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| March 5th |
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| About March 5th is the 64th day of the year (65th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 301 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. Births 1872 - Jerome F. Donovan, U.S. Congressman (New York) 1966 - Michael Irvin, Hall of Fame wide receiver 1974 - Eva Mendes, actress (Hitch, Training Day) 1975 - Niki Taylor, model 1989 - Jake Lloyd, actor (The Phantom Menace) Deaths 1963 - Patsy Cline, country music singer 1982 - John Belushi, actor, comedian 1984 - William Powell, actor (The Thin Man, My Man Godfrey, Life with Father) Events 1770 - The Boston Massacre occurs where British soldiers fire on colonists. 1836 - Samuel Colt manufactures the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber. 1933 - A ''bank holiday'' is declared by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to keep panic from spreading and to stop a run on the banks. 1946 - Winston Churchill, in a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, declares an "Iron Curtain" has fallen across Eastern Europe. 1960 - Elvis Presley is honorably discharged from the U.S. Army with the rank of sergeant. 1963 - Hula Hoop is patented by Wham-O co-founder Arthur "Spud" Melin. 1993 - Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is banned from racing for life after being caught doping for the second time. 2004 - Martha Stewart is found guilty on charges related to the ImClone stock trading case. |
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