St Piran's Day

St Piran's Day (Cornwall)

Lei Feng

Learn from Lei Feng Day (China)

March 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day:
March 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Thietmar of Minden

Christian feast day:
Thietmar of Minden

Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea

Christian feast day:
Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea

Saint Piran

Christian feast day:
Piran

John Joseph of the Cross

Christian feast day:
John Joseph of the Cross

Ciarán of Saigir

Christian feast day:
Ciarán of Saigir

2023 Nouakchott prison break

A group of four prisoners escape from the Nouakchott Civil Prison, before being caught the next day.

2023 Estonian parliamentary election

The 2023 Estonian parliamentary election is held, with two centre-right liberal parties gaining an absolute majority for the first time.

March 2021 Mogadishu bombing

Twenty people are killed and 30 injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Pope Francis

Pope Francis begins a historic visit to Iraq amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Syrian civil war

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pause the Deir ez-Zor campaign due to the Turkish-led invasion of Afrin.

Kurt Moll

Kurt Moll, German opera singer (born 1938)

Al Wistert

Al Wistert, American football player and coach (born 1920)