Historical Events on March 5

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• 363 Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign that brings about his own death
• 1046 Persian scholar Naser Khosrow begins the 7 year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama

• 1179 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome

• 1528 Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague
• 1558 Smoking tobacco introduced into Europe by Spanish physician Francisco Fernandes
• 1579 Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht

• 1623 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
• 1645 Battle of Jankau in Bohemia: Sweden defeats Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III
• 1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
• 1684 Emperor Leopold I, Poland & Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz
• 1743 1st US religious journal, The Christian History, published in Boston
• 1746 Jacobite troops leave Aberdeen

• 1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Territory from the French

• 1783 King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno
• 1784 Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, is named President of the Board of Trade.
• 1793 French troops are defeated by Austrian forces and Liège is recaptured
• 1795 Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution
• 1795 Treaty of Basel - Prussia ends war with France

• 1820 Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays
• 1821 Monroe is 1st US President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sunday
• 1824 First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma

• 1840 2nd Grand National: Bartholomew Bretherton wins aboard 16/1 Jerry; a then smallest field of 13
• 1841 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
• 1842 Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
• 1845 7th Grand National: William Loft aboard outsider Cure-All wins in record time of 10 minutes, 47 seconds
• 1848 Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance

• 1850 The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened

• 1856 Covent Garden Opera House, London, destroyed in a fire
• 1856 Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads
• 1858 Abolitionists establish "Crispus Attucks Day" in Boston
• 1860 Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia
• 1862 Union troops under Brigadier General Wright occupy Fernandina, Florida (US Civil War)
• 1864 1st track meet between Oxford & Cambridge
• 1868 Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele" premieres in Milan
• 1868 Stapler patented in England by C H Gould
• 1868 US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson

• 1894 Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in US

• 1896 Italian premier Francesco Crispi resigns
• 1896 Italian governor of Eritrea, General Baldissera, reaches Massawa
• 1897 American Negro Academy forms
• 1899 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D
• 1900 American Hall of Fame founded
• 1903 Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn up

• 1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired
• 1907 The second Duma opens in St. Petersburg, Russia and 40,000 demonstrators have to be dispersed by Russian troops
• 1908 1st ascent of Mt Erebus, Antarctica
• 1910 Ramon Inclan's "La Farsa Infantil de la Cabeza del Dragon" premieres
• 1910 Stanley Cup, Dey's Arena, Ottawa, ON: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1
• 1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die
• 1912 Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, using them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
• 1915 World War I: The LZ 33, a zeppelin, is damaged by enemy fire and stranded south of Ostend.

• 1919 Louis Hirsch & Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in NYC
• 1921 The Durban Land Alienation Ordinance passes, enabling the Durban City Council to exclude Indians from ownership or occupation of property in white areas, South Africa
• 1921 The US warns Costa Rica and Panama to settle disputes peacefully
• 1923 Montana & Nevada become 1st states to enact old age pension laws
• 1924 Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM
• 1924 Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games
• 1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief
• 1927 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property
• 1928 Karl Zuckmayer's "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick" premieres in Berlin

• 1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes)
• 1934 Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Texas)
• 1935 1st premature baby health law in US (Chicago)
• 1936 Spitfire makes its 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton)

• 1942 Japanese troop march into Batavia
• 1943 Anti-fascist strikes in Italy
• 1943 RAF bombs Essen Germany
• 1944 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony
• 1945 Allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands

• 1945 US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne
• 1945 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill


• 1945 World War II: The Battle of the Ruhr begins.

• 1946 Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
• 1948 US rocket flies record 4800 kph to 126km height

• 1949 The Jharkhand Party is founded in India.
• 1952 Terence Rattigan's "Deep Blue Sea" premieres in London
• 1953 6th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "The Sound Barrier" Best Film
• 1954 "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 performances
• 1955 WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1955 2nd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: NC State beats Duke, 87-77
• 1956 "King Kong" 1st televised

• 1957 Sgt Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley (Elvis Pelvin)
• 1958 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
• 1958 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast
• 1959 Iran & US sign economic & military treaty

• 1960 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny & Jones (GRB)
• 1960 Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner & Paul (CAN)
• 1960 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA)
• 1960 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champions in Vancouver won by Carol E Heiss (USA)
• 1960 The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase.
• 1960 7th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats Wake Forest, 63-59
• 1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

• 1963 Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl"

• 1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there


• 1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest
• 1965 1st performance of Walter Piston's 8th Symphony
• 1965 Ernie Terrell beats Eddie Machen in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1965 March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence
• 1966 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die
• 1966 Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
• 1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller as executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association
• 1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
• 1966 11th Eurovision Song Contest: Udo Jurgens for Austria wins singing "Merci, Cherie" in Luxembourg
• 1966 13th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: Duke beats NC State, 71-66
• 1967 WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1968 US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun
• 1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris
• 1969 Gustav Heinemann elected President of West Germany
• 1969 Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw" premieres in London
• 1970 Edison Theater opens at 240 W 47th St NYC
• 1970 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect
• 1970 SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St in NYC
• 1970 Dubnium atoms are first detected conclusively.

• 1972 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves communist party
• 1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson & Kekich announce they swapped wives
• 1974 "Candide" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 740 performances
• 1974 Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot

• 1976 British pound falls below $2 for 1st time

• 1977 24th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 75-69
• 1978 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 performances


• 1978 Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California
• 1979 Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)
• 1979 Iran resumes petroleum exports
• 1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49
• 1981 Michael Stewart's musical "Bring Back Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC for 4 performances
• 1981 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (GRB)
• 1981 Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva & I Lisovski (URS)
• 1981 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
• 1981 US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer
• 1982 Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners
• 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data

• 1983 NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield
• 1984 Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene
• 1984 US accuse Iraq of using poison gas

• 1985 Mexican authorities find the body of US drug agent Enrique "Kike" Camarena Salaazar
• 1985 38th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "The Killing Fields" Best Film, Wim Wenders Best Director
• 1986 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national colour newspaper); it folded in 1995
• 1988 Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
• 1989 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000
• 1989 Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82)
• 1991 Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait
• 1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games
• 1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks

• 1993 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die
• 1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game
• 1994 Largest milkshake made; 1,955 gallons of chocolate in Nelspruit, South Africa
• 1994 PBA National Championship won by David Traber


• 1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop

• 1995 Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election

• 1995 Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26)
• 1996 Earl Weaver & Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame

• 1999 Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut
• 2001 In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

• 2003 In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.
• 2005 The Burkinabé Party for Democracy and Socialism holds its first National Convention.

• 2011 David Silva scores 38' winner as Manchester City scores 1-0 win over Wigan at City of Manchester Stadium to start EPL record 20 home game winning streak; streak ends 31/3/12
• 2012 27 members of Iraq's security force are killed by gunmen disguised as police in Haditha
• 2012 Tropical Storm Irina kills 65 in Madagascar
• 2013 The Dow Jones surpasses its 2007 pre-financial crisis levels for the first time

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