Template:On this day/March 5
- 1889 – The Pensacola Daily News printed its first issue for 2,500 subscribers.
- 1968 – Maren DeWeese was born.
- 1988 – Following a $1.2 million renovation, the old Pensacola City Hall was rededicated as the T. T. Wentworth, Jr. Florida State Museum to house its namesake's collection of artifacts.