, 1965, Weiler-Simmerberg

58

Karin Beier

German theatre director

*December 14th, 1965, Cologne

59

Gunnar Beck

German EU lawyer and legal philosopher

*May 1st, 1965, Düsseldorf

59

Inger Lise Hegge

Norwegian cross-country skier

*January 6th, 1965, Steinkjer Municipality

48

Wolfgang Herrndorf

German novelist, painter, and illustrator (1965-2013)

*June 12th, 1965, Hamburg †August 26th, 2013, Berlin

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

59

Sven Demandt

German footballer

*February 13th, 1965, Cologne

53

Jörg Stübner

German footballer (1965–2019)

*July 23rd, 1965, Freiberg †June 24th, 2019, Dresden

59

Brooke Shields

American actress (born 1965)

*May 31st, 1965, Manhattan

58

Shah Rukh Khan

Indian actor, producer and television personality

*November 2nd, 1965, New Delhi

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1965 is a normal year and no leap year.

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