March 5

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2024 Daily Holidays that fall on March 5, include:

• Cinco de Marcho 
• National Absinthe Day 
• National Cheese Doodle Day
• National Multiple Personality Day 
• National Potty Dance Day 
• National Poutine Day 
• National Sportsmanship Day - March 5, 2024 (First Tuesday in March)
• Pasty Day - March 5, 2024
• Peace Corps Day - March 5, 2024 (First Tuesday in March)
• Reel Film Day 
• St. Piran's Day
• Town Meeting Day Vermont - March 5, 2024 (First Tuesday of March)
• Unique Names Day - March 5, 2024 (Tuesday of First Full Week in March which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• World Tennis Day 

2024 Weekly Holidays that include March 5, are:

• American Council on Education - March 3-5, 2024
• British Pie Week - March 1-7 (Observed for 7 days starting on March 1st)
  
• Celebrate Your Name Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week in March)
• Endometriosis Awareness Week - March 1-7, 2024
• Fairtrade Fortnight - February 26 - March 10, 2024 (14 Days Starting the Last Monday in February)
• Hearing Awareness Week - March 1-7
  
• Jewish Book Week - March 2-10, 2024
• Lent - February 14 - March 26, 2024 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
  
• Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is March 31, 2024)
  
• National Aplastic Anemia & MDS Awareness Week - March 1-6, 2024
• National Cheerleading Week - March 1-7
• National Consumer Protection Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
• National Dental Assistants Recognition Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week in March)
• National Ghostwriters Week - March 1-7
  
• National Green Week - February 4 - April 30, 2024 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
  
• National Pet Sitters Week - March 1-7
  
• National Procrastination Week - March 3-9, 2024 (Second Week of March)
• National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
• National School Breakfast Week - March 4-8, 2024 (Mon-Fri of the First Full Week in March)
• National Schools Social Work Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
• National Words Matter Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
• National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week - March 1-7
• Newspaper in Education Week - March 4-8, 2024 (First Full School Week in March)
• No More Week - March 3-9, 2024 (The Week of International Women's Day)
• Professional Pet Sitters Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week in March)
• Read Across America Week - March 2-6, 2024 (M-F week of Dr. Seuss Birthday on March 2)
  
• Read an E-Book Week - March 3-9, 2024
• Return The Borrowed Books Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Week of March)
• Save Your Vision Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week of March)
• Teen Tech Week - March 3-9, 2024 (First Full Week in March)
• Universal Human Beings Week - March 1-7
  
• Will Eisner Week - March 1-7
• Women in Construction Week - March 3-9, 2024
• Women of Aviation Worldwide Week - March 4-10, 2024 (From Sunday before March 8, to Sunday after)
• World Orphan Week - March 4-11

2024 Monthly Holidays that include March 5, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our March Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of March.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo - February 27 - March 17, 2024 (Houston, TX)
• Iditarod Race - March 2-17, 2024 - A Dogsled Race on the Iditarod Trail  in Alaska (Starts on the First Saturday in March)

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for March 5 is Pisces.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for March are:

• The Jonquil, better known as Daffodil or Narcissus
• The meaning of the Daffodil is friendship and domestic happiness

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for March is the aquamarine and the bloodstone.

Famous Birthdays

• 1713 – Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
• 1908 - Rex Harrison, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle)
• 1927 – Jack Cassidy, American actor (Mary Tyler Moore Show) (d. 1976)
• 1958 – Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer (d. 1988)
• 1974 – Eva Mendes, American actress
• 1975 – Niki Taylor, American model

Famous Deaths

• 1827 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist who made the 1st battery, dies at 82
• 1929 - David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile pioneer (b. 1854)
• 1953 – Joseph Stalin, Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 1963 – Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
• 1982 – John Belushi, American actor (Saturday Night Live, The Blues Brothers) (b. 1949)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 1993 - Former Washington DC Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi
• 1998 - Mariah Carey divorces Tommy Mottola

Quote of the Day

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

The Holidays and Observances Recipe of the Day for March 5, is a Sausage Veggie Pasta Recipe from Kerry, at Healthy Diet Habits. This recipe can be switched up, just by changing the vegetables to those that you like.

This Day in History

• 1743 - The 1st US religious journal, The Christian History, is published in Boston
  
• 1836 – Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber
• 1849 - Zachary Taylor is sworn in as the 12th US President
• 1856 - Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads
• 1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake which modern trains still rely on
• 1877 - Rutherford B Hayes inaugurated as the 19th US President
• 1900 - American Hall of Fame founded
• 1923 - Montana & Nevada become the 1st states to enact old age pension laws
• 1933 – During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a bank holiday, and closes all banks for 10 days.
• 1933 - Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament
• 1934 - Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated in Amarillo, Texas
• 1935 - 1st premature baby health law in US in Chicago
• 1960 - Elvis Presley ends 2-year enlistment in the US Army

This Day in Music

• 1966 - Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass's LP Going Places hits #1
• 1975 - Olivia Newton-John's Have You Never Been Mellow hits #1
• 1977 - Barbra Streisand's Love Theme From A Star Is Born, Evergreen hits #1
• 1983 - Michael Jackson's Billie Jean hits #1 (video below)
• 1985 - REO Speedwagon's Can't Fight This Feeling hits # 1

This Day in Sports

• 1924 - Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games
• 1981 - Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & C Dean (Great Britain)
• 1981 - Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!