| General Information for March 5th 2018 |
| There are 5 public holidays today. |
| Day 64 of 2018 |
| 301 days left in 2018 |
| Week 10 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1998 - NASA says the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water to support a human colony. |
| 1963 - Patsy Cline, the biggest-selling Country Music singer of her day dies in an air crash near Camden, Tennessee. |
| 1953 - Composer Sergey Prokofiev dies, an event mentioned in Billy Joel's song 'We Didn't Start the Fire'. |
| 1936 - The Supermarine Spitfire has its maiden flight. |