Page 6: Historical Events In March - 05

1932  Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered on March - 05.   

1933  On March - 05 fDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday   

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

1934  Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo TX) on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Tx)   

1935  On this day in history 1st premature baby health law in US (Chicago)   

1936  The British Spitfire makes it's first flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton) on this day in history.   

1936  On March - 05 spitfire makes it's 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton)   

1941  Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel 1927), dies at 82 on March - 05.   

1942  Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia on March - 05.   

1942  On this day in history japanese troop march into Batavia   

1943  On this day in history anti fascist strikes in Italy   

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

1943  On March - 05 rAF bombs Essen Germany   

1943  The Japanese are routed in the Battle of Bismark Sea off New Guinea on this day in history.   

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

1944  On this day in history max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67   

1945  On this day in history allied troops converge on the Rhine.   

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

1945  US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne on this day in history.   

1945  On March - 05 uS Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill   

1945  On this day in history allies bombs The Hague, Netherlands   

1946  British prime minister Winston Churchill delivers his "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, MS on March - 05.   

1946  Winston Churchill uses the term 'Iron Curtain' in a speech on March - 05.   

1946  On this day in history winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton MO), the term sticks for the next 50 years   

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

1947  Alfredo Casella, Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63 on March - 05.   

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

1948  On this day in history uS rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height   

1948  Charles Prince, cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for S Africa), dies on March - 05.   

1949  On this day in history bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30   

1952  Terence Rattigan's "Deep Blue Sea," premieres in London on March - 05.   

1952  Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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1133  On March - 05 birth of king Henry II of England (d. 1189)   

1324  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71) was born on this day in history.   

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

1512  On this day in history birth of gerardus Mercator, Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker   

1563  On this day in history birth of john Coke, English politician (d. 1644)   

1574  William Oughtred, England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule) was born on March - 05.   

1585  Johan Georg I, elector of Saxon (1611-56) (Peace of Prague) was born on March - 05.   

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

0254  On this day in history lucius I, bishop of Rome (253-54), dies   

1291  On March - 05 death of sa'ad al'Da'ulah, Jewish grand vizier of Persia, assassinated   

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

1539  Death of Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487) on March - 05.   

1561  On March - 05 carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41   

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

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

1605  Clement VIII, [Ippolito Aldofireini], Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69 on this day in history.