March 5th, 1976

Born on March 5th, 1976

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 417 days, exactly on June 16th, 2025, people who were born on March 5th, 1976 will be 18,000 days old!

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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, 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.

March 5th, 1967

Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38.

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

Born on March 5th, 1976

48

Šarūnas Jasikevičius

Lithuanian basketball player and coach

*March 5th, 1976, Kaunas

48

Lucian Msamati

British actor

*March 5th, 1976, London

48

Neil Jackson

British actor

*March 5th, 1976, Luton

48

Adriana Serra Zanetti

Italian tennis player

*March 5th, 1976, Modena

48

Julie Deslauriers

Canadian actress

*March 5th, 1976, Quebec

48

Shirley Bousquet

French actress

*March 5th, 1976, France

48

Norm Maxwell

New Zealand rugby union player

*March 5th, 1976, Rawene

48

Paul Konerko

American professional baseball player, first baseman

*March 5th, 1976, Providence

48

Tomáš Martinec

Czech ice hockey player, born 1976

*March 5th, 1976, Pardubice

48

Hugo Vásquez

Venezuelan actor (born 1976)

*March 5th, 1976, Maracaibo

48

Cordelia Bugeja

British actress

*March 5th, 1976, Chichester

48

Irina Tananaiko

Belarusian biathlete

*March 5th, 1976, Mogilev

48

Rasha Rizk

Opera singer, cartoon dubbing

*March 5th, 1976, Damascus

48

K. Selvaraghavan

Indian actor and filmmaker

*March 5th, 1976, Chennai

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

36

Young Dolph

American rapper (1985–2021)

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

39

Willem Viljoen

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1985, Bloemfontein

87

Olusegun Obasanjo

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

*March 5th, 1937, Abeokuta

87

Heinz Rennhack

German actor

*March 5th, 1937, Gdańsk

46

Kimberly McCullough

American actress, television director and dancer

*March 5th, 1978, Bellflower

50

Eva Mendes

American actress

*March 5th, 1974, Miami

60

Maria Bengtsson

Badminton player

*March 5th, 1964, Malmö

26

Leif Torbjørn Næsvold

Norwegian Nordic combined skier (born 1998)

*March 5th, 1998, Trondheim

67

Henning Krautmacher

German singer and actor

*March 5th, 1957, Leverkusen

43

Christian Knees

Road bicycle racer

*March 5th, 1981, Cologne

49

Louis Attrill

English rower, kickboxer and rugby union footballer

*March 5th, 1975, Newport

75

Bernard Arnault

French entrepreneur

*March 5th, 1949, Roubaix

54

Aleksandar Vučić

President of Serbia

*March 5th, 1970, Belgrade

42

Giorgia Palmas

Italian television presenter, showgirl, actress and former model

*March 5th, 1982, Cagliari

20

Liu Yutong

Badminton player

*March 5th, 2004, Cangzhou

76

Jack Marshall

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

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

49

Jolene Blalock

Actress and model

*March 5th, 1975, San Diego

69

Penn Jillette

American magician

*March 5th, 1955, Greenfield

36

Karl Schulze

German rower

*March 5th, 1988, Dresden

57

Antje Boetius

German biologist

*March 5th, 1967, Frankfurt

Same year
Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

British actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

48

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Halim Haryanto

Badminton player

*September 23rd, 1976, Bandung City

47

Ellen Angelina

Indonesian badminton player

*June 30th, 1976, Salatiga City

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

48

Takae Masumo

Badminton player

*March 8th, 1976, Hokkaido

48

Pál Dárdai

Hungarian association football player and manager

*March 16th, 1976, Pécs

47

Inga Marte Thorkildsen

Norwegian politician

*July 2nd, 1976, Oslo

47

Benedict Cumberbatch

English actor (born 1976)

*July 19th, 1976, Hammersmith

47

Lars Ricken

German footballer

*July 10th, 1976, Dortmund

47

Francesco Totti

Italian association football player

*September 27th, 1976, Rome

48

Miho Tanaka

Badminton player

*April 8th, 1976, Saga Prefecture

47

Colin Farrell

Irish actor (born 1976)

*May 31st, 1976, Dublin

47

Wang Chen

Hong Kong badminton player

*June 21st, 1976, Shanghai

47

Hidetaka Yamada

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1976, Kobe

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Born on March 5th, 1976
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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