Politics · March 5, 1179

Third Council of the Lateran

Name: Third Council of the Lateran
Start: 1179-03-05

847 years ago

847th anniversary

The Third Council of the Lateran met in Rome in March 1179. Pope Alexander III presided and 302 bishops attended.

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The 848th anniversary falls on March 5, 2027.

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1871–1919

Rosa Luxemburg

Rosa Luxemburg ( LUK-səm-burg; Polish: Róża Luksemburg; German:; 5 March 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a Polish and naturalised-German Marxist theorist and revolutionary.

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1898–1976

Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai (Chinese: 周恩来; pinyin: Zhōu Ēnlái; Wade–Giles: Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from October 1949 until his death in January 1976.

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1922–1975

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian:; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, revolutionary, writer, film director, actor and playwright. He is considered one of the defining public intellectuals in 20th-century Italian history, influential both as an artist and a political figure.

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b. 1970

Aleksandar Vučić

Aleksandar Vučić (born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician who served as President of Serbia from 2017 to 2026.

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1770

Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre, known in Great Britain as the Incident on King Street, was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in the prelude to the American Revolution in Boston, in what was then the colony of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.

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Tragedy

1945

Denazification

Denazification (German: Entnazifizierung) was an Allied initiative to rid German and Austrian society, culture, press, economy, judiciary, and politics of the Nazi ideology following the Second World War.

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History

1966

Eurovision Song Contest 1966

The Eurovision Song Contest 1966, originally known as the Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson Européenne 1966 (English: Eurovision Song Contest Grand Prix 1966), was the 11th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 5 March 1966 at Villa Louvigny in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, and presented by Josiane Shen.

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2006

78th Academy Awards

The 78th Academy Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 5, 2006, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m.

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