March 5

ON THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ MARCH 5

 

 

 1908 - Rex Harrison, England, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr Doolittle) is born.

 1922 - "Nosferatu" premieres in Berlin

 1923 - 1st old age pension plans in US established by Montana & Nevada

 1924 - Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM
 1924 - Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games
 1927 - 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property

 1927 - Jack Cassidy, Richmond Hill VA, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She)

 1931 - Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact

 1933 - FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday
 1933 - Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament
 1936 - Spitfire makes it's 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton)

1936 -  Disney's animated short Three Orphan Kittens wins an Oscar for Short Subjects, Cartoon  

 1945 - World War II: The "Battle of the Ruhr" begins.

 1946 - Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton Missouri)
 1950 -  The first color comic strip of Disney's "Cinderella" is published in newspapers.
 1954 - Marsha Warfield, comedian/actress (Roz-Night Court), born
 1955 - Marcia McCabe, actress (Alice-One Life to Live), born
 1955 - Penn Jillette, Mass, magician (Penn & Teller-Penn & Teller are Dead), born
 1955 - Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show

 1956 - "King Kong," 1st televised

 1958 - Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
 1958 - Andy Gibb, Manchester England, singer/TV host (Solid Gold, Bee Gees), born
 1959 - Iran & US sign economic & military treaty

 1960 - Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army

 1962 - Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers), born
 1963 - Beatles record "From Me to You" & "Thank You Girl"

 1963 - Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30
 1968 - US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun

 1969 - Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris
 1969 - Dusty Springfield collapsed while taping a TV appearance.

 1974 - "Candide" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 740 performances

 1974 - Kevin Connolly, actor (Beverly Hillbillies, Rocky V, Angus), born
 1975 - Niki Taylor, model (Elle, Marie Claire), born
 1978 - "Hello, Dolly!" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 152 perfs

 1982 - John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33
 1984 - Michael Sklar, California, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at 39

 1984 - William Powell, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 91