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On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. (Go to article.)
On March 5, 1908, Sir Rex Harrison, the Academy Award-winning English stage and film actor, was born. Following his death on June 2, 1990, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On March 5, 1870, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about women in business. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1770 The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people.
1867 An abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland.
1868 The Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.
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.
1953 Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73 after nearly three decades in power.
1963 Country music singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn., at age 30.
1970 The nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect.
1982 Comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose at age 33.
1997 Representatives of North Korea and South Korea met for first time in 25 years for peace talks in New York.
2001 Vice President Dick Cheney underwent an angioplasty for a partially blocked artery.
2002 "The Osbournes," a reality show following the life of rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family, premiered on MTV.
2004 Martha Stewart was convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she'd unloaded her Imclone Systems Inc. stock just before the price plummeted.
Current Birthdays
Eva Mendes turns 35 years old today.
AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Actress Eva Mendes turns 35 years old today.
88 James Noble
Actor
74 Dean Stockwell
Actor
73 Denny Crum
Hall of Fame basketball coach
62 Eddy Grant
Rock singer
56 Marsha Warfield
Actress, comedian
55 Penn Jillette
Magician, comedian (Penn and Teller)
54 Teena Marie
Singer
35 Niki Taylor
Model
34 Paul Konerko
Baseball player
Historic Birthdays
Sir Rex Harrison
3/5/1908 - 6/2/1990
English stage and film actor
(Go to obit.)
82 Gerardus Mercator
3/5/1512 - 12/2/1594
Flemish cartographer
75 Jan van der Heyden
3/5/1637 - 3/28/1712
Dutch painter of cityscapes
74 Giovanni Tiepolo
3/5/1696 - 3/27/1770
Italian painter
80 Lady Augusta Gregory
3/5/1852 - 5/22/1932
Irish writer and playwright
58 Howard Pyle
3/5/1853 - 11/9/1911
American illustrator, painter, and author
83 Michael von Faulhaber
3/5/1869 - 6/12/1952
German cardinal and archbishop of Munich
47 Rosa Luxemburg
3/5/1871 - 1/15/1919
German revolutionary and agitator
72 Arthur Schendel
3/5/1874 - 9/11/1946
Dutch novelist and short-story writer
86 Edouard Belin
3/5/1876 - 3/4/1963
French engineer and inventor
72 Heitor Villa-Lobos
3/5/1887 - 11/17/1959
Brazilian musician and composer
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