March 5th (1997) was a Wednesday. 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.
March 5th Famous Deaths for 1997
» Samm Sinclair Baker, American author (b. 1909)
» Jean Dréville, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
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)