Replaying Thursday, March 5, 1998

The March 5, 1998 was a Thursday under the star sign of . It was the 63 day of the year. President of the United States was William J. (Bill) Clinton.

If you were born on this day, you are 28 years old. Your last birthday was on the Thursday, March 5, 2026, 112 days ago. Your next birthday is on Friday, March 5, 2027, in 252 days. You have lived for 10,339 days, or about 248,153 hours, or about 14,889,217 minutes, or about 893,353,020 seconds.

Some people who share this birthday:

  • Bernard Arnault (art collector, businessperson, engineer, entrepreneur, born March 5, 1949)
  • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (monarch, born February 24, 1500)
  • Eva Mendes (actor, film actor, model, stage actor, television actor, born March 5, 1974)
  • Harry Maguire (association football player, born March 5, 1993)
  • Andy Gibb (musician, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, stage actor, television actor, television presenter, born March 5, 1958)
  • Madison Beer (actor, dancer, director, singer, songwriter, born March 5, 1999)
  • Rosa Luxemburg (economist, editor, journalist, philosopher, political theorist, politician, revolutionary, sociologist, born March 5, 1871)
  • John Frusciante (guitarist, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born March 5, 1970)
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini (actor, author, director, film actor, film critic, film director, journalist, linguist, novelist, philosopher, playwright, poet, screenwriter, translator, writer, born March 5, 1922)
  • George Frideric Handel (composer, harpsichordist, impresario, musician, opera composer, organist, violinist, born March 5, 1685)
  • Dean Stockwell (actor, film actor, film director, photographer, stage actor, television actor, born March 5, 1936)
  • Paulo Fonseca (association football manager, association football player, born March 5, 1973)
  • Zhou Enlai (foreign minister, minister, politician, born March 5, 1898)
  • Jiang Qing (actor, film actor, politician, born March 5, 1914)
  • Jake Lloyd (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born March 5, 1989)
  • Joel Osteen (minister, politician, writer, born March 5, 1963)
  • Matt Lucas (actor, comedian, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, television presenter, television producer, born March 5, 1974)
  • Fred (association football player, born March 5, 1993)
  • Santosh Anand (lyricist, songwriter, born March 5, 1939)
  • Talia Balsam (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born March 5, 1959)
  • Ottis Toole (criminal, serial killer, born March 5, 1947)
  • Rex Harrison (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born March 5, 1908)
  • Rogelio Funes Mori (association football player, born March 5, 1991)
  • Daniel Kahneman (economist, psychologist, university teacher, born March 5, 1934)
  • K. Selvaraghavan (film director, screenwriter, born March 5, 1976)
  • Jack Cassidy (film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, born March 5, 1927)
  • Danny Drinkwater (association football player, born March 5, 1990)
  • Jun Shison (actor, born March 5, 1995)
  • Sarah J. Maas (children's writer, novelist, writer, born March 5, 1986)
  • Barbara Schöneberger (actor, comedian, editor-at-large, singer, songwriter, television presenter, born March 5, 1974)
  • Jolene Blalock (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born March 5, 1975)
  • Aleksandar Vučić (lawyer, politician, statesperson, born March 5, 1970)
  • Kenichi Matsuyama (actor, model, born March 5, 1985)
  • Soong May-ling (politician, public figure, born March 5, 1897)
  • Ellen Whitaker (show jumper, born March 5, 1986)
  • Lucio Battisti (composer, music arranger, musician, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, born March 5, 1943)
  • Riki Lindhome (actor, comedian, film actor, film director, guitarist, podcaster, television actor, born March 5, 1979)
  • Yukino Kikuma (announcer, lawyer, born March 5, 1972)
  • Yuri Lowenthal (actor, film actor, screenwriter, television actor, voice actor, born March 5, 1971)
  • Kevin Connolly (actor, film actor, film director, television actor, television director, born March 5, 1974)
  • Lisa Robin Kelly (actor, film actor, television actor, born March 5, 1970)
  • Bertrand Cantat (guitarist, lyricist, poet, singer, singer-songwriter, born March 5, 1964)
  • Teena Marie (guitarist, music arranger, musician, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born March 5, 1956)
  • Penn Jillette (actor, circus performer, comedian, film actor, film director, illusionist, jongleur, magician, musician, novelist, podcaster, radio personality, television actor, writer, born March 5, 1955)
  • Elena Yakovleva (actor, film actor, presenter, stage actor, television presenter, born March 5, 1961)
  • Archduchess Sophie of Austria (aristocrat, born March 5, 1855)
  • Earl Woods (army officer, baseball player, writer, born March 5, 1932)
  • Momofuku Ando (businessperson, entrepreneur, inventor, merchant, born March 5, 1910)
  • Michael Irvin (American football player, actor, born March 5, 1966)
  • Chris Arreola (boxer, born March 5, 1981)

5th of March 1998 News

News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on March 5, 1998

Editorial Observer; News That Fred Friendly Wouldn't Recognize

Date: 06 March 1998

By Eleanor Randolph

Eleanor Randolph

Eleanor Randolph Editorial Observer says Fred Friendly's death forces Americans to realize what thin soup television news has become after hearty stuff Friendly and his minions served their audiences 30 years ago; says there are few news shows today that rise within reach of Friendly standard; says in Friendly's day, ratings were one factor in broadcast news, but now ratings are the main factor (M)

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Fred W. Friendly, CBS Executive and Pioneer in TV News Coverage, Dies at 82

Date: 05 March 1998

By Eric Pace

Eric Pace

Fred W Friendly, former CBS News executive who was towering figure in evolution of news coverage on television, dies at age 82; his career discussed; photo (M)

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An Envoy to Time

Date: 05 March 1998

By James Barron With Jane H. Lii

James With

James Fallows, editor of US News & World Report, discusses 75th anniversary celebration for rival Time magazine; photo (S)

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Murdoch Blames Staff for Embarrassment Over Hong Kong Book

Date: 05 March 1998

By Warren Hoge

Warren Hoge

Rupert Murdoch, in interview published in Times of London, blames HarperCollins executives for clumsy way they dropped publication of book by Chris Patten, last British Governor of Hong Kong; decision is widely attributed to Murdoch's desire to avoid antagonizing leaders of China, where he has large media investments; newspaper and HarperCollins are part of Murdoch's News Corp (M)

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Cap Gemini Shares Fall On News of Stock Issue

Date: 06 March 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Shares of Cap Gemini SA fall 5 percent after company says it plans to sell up to 4 billion francs ($666.7 million) for new shares to finance acquisitions (S)

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UNICO AMERICAN SAYS IT IS IN TALKS ABOUT A MERGER

Date: 06 March 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Unico American Corp says it is in preliminary talks to merge with another company (S)

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CLEAR CHANNEL IN DEAL FOR BRITISH AD COMPANY

Date: 06 March 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Clear Channel Communications Inc will buy British outdoor advertising company More Group PLC for $727 million (US) in cash (S)

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TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SELLS STAKE IN VENTURE WITH ACER

Date: 05 March 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Texas Instruments sells its 33 percent stake in money-losing joint venture making computer memory chips with Acer Inc, ending nine-year tie with Taiwan's largest computer maker (S)

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CHART TO PAY $34 MILLION FOR AN IMI INDUSTRIAL DIVISION

Date: 06 March 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

Chart Industries agrees to buy Industrial Heat Exchanger division of IMI Marston, unit of IMI PLC for $34.6 million (US) in cash (S)

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ITT INDUSTRIES TO SELL ITS FLUID MEASUREMENT DIVISION

Date: 05 March 1998

By Bloomberg News

Bloomberg News

ITT Industries to sell its Barton fluid measurement unit to Barton Instrument Systems LLC as it focuses on making pumps and valves; terms are not disclosed (S)

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