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Daily Trivia - March 5
Births1133 - King Henry II of England (d. 1189)
1324 - King David II of Scotland (d. 1371)
1512 - Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (d. 1594)
1563 - John Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
1575 - William Oughtred, English mathematician (d. 1660)
1585 - John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
1658 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730)
1693 - Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
1696 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
1703 (N.S.) - Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
1748 - Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
1748 - William Shield, English musician (d. 1829)
1750 - Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
1794 - Jacques Babinet, French physicist (d. 1872)
1814 - Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1815 - John Wentworth, American politician (d. 1888)
1817 - Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist (d. 1894)
1836 - Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
1853 - Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
1867 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
1869 - Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal and archbishop (d. 1952)
1870 - Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
1871 - Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
1873 - Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. 1961)
1874 - Henry Travers, British actor (d. 1965)
1879 - Sir William Beveridge, British economist (d. 1963)
1886 - Dong Biwu, founder of the Communist Party of China (d. 1975)
1887 - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (d. 1959)
1897 - Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (d. 1960)
1898 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
1898 - Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-Shek (d. 2003)
1904 - Karl Rahner, German theologian (d. 1984)
1908 - Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (d. 1990)
1908 - Sir Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
1910 - Józef Marcinkiewicz, Polish mathematician (d. 1940)
1915 - Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1918 - James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
1920 - Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)
1921 - Elmer Valo, baseball player (d. 1998)
1922 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (d. 1975)
1923 - David Nathan, Welsh journalist (d. 1966)
1923 - Laurence Tisch, American investor
1927 - Jack Cassidy, American actor (d. 1976)
1934 - Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 - James B. Sikking, American actor
1936 - Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
1936 - Dean Stockwell, American actor
1937 - Olusegun Obasanjo, leader of Nigeria
1938 - Fred Williamson, American football player and actor
1939 - Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer
1939 - Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
1939 - Samantha Eggar, British actress
1942 - Felipe González Márquez, Prime Minister of Spain
1943 - Billy Backus, American boxer
1944 - Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize Winner
1944 - Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998)
1947 - Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer
1948 - Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer
1948 - Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
1954 - Marsha Warfield, American actress, comedienne
1955 - Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
1957 - Mark E. Smith, Vocalist with The Fall
1958 - Andy Gibb, English singer (d. 1988)
1966 - Michael Irvin, American football player
1969 - MC Solaar, French hiphop artist
1970 - John Frusciante, American musician (The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1971 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American Musician (Bloodhound Gang)
1972 - Luca Turilli, Italian musician (Rhapsody)
1974 - Jens Jeremies, German footballer
1974 - Eva Mendes, American actress
1975 - Jolene Blalock, American actress
1975 - Niki Taylor, American model
1976 - Sarunas Jasikevicius, Lithuanian basketball player
1976 - Paul Konerko, American baseball player
1977 - Bryan Berard, American hockey player
1977 - Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
1979 - Flick Shagwell, British porn actress
1982 - Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
1986 - Matty Fryatt, English footballer
1989 - Jake Lloyd, American actor
Deaths1534 - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
1539 - Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)
1592 - Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
1605 - Pope Clement VIII (b. 1536)
1611 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
1622 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
1695 - Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
1726 - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
1778 - Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (b. 1710)
1815 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)
1827 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
1827 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
1829 - John Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766)
1849 - David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
1876 - Marie d'Agoult, German-born writer (b. 1805)
1893 - Hippolyte Taine, French historian (b. 1828
1895 - Henry Rawlinson, British soldier (b. 1810)
1895 - Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (b. 1831)
1903 - George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854)
1907 - Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
1926 - Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
1927 - Franz Mertens, German mathematician (b. 1840)
1931 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist activities (b. 1839)
1940 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868)
1944 - Max Jacob, French poet and writer (b. 1876)
1947 - Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
1953 - Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (b. 1891)
1953 - Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1879)
1953 - Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (b. 1897)
1963 - Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
1965 - Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
1965 - Pepper Martin, baseball player (b. 1904)
1966 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
1967 - Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
1974 - Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (b. 1888)
1980 - Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (b. 1912)
1980 - Winifred Wagner, German opera producer (b. 1897)
1981 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1982 - John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
1984 - Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (b. 1915)
1984 - William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
1988 - Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
1995 - Vivian Stanshall, English musician, artist, actor, writer, Bonzo Dog Band (b. 1943
1996 - Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
1997 - Samm Sinclair Baker, American diet author (b. 1909)
1999 - Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922)
2000 - Lolo Ferrari, French actress (b. 1970)
2004 - Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
2006 - Richard Kuklinski, Mafia hit man (b. 1935)
Events363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which will bring to his own death.
1046 - Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnameh.
1496 - England King Henry VII issued letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorizing them to discover of unknown lands.
1689 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham is named Secretary of State for the Northern Department.
1766 - Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
1770 - Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including a black slave named Crispus Attucks, and a boy are killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War five years later.
1784 - Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney is named President of the Board of Trade.
1793 - French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Liège is recaptured.
1821 - James Monroe is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States.
1824 - First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver (.34-caliber).
1842 - Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
1848 - Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance.
1850 - The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
1860 - Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referenda to join Kingdom of Sardinia.
1861 - The "Stars and Bars" is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.
1868 - A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson.
1868 - Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito premieres at La Scala.
1872 - George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes is publicly inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (he was privately inaugurated on March 3).
1894 - Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery becomes First Lord of the Treasury.
1904 - Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of ball lightning formation.
1905 - Russian troops begin to retreat from Mukden, Manchuria after losing 100,000 troops in three days.
1907 - The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops.
1912 - Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
1915 - World War I: LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.
1916 - Spanish football club Real Club Deportivo Mallorca founded.
1917 - Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States.
1918 - Bolshevist Russia moves the national capital from Petrograd to Moscow.
1924 - Shefqet Verlaci becomes Prime Minister of Albania.
1931 - Daniel Salamanca Urey is named President of Bolivia.
1933 - Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions.
1933 - In Germany, the Nazis win 44 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections.
1936 - First flight of fighter airplane Spitfire Type 300.
1940 - Members of Soviet politbiuro sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POW, known also as Katyn massacre.
1943 - First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
1946 - Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.
1949 - The Jharkhand Party is founded in India.
1955 - President of Lithuania, Antanas Merkys dies, after having been imprisoned and deported to the Soviet Union.
1958 - Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is established.
1958 - Explorer 2 spacecraft launches, fails to reach Earth orbit.
1964 - Ceylon declares emergency crisis due to unrest.
1966 - A BOAC Boeing 707 jet crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
1966 - In Luxembourg, Udo Jürgens wins the eleventh Eurovision Song Contest for Austria.
1966 - Bob Seagren vaults 5.19m, an indoor world record.
1968 - U.S. launches Solar Explorer B, aka Explorer 37 from Wallops Island to study the Sun.
1970 - A nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
1970 - Dubnium atoms first detected conclusively.
1973 - Donald DeFreeze, future Symbionese Liberation Army leader, escapes from Vacaville Prison.
1974 - Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdrew from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
1976 - British pound falls below $2 U.S. for the first time.
1978 - Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.
1979 - Detection equipment picks up a gamma ray burst originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
1979 - Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter, 172000 miles.
1980 - Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49.
1982 - Venera 14, a Soviet satellite arrives at the planet Venus.
1983 - Bob Hawke becomes Australian prime minister after defeating Malcolm Fraser in Australian elections.
1984 - The Indian government order an attack on the Golden Temple.
1988 - Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands restored and revised.
1991 - Iraq releases all Gulf War prisoners.
1998 - NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water to support a human colony.
1999 - Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
2001 - In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
2001 - In Santee, California, a school massacre occurs at Santana High School, leaving 2 dead and 15 wounded.
2003 - Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks provokes controversy in the U.S. by stating that the band was "ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."
HolidaysLearn from Lei Feng Day in China.
Approximate beginning of month of jīngzhé in Chinese calendar.
St Piran's Day - Cornwall's national day.
Saint Adrian (died 308)
Feast of St. Kieran, patron of the Diocese of Ossory, in Irish calendar.
Saint Theophile (d. 195)
Saint Gerarda
Saint Olivia (d. 308)
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