March 5th (1979) was a Monday. It's the 64th day of the year (65th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 301 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 5th March, 1979
» Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios probes named Helios II all are hit by Gamma-ray burst called "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
Famous Birthdays on March 5 in 1979
» Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter
March 5th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» John Joseph of the Cross
» Ciarán of Saigir (Irish calendar)
» Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea
» Thietmar of Minden
» March 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Lei Feng called Learn from Lei Feng Day (China)
» Arbor day Iran named National Tree Planting Day (Iran)