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★ What's up on this day! ★ Mar. 5

Communication
  • 1852: Lady Augusta Gregory, Irish writer and playwright, was born. (1)
  • 1874: Arthur Schendel, Dutch novelist and short story writer, was born. (1)
  • 1907: First radio broadcast of a musical composition aired. (2)
  • 1908: Sir Rex Harrison, the Academy Award-winning English stage and film actor, was born. (1)
  • 1956: "King Kong," 1st televised. (2)
  • 2012: The animated film, 'The Lorax' earns $70.7 million dollars at the box office, the fifth highest returns ever for an animated film. (3)

Economics

  • 1976: British pound falls below $2 for 1st time. (2)
  • 1979: Iran resumes petroleum exports. (2)
  • 2014: In China, Premier Wen Jiabao addresses the National People's Congress announcing the country's 2013 goal of a 7.5% growth rate in GDP. (3)

International Studies
  • 1770: The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people. (1) 
  • 1824: First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma. (2) 
  • 1871: Rosa Luxemburg, German revolutionary and agitator, was born. (1) 
  • 1877: Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th US president. (2) 
  • 1933: The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag. (1)
  • 1946: Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. (1)
  • 1953: Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73 after nearly three decades in power. (1)
  • 1959: Iran & US sign economic & military treaty. (2)
  • 1970: The nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect. (1)
  • 1997: 
  • North and South Korean representatives met for the first time in 25 years for peace talks. (4)

Science
  • 1616: Astronomical work 'de Revolutionibus' by Nicolaus Copernicus placed on Catholic Forbidden index. (2)
  • 1904: Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation. (2)
  • 1966: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. (2)
  • 1979: Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles). (2)

Theology
  • 1743: The first US religious journal, The Christian History, was published in Boston. (2)


Sources
(1) The New York Times: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/on-this-day/March-5/
(2) History Orb: http://www.historyorb.com/events/march/5
(3) Brainy History: http://www.brainyhistory.com/days/march_5.html
(4) Infoplease: http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/March-5