What happend on 5th March

04.03
06.03
1988

Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands restored and revised.

1985

The body of undercover DEA agent Enrique Camarena is found.

1983

Bob Hawke becomes Australian prime minister after defeating Malcolm Fraser in Australian elections.

1982

Venera 14, a Soviet satellite arrives at the planet Venus.

1982

SNL star John Belushi dies of a drug overdose in his hotel room.

1981

Cannibal Alferd Packer pardoned posthumously.

1979

Detection equipment picks up a gamma ray burst originating from the Large Magellanic Cloud, leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.

1978

Landsat 3 is launched.

1974

Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdrew from the west bank of the Suez Canal.

1973

Donald DeFreeze, future Symbionese Liberation Army leader, escapes from Vacaville Prison.