History for March 5 - On-This-Day.com
William Oughtred 1575 - Mathematician, credited with inventing the slide rule, Antoine Cadillac 1658 - Founder of Detroit, MI, Emmett J. Culligan 1893 - Water treatment pioneer
Fred Williamson 1938 - Actor, football player, Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller), Andy Gibb 1958 - Singer
1770 - "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter.
1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".
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