This week in history
March 5th.
Nothing landed on March 5 exactly, but 24 stories fall within the surrounding week and month.
The surrounding week
4 stories within seven days of 5 March
March 9, 1989Wikipedia · "Revolutions of 1989"Fall of the Iron CurtainGermany
March 10, 2000Wikipedia · "Dot-com bubble"Dotcom Bubble BurstsUnited States
March 11, 2011Wikipedia · "Fukushima nuclear accident"Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear DisasterJapan
March 11, 2004Wikipedia · "2004 Madrid train bombings"2004 Madrid Train BombingsSpain
Elsewhere in March
13 stories
March 13, 1954Wikipedia · "Battle of Dien Bien Phu"Battle of Dien Bien PhuVietnam
March 13, 1938Wikipedia · "Germany"Germany Annexes AustriaGermany
March 13, 1932Wikipedia · "1932 German presidential election"1933 German Presidential ElectionGermany
March 15, 1991Norbert Braun on UnsplashGerman Reunification Treaty SignedGermany
March 17, 1948Wikipedia · "Treaty of Brussels"Treaty of Brussels: NATO PrecursorBelgium
March 18, 1839Wikipedia · "First Opium War"First Opium War beginsChina
March 20, 1815"Napoleon I" by tonynetone is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.Napoleon's Escape from ElbaFrance
March 21, 1960Wikipedia · "Sharpeville massacre"Sharpeville MassacreSouth Africa
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March 24, 1999Wikipedia · "NATO bombing of Yugoslavia"NATO Bombing of YugoslaviaYugoslavia
March 24, 1951Wikipedia · "Festival of Britain"Festival of BritainUnited Kingdom
March 25, 1911Wikipedia · "Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire"Triangle Shirtwaist Factory FireUnited States
March 29, 1925Wikipedia · "1925 German presidential election"German Presidential Election 1925Germany
March 31, 1880Wikipedia · "1880 United Kingdom general election"British General ElectionUnited Kingdom
Also in March
2 stories we can place in March, but not on a day
