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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_5" title="March 5">March 5</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lei_Feng" title="Lei Feng">Learn from Lei Feng Day</a></b> in China; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Piran%27s_Day" title="St Piran's Day">St Piran's Day</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall" title="Cornwall">Cornwall</a>, England
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/363" title="363">363</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%E2%80%93Persian_Wars" title="Roman–Persian Wars">Roman–Persian Wars</a>: Roman emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_(emperor)" title="Julian (emperor)">Julian</a> and his army set out from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian%27s_Persian_expedition" title="Julian's Persian expedition">to attack</a></b> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1279" title="1279">1279</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livonian_Order" title="Livonian Order">Livonian branch</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutonic_Order" title="Teutonic Order">Teutonic Order</a> suffered a great loss when 71 knights died in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aizkraukle" title="Battle of Aizkraukle">Battle of Aizkraukle</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1824" title="1824">1824</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Burmese_War" title="First Anglo-Burmese War">First Anglo-Burmese War</a></b> began.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966" title="1966">1966</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_911" title="BOAC Flight 911">BOAC Flight 911</a></b> disintegrated and crashed near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji" title="Mount Fuji">Mount Fuji</a> shortly after departure from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haneda_Airport" title="Haneda Airport">Tokyo International Airport</a>, killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerardus_Mercator" title="Gerardus Mercator">Gerardus Mercator</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1512); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Volta" title="Alessandro Volta">Alessandro Volta</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1827); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_Paige" title="Elaine Paige">Elaine Paige</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1948)</p>