Page 6: 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  Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo TX) on this day in history.   

1934  On March - 05 mother-in-law's day 1st celebrated (Amarillo, Tx)   

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

1936  On this day in history the British Spitfire makes it's first flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton)   

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  On this day in history bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia   

1942  On this day in history japanese troop march into Batavia   

1943  Anti fascist strikes in Italy on March - 05.   

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

1943  RAF bombs Essen Germany on this day in history.   

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

1944  On March - 05 1st performance of Walter Piston's 2nd Symphony   

1944  Max Jacob, French writer, dies in nazi concentration camp at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1945  Generals Eisenhower, Patton & Patch meet in Luneville on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history uS 7th Army Corps captures Cologne   

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

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

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

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

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

1946  Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton Missouri) on March - 05.   

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

1948  Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson on March - 05.   

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  On March - 05 bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30   

1952  On this day in history terence Rattigan's "Deep Blue Sea," premieres in London   

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

1953  On this day in history josef Stalin's death announced   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1585  John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656) was born on March - 05.   

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 this day in history.   

1561  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal, dies at 41 on March - 05.   

1574  Philip of Saint-Aldegonde, Flem viceroy Holland/Zealand/Utrecht, dies on this day in history.   

1576  Don Luis de Requesens y Zuniga, viceroy of Neth (1573-76), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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