March 5th
Today in America's Present Past
1623 | First “temperance” law enacted in America, in Virginia.
1658 | Explorer and founder of “Detroit,” Antonine de Lamothe Cadillac was born.
1743 | The first religious journal, The Christian History, published in Boston.
1750 | The first American production of Shakespeare - "Richard III.”
1770 | The Boston Massacre.
1774 | John Hancock delivers the fourth annual Massacre Day oration.
1794 | SCOTUS: Justice Robert Cooper Grier was born.
1821 | POTUS: President Monroe was sworn in.
1824 | Author James Merritt Ives was born.
1836 | Samuel Colt begins production of the .36 caliber “Texas” model pistol.
1840 | Author Constance Fenimore Woolson was born.
1841 | Congress: The first continuous filibuster in US Senate began until March 11.
1849 | POTUS: President Taylor was sworn in.
1849 | Indian Wars: Battle Creek massacre.
1853 | Piano company Steinway & Sons founded.
1853 | Composer Arthur Foote was born.
1858 | First annual Crispus Attucks Day, celebrated in Boston, Massachusetts.
1872 | George Westinghouse patents the triple train break.
1877 | POTUS: President Hayes publicly sworn in.
1893 | Entrepreneur Emmett J. Culligan was born.
1917 | POTUS: President Wilson was sworn in.
1927 | 1,000 American forces land in China to protect U.S. property.
1929 | Entrepreneur David Dunbar Buick died.
1933 | POTUS: Democrat President Roosevelt creates a 10-day bank holiday.
1945 | WWII: US forces liberate Cologne.
1946 | Winston Churchill delivers his “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri.
1955 | TV: Elvis Presley makes his first television appearance.
1955 | Entertainer Penn Jillette was born.
1960 | Entertainer Elvis Presley is discharged from the army.
1963 | Entertainer Patsy Cline died.
1982 | Entertainer John Belushi died.