March 5

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2026 Daily Holidays that fall on March 5, include:

• Cinco de Marcho 
• International Open Data Day 
• Nametag Day - March 5, 2026 (Thursday of First Full Week in March which is Celebrate Your Name Week)
• National Absinthe Day
• National Cheese Doodle Day 
• National Hospitalist Day - March 5, 2026 (First Thursday in March)
• National Multiple Personality Day 
• National Potty Dance Day 
• National Poutine Day 
• National Scott Day - (People Named Scott)
• Pasty Day 
• Reel Film Day 
• St. Piran's Day 
• World Book Day - March 5, 2026 - First Thursday in March (Primarily in United Kingdom and Ireland - most other Countries observe this day on April 23rd)

2026 Weekly Holidays that include March 5, are:

• Celebrate Your Name Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week in March)
• Chocolate Chip Cookie Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Week of March)
• Collegiate Safe Spring Break Programming - Late February - Early April
• Dental Assistant Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• Endometriosis Awareness Week - March 4-19
• Hearing Awareness Week - March 1-7
• Jewish Book Week - February 28 - March 8, 2026 (Literary Festival in London)
• Lent - February 18, 2026 - April 4, 2026 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
• Make Mine Chocolate - (Campaign kicks off annually on Feb 15, and ends on Easter which is April 3, 2026)
• National Butchers Week - March 2-8, 2026
• National Cheerleading Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Week in March)
• National Consumer Protection Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• National Dental Assistants Recognition Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week in March)
• National Ghostwriters Week - March 1-7
• National Green Week - February 1 - April 30, 2026 (Start First Full Week in February to April 30)
• National Invest in Veterans Week - March 1-7
• National Pasty Week - March 1-7, 2026 (Closest to St. Piran's Day on March 5th)
• National Pet Sitters Week - March 1-7
• National PTA Drug & Alcohol Awareness Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• National School Breakfast Week - March 2-6, 2026 (Mon-Fri of the First Full Week in March)
• National Schools Social Work Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• National Words Matter Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• National Write a Letter of Appreciation Week - March 1-7
• Newspaper in Education Week - March 2-6, 2026 (First Full School Week in March)
• Orthodox Lent - February 23, 2026 - April 4, 2026 (Begins on Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday)
• Peace Corps Week - March 1-5, 2026
• Professional Pet Sitters Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week in March)
• Ramadan - Evening of February 17, 2026 - Evening of March 18, 2026
• Read Across America Week - March 2-6, 2026 (M-F week of Dr. Seuss Birthday on March 2)
• Read an E-Book Week - March 1-7, 2026
• Return The Borrowed Books Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Week of March)
• Save Your Vision Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week of March)
• Teen Tech Week - March 1-7, 2026 (First Full Week in March)
• Telecommuter Appreciation Week - March 1-7, 2026 (Week that includes Alexander Graham Bell's Birthday of 3/2)
• Universal Human Beings Week - March 1-7
• Vehicle Safety Recalls Week - March 4-10
• Will Eisner Week - March 1-7
• Women in Construction Week - March 1-7, 2026

2026 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)

• Chinese New Year Festival and Parade (San Francisco, CA) - February 7 - March 15, 2026;  Parade is on March 7, 2026
• North Dakota Winter Show - March 1-7, 2026 (Valley City, ND)
• Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo -  March 2-22, 2026 (Houston, TX)
• Expo West (Anaheim, CA) - March 3-6, 2026
• Crufts (The World's Largest Dog Show) held in Birmingham, England - March 5-8, 2026

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.

Season

March 5th falls within the Winter Season in the Northern Hemisphere.

Winter is one of the four seasons. It follows the Fall Season, and is before the Spring Season. It is the coldest and darkest season in the Northern Hemisphere. It also starts in one year, and ends in the next, so it straddles two different years. 

Check out our Winter Season page for information about Winter, Winter Dates, Major Winter Holidays and Observances, Major Winter Festivals, Fun Facts About Winter, Winter Food Tips, Winter Gardening, Winter Preparation, Winter Quotes, and Winter Weather Information.

Kerry has put together some great information and tips on winter foods: 

• Winter Foods
• Winter Weight Gain
• Winter Weight Loss Tips

If you live in the Southern Hemisphere, this day falls in the Summer Season. 

• Summer
• Summer Cooking 
• Summer Weight Loss Tips 

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!