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Resident Evil 5 is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom, and produced by Jun Takeuchi (pictured). It was released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles on March 5, 2009. The plot involves an investigation of a terrorist threat by counter-terrorist agents Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar in Kijuju, a fictional region of Africa. It is the seventh major installment in the Resident Evil series, and the first designed for two-player cooperative gameplay. Critics described the game as closer to the action genre than the survival horror of other games in the series. Resident Evil 5 had a mostly positive reception, although it was criticized for problems with its controls. The game was re-released for Nvidia Shield, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2016. As of September 2018, it had sold over 7.4 million units, making it Capcom's second best-selling game and the best-selling game of the Resident Evil franchise. (Full article...)

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A severe tornado outbreak hits the Southeastern United States, with one tornado causing at least 23 deaths in Alabama.
Heightened tensions remain between India and Pakistan after both countries conduct airstrikes.
Muhammadu Buhari (pictured) is re-elected President of Nigeria.
Cardinal George Pell becomes the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church to be convicted of child sexual abuse.

On this day

March 5: Shrove Tuesday (Western Christianity, 2019); Learn from Lei Feng Day in China; St Piran's Day in Cornwall, United Kingdom

The Boston Massacre, depicted in an engraving by Paul Revere

The Bloody Massacre, engraved by Paul Revere

1279 – The Livonian branch of the Teutonic Order suffered a great loss when 71 knights died in the Battle of Aizkraukle.
1770 – The Boston Massacre (engraving shown): British soldiers fired into a crowd in Boston, Massachusetts.
1811 – Peninsular War: In the Battle of Barrosa, an Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese force trying to lift the Siege of Cádiz defeated a French attack but could not break the siege itself.
1966 – BOAC Flight 911 disintegrated and crashed near Mount Fuji shortly after departure from Tokyo International Airport, killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
1975 – Computer hobbyists in Silicon Valley held the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club, whose members would go on to have great influence on the development of the personal computer.

Edward Cornwallis (b. 1713) · Olav Bjaaland (b. 1873) · Ailsa McKay (d. 2014)

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Shrovetide Revellers is a painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in around 1616–17 and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The painting shows people enjoying festivities at Shrovetide, an annual carnival of food and jollity which takes place before the Christian fasting season of Lent.

Painting: Frans Hals

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