Historical Events In March - 05

1932  On this day in history takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered   

1933  FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday on March - 05.   

1933  Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9%-17.2M votes) on March - 05.   

1934  On March - 05 mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo TX)   

1934  Mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Tx) on March - 05.   

1935  1st premature baby health law in US (Chicago) on March - 05.   

1936  The British Spitfire makes it's first flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton) on March - 05.   

1936  Spitfire makes it's 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton) on March - 05.   

1941  On March - 05 ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82   

1942  Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history japanese troop march into Batavia   

1943  Anti fascist strikes in Italy on March - 05.   

1943  On March - 05 british and Canadian bombers start Battle of the Ruhr; year-long bombing offensive against Germany.   

1943  On March - 05 rAF bombs Essen Germany   

1943  On March - 05 the Japanese are routed in the Battle of Bismark Sea off New Guinea.   

1944  1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony on this day in history.   

1944  Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67 on March - 05.   

1945  On March - 05 allied troops converge on the Rhine.   

1945  On this day in history generals Eisenhower, Patton & Patch meet in Luneville   

1945  On March - 05 uS 7th Army Corps captures Cologne   

1945  US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on March - 05.   

1945  Allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands on this day in history.   

1946  British prime minister Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, MS on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history winston Churchill uses the term 'Iron Curtain' in a speech   

1946  Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton MO), the term sticks for the next 50 years on March - 05.   

1946  On this day in history winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton Missouri)   

1947  On March - 05 alfredo Casella, Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63   

1948  On this day in history actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson   

1948  US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height on this day in history.   

1948  On March - 05 charles Prince, cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for S Africa), dies   

1949  Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30 on March - 05.   

1952  On March - 05 terence Rattigan's "Deep Blue Sea," premieres in London   

1952  On this day in history vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer, dies at 63   

1953  Josef Stalin's death announced on this day in history.   

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1133  King Henry II of England (d. 1189) was born on March - 05.   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on March - 05.   

1326  Louis I, [the Great], King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82) was born on March - 05.   

1512  Gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker was born on this day in history.   

1563  John Coke, English politician (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history birth of william Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)   

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on this day in history.   

1585  On this day in history birth of john George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)   

0254  Lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies on March - 05.   

1291  Death of Sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated on March - 05.   

1534  On March - 05 death of antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)   

1539  On this day in history death of nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)   

1561  On this day in history carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

1574  On this day in history philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies   

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on March - 05.   

1605  On this day in history clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69