Sunday, March 05, 2023

History for March 5

History for March 5 - On-This-Day.com
Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller)
  • 1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation.
  • 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.
  • 1933 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a four-day bank holiday in order to stop large amounts of money from being withdrawn from banks.
  • 1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.
  • 1943 - Germany called fifteen- and sixteen-year-olds for military service due to war losses.
  • 1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".
  • 1993 - Cuban President Fidel Castro said that Hillary Clinton was "a beautiful woman."

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