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A Syrian clay tablet records a solar eclipse which occurred on March 5, 1223 B.C
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v338/n6212/abs/338238a0.html

Comet X/-5 E1 was at perihelion on the 5th March 5BC
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1991QJRAS..32..389H

Solar Eclipse of March 5, 1867
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1867MNRAS..27..242S

The solar wind speed is greatest around 5 September, and 5 March when Earth lies at its lowest heliographic latitude.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_(astronomy)



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St Piran's Day (Cornish: Gool Peran) is the national day of Cornwall, held on 5 March every year. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Piran's_Day



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The inauguration ceremony for ESA's first deep space ground station was held on the 5th March 2003
http://m.esa.int/About_Us/Welcome_to_ESA/ESA_s_first_deep_space_ground_station_opens_in_Western_Australia

The Gloster Meteor jet's first flight was on 5 March 1943 from RAF Cranwell
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49154083/gloster-e2839/

On 5 March 1936, the prototype Supermarine Spitfire (K5054) took off on its first flight from Eastleigh Aerodrome 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48115160/supermarine-spitfire/



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The first instrument-carrying Aerobee rocket was launched in 1948
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49020911/aerobee-rocket/

Explorer 2 was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station LC-26a in Florida on March 5, 1958 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_2

Explorer 37 was launched on the 5th March 1968
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1968-017A

Landsat 3, the third satellite of the Landsat program, was launched on March 5, 1978,
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48115166/landsat-3/

On this day in 1979, Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter, 349,000 kilometres.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Encounter_with_Jupiter

Venera 14 landed on Venus in 1982
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45977064/venera-14/

The second X-37B vehicle (OTV 2) was launched on the 5th March, 2011
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41440937/x-37botv-2/



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Valery Grigoryevich Korzun (born March 5, 1953) is a Russian cosmonaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Korzun

Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr. (born March 5, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Curbeam

Philip Kenyon Chapman (born 5 March 1935) was the first Australian-born American astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._Chapman

Gerardus Mercator (5 March 1512 - 2 December 1594) was a cartographer
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48115163/gerardus-mercator-1512-1594/

William Oughtred (5 March 1574 - 30 June 1660) was an English mathematician.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48115161/william-oughtred-1574-1660/

Jacques Babinet (5 March 1794 in Lusignan (Vienne), France - 21 October 1872 in Paris, France) was a French physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48115148/jacques-babinet-1794-1872/



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NGC 2346 was discovered by William Herschel on the 5th March 1780.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56917112/ngc-2346/

NGC 2749 was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest using on the 5th March 1862.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56917097/ngc-2749/

NGC 2876 was discovered by Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan on the 5th March 1880.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56917089/ngc-2876/

NGC 3122 was discovered by William Herschel on the 5th March 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56917082/ngc-3122/

NGC 3279 was discovered by David Peck Todd on the 5th March 1878.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56917068/ngc-3279/

NGC 3766 was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t13696714/ngc-3766/

NGC 4402 was discovered by the German astronomer Arthur Auwers on the 5th March 1862.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58116462/ngc-4402/

NGC 4755 was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1751.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t26948034/ngc-4755/

NGC 5468 was discovered by William Herschel on the 5th March 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56917037/ngc-5468/

NGC 5476 was discovered by William Herschel on the 5th March 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56917032/ngc-5476/

NGC 6025 was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille on the 5th March 1752.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56917018/ngc-6025/

Collinder 228 was possibly discovered by French astronomer Nicholas Louis de Lacaille on the 5th March 1752. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56916943/collinder-228/



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The first recorded burst of gamma rays thought to be from a magnetar was detected on March 5, 1979
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetar

On March 5, 2007, the astronomer Dominique Naef used the HARPS spectrograph to uncover HD 221287 b
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD_221287

Jupiter's moons Thebe was discovered in images from the Voyager 1 space probe taken on March 5, 1979
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebe_(moon)

Asteroid (307) Nike was discovered by Auguste Charlois on March 5, 1891 in Nice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/307_Nike

Asteroid (387) Aquitania was discovered by F. Courty on March 5, 1894, in Bordeaux.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/387_Aquitania

Mount Torlesse meteor on Saturday, March 5, 1870
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t56923803/mount-torlesse-meteor-1870/



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Meteorites

The Gao-Guenie (H5) meteorite fell in Sissili, Burkina Faso, on the 5th March, 1960.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t48115350/gao-guenie-meteorite/



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