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March 5, 1997 Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells for Hall of Fame March 5, 1996 Earl Weaver and Jim Bunning, elected to Hall of Fame March 5, 1995 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins March 5, 1995 Estonia Centrumlinkse Coalition party wins parliamentary election March 5, 1995 Graves of czar Nicholas and family found in St. Petersburg March 5, 1995 Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26) March 5, 1994 Dottie Mochrie wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Championship March 5, 1994 Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa) March 5, 1994 PBA National Championship won by David Traber March 5, 1994 Singer Grace Slick arrested for pointing a gun at a cop March 5, 1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery March 5, 1993 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die March 5, 1993 Former Washington D.C. Mayor Marion Barry divorces his wife Effi March 5, 1993 Marlins beat Astros 12-8 in their 1st spring training game March 5, 1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks March 5, 1991 Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait March 5, 1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games March 5, 1989 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000 March 5, 1989 Blains McCallister wins Honda Golf Classic shooting 266 March 5, 1989 Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82) March 5, 1986 "Today" tabloid launched (Britain's 1st national color newspaper) March 5, 1985 New York Islander Mike Bossy is 1st to score 50 goals in 8 straight seasons March 5, 1984 Supreme Court (5-4): city may use public money for Nativity scene March 5, 1984 U.S. accuse Iraq of using poison gas March 5, 1983 Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian PM Malcolm Fraser (Cons) March 5, 1983 NSW beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield March 5, 1982 Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners March 5, 1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands and sends back data from Venus March 5, 1981 "Bring Back Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 4 performances March 5, 1981 Ice Dance Championship at Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and C Dean (GRB) March 5, 1981 Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva and I Lisovski (URS) March 5, 1981 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA) March 5, 1981 U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer March 5, 1980 Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49 March 5, 1979 Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles) March 5, 1978 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City for 152 performances March 5, 1978 Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg AFB, California March 5, 1976 British pounds falls below $2 for 1st time March 5, 1974 "Candide" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 740 performances March 5, 1974 Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot March 5, 1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson and Kekich announce they swapped wives March 5, 1972 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves Communist Party March 5, 1970 Edison Theater opens at 240 W 47th St. New York City March 5, 1970 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect March 5, 1970 SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th St. in New York City March 5, 1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris March 5, 1969 Gustav Heinemann elected president of West-Germany March 5, 1969 Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw," premieres in London March 5, 1968 U.S. launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun March 5, 1967 WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting March 5, 1966 75 MPH air currents causes BOAC 707 crash into Mount Fuji, 124 die March 5, 1966 Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record March 5, 1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as exec director of Players' Association March 5, 1966 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 5, 1965 1st performance of Walter Piston's 8th Symphony March 5, 1965 Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 for heavyweight boxing title March 5, 1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there March 5, 1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest March 5, 1963 Beatles record "From Me to You" and "Thank You Girl" March 5, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 5, 1960 Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in U.S. Army March 5, 1960 Ice Dance Championship at Vancouver won by Denny and Jones (GRB) March 5, 1960 Ice Pairs Championship at Vancouver won by Wagner and Paul (CAN) March 5, 1960 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA) March 5, 1960 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Vanc won by Carol E Heiss (USA) March 5, 1959 Iran and U.S. sign economic / military treaty March 5, 1958 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit March 5, 1958 KDUH TV channel 4 in Scottsbluff-Hay Spring, NB (ABC) 1st broadcast March 5, 1957 Eamon de Valera's Fianna Fail-party wins election in Ireland March 5, 1957 Sgt Bilko satirizes Elvis Presley (Elvis Pelvin) March 5, 1956 "King Kong," 1st televised March 5, 1956 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open March 5, 1955 Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show March 5, 1955 WBBJ TV channel 7 in Jackson, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting March 5, 1954 "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger New York City for 115 performances March 5, 1952 Terence Rattigan's "Deep Blue Sea," premieres in London March 5, 1949 Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30 March 5, 1948 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson March 5, 1948 U.S. rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height March 5, 1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton Missouri) March 5, 1945 Allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands March 5, 1945 Generals Eisenhower, Patton and Patch meet in Luneville March 5, 1945 U.S. 7th Army Corps captures Cologne March 5, 1945 U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill March 5, 1944 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony March 5, 1943 Anti fascist strikes in Italy March 5, 1943 RAF bombs Essen Germany March 5, 1942 Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia March 5, 1942 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 7th Symphony, premieres in Siberia March 5, 1942 Japanese troop march into Batavia March 5, 1936 Spitfire makes it's 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton) March 5, 1935 1st premature baby health law in U.S. (Chicago) March 5, 1934 Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Texas) March 5, 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims 10-day bank holiday March 5, 1933 Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes) March 5, 1931 Gandhi and British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact March 5, 1928 Karl Zuckmayer's "Der Hauptmann von Kopenick," premieres in Berlin March 5, 1927 1,000 U.S. Marines land in China to protect American property March 5, 1924 Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM March 5, 1924 Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games March 5, 1924 King Hussein of Hedzjaz appoints himself kalief March 5, 1923 1st old age pension plans in U.S. established by Montana and Nevada March 5, 1922 "Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin March 5, 1919 Louis Hirsch and Harold Atteridge's musical premieres in New York City March 5, 1917 1st jazz recording for Victor Records released March 5, 1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks NE of Spain, 500 die March 5, 1910 Ramon Inclan's "La Farsa Infantil de la Cabeza del Dragon," premieres March 5, 1910 Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1 March 5, 1908 1st ascent of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica March 5, 1907 1st radio broadcast of a musical composition aired March 5, 1903 Definitive treaty for construction of Baghdad railway drawn March 5, 1900 American Hall of Fame found March 5, 1899 1st performance of Edward MacDowell's 2nd Concerto in D March 5, 1897 American Negro Academy forms March 5, 1896 Italian premier Crispi resigns March 5, 1896 Italians governor of Eritrea, Gen Baldissera, reaches Massawa March 5, 1894 Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in U.S. March 5, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th U.S. president March 5, 1872 George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains March 5, 1868 Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan March 5, 1868 Stapler patented in England by C. H. Gould March 5, 1868 U.S. Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson March 5, 1864 1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge March 5, 1862 Union troops under brig-general Wright occupy Fernandina Florida March 5, 1856 Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire March 5, 1856 Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads March 5, 1849 Zachary Taylor sworn in as 12th president March 5, 1845 Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western U.S. March 5, 1836 Mexico attacks Alamo March 5, 1836 Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model March 5, 1821 Monroe is 1st President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sun March 5, 1820 Dutch city of Leeuwarden forbids Jews to go to synagogues on Sundays March 5, 1807 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B March 5, 1795 Amsterdam celebrates Revolution on the Dam; Square of Revolution March 5, 1795 Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France March 5, 1783 King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno March 5, 1770 Blanche Kelso Bruce sworn in as a U.S. Senator (Mississippi) March 5, 1770 Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom March 5, 1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Terr from French March 5, 1760 Princess Carolina marries Gen Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg March 5, 1750 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York City March 5, 1746 Jakobijnse troops leave Aberdeen March 5, 1743 1st U.S. religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston March 5, 1684 Emperor Leopold I, Poland and Venice sign Heilig Covenant of Linz March 5, 1651 South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm March 5, 1623 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia March 5, 1616 Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index March 5, 1579 Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht March 5, 1558 Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes March 5, 1528 Utrecht governor Maarten van Rossum plunders The Hague March 5, 1496 English king Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore March 5, 1461 Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses March 5, 1179 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome |