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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 5
- 700th: 1324 - Birth of David II Bruce king of Scotland (1331-71).
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of Elisha Harris; US physician/founded American Public Health Association.
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of James Merritt Ives; lithographer (Currier and Ives).
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Arthur van Schendel; Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party).
- 150th: 1874 - Birth of Henry Travers in Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England; actor (Bells of Saint Mary's, High Sierra).
- 100th: 1924 - Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM.
- 100th: 1924 - Frank Carauna becomes first to bowl two successive perfect 300 games.
- 100th: 1924 - King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of James B Sikking in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Hill Street Blues, Star Trek III, Doogie Howser).
- 90th: 1934 - Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo, Texas).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Paul Sands in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian/actor (SCTV, Story Theater, St. Elsewhere).
- 80th: 1944 - Max Jacob, French writer, dies in German concentration camp at age 67.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Marsha Warfield; comedian/actress (Roz - Night Court).
- 70th: 1954 - Julian Lowell Coolidge, mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at age 80.
- 60th: 1964 - Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Junior announces a baseball team is moving there.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Reggie Williams; NBA forward/guard (Denver Nuggets).
- 60th: 1964 - Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest.
- 50th: 1974 - Billy Dewolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at age 67.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Brad Schumacher; American 400 metre/800 metre freestyle (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Hans Bond; Dutch soccer player (FC Volendam).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kevin Connolly; actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Rocky V, Angus).
- 40th: 1984 - Michael Sklar, California, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at age 39.
- 40th: 1984 - US Supreme Court rules 5-4 that city may use public money for Nativity scene.
- 40th: 1984 - Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at age 68 (born 1915).
- 40th: 1984 - William Powell, American actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at age 91 (born 1892).
- 40th: 1984 - Iran accuses Iraq of using chemical weapons.
- 40th: 1984 - Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi orders Operation Blue Star to flush out separatist militants from Harimandir Sahib, the most sacred shrine of Sikhism.
- 40th: 1984 - Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at age 85.
- 30th: 1994 - Abdullah Al-Sallal, President of Yemen (1962-67), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - Dottie Mochrie wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Championship.
- 30th: 1994 - Largest milkshake: 1,955 gallons of chocolate, in Nelspruit, South Africa.
- 30th: 1994 - PBA National Championship won by David Traber.
- 30th: 1994 - Paul Vincze, medallist, dies at age 86.
- 30th: 1994 - A gunman takes eight people hostage in the Salt Lake City Public Library in Utah.
- 15th: 2009 - The Bank of England announces it will create 75 billion pounds (US$106 billion) of new money in an attempt to revive lending and the economy. Chancellor Alistair Darling gives the bank permission to extend this to up to 150 billion pounds. The central bank also reduces lending interest rates from 1 precent to a new record low of 0.5 percent.
- 10th: 2014 - Nicolás Maduro, the President of Venezuela, severs diplomatic and political ties with Panama, accusing Panama of being involved in a conspiracy against the Venezuelan government.
- 5th: 2019 - A second case of sustained remission from HIV is reported, ten years after the Berlin Patient.
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