This Day in USA History
March 5

What happened in history on this day: March 5? On March 5 in ... 1845 - US Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US. 1856 - Georgia becomes first US state to regulate railroads. 1862 - Union troops under Brigadier-General Wright occupy Fernandina, Florida. 1877 - Rutherford B Hayes inaugurated as 19th US President. 1900 - American Hall of Fame is founded. 1923 - Montana and Nevada become first states to enact old age pension laws. 1924 - Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM. 1927 - 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property. 1934 - Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo, Texas). 1935 - First premature baby health law in US (Chicago, Illinois). 1945 - US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne. 1946 - Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton, Missouri). 1948 - US rocket flies record 4800kph to 126km height. 1958 - Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit. 1959 - Iran and US sign economic and military treaty. 1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 1968 - US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun. 1970 - Three SDS Weathermen terrorist group bomb 18 West 11th Steet in New York City, New York. 1973 - The US Treasury calls for new designs for the half dollar and the dollar coins for the 1976 American bicentennial. 1975 - The Homebrew Computer Club, an early computer hobbyist club in Silicon Valley, meets for the first time. Its members include several future high-profile hackers and IT entrepreneurs, including the founders of Apple Inc. 1978 - Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. 1984 - US Supreme Court rules 5-4 that city may use public money for Nativity scene. 1989 - 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$37,002,000. 1994 - A gunman takes eight people hostage in the Salt Lake City Public Library in Utah. 1995 - 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins. 2003 - The Supreme Court of the United States, by a 5-4 margin, upholds California's "three strikes and you're out" law. 2006 - The 2006 Academy Awards are held, with film Crash winning Best Picture. Births on March 5 1903 - Birth of Lowell Peters in Cleveland, Tennessee, USA; vocalist (Southernaires). 1917 - Birth of Virginia Christine in Stanton, Iowa, USA; actress (Tales of Wells Fargo). 1922 - Birth of James Noble in Dallas, Texas, USA; actor (Governor Gatling - Benson). 1927 - Birth of Jack [John Joseph Edward] Cassidy in Richmond Hill, New York, USA; actor (Oscar/Jetman - He and She). 1929 - Birth of Joan Shawlee in Forest Hills, New York, USA; actress (Prehistoric Women). 1933 - Birth of Arlen Dean Snyder in Rice, Kansas, USA; actor (Trauma Center). 1934 - Birth of James B Sikking in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Hill Street Blues, Star Trek III, Doogie Howser). 1936 - Birth of Dale Douglass in Wewoka, Oklahoma, USA; PGA golfer (1970 Phoenix Open). 1936 - Birth of Dean Stockwell in Hollywood, California, USA; actor (Quantum Leap, Blue Velvet). 1938 - Birth of Fred "Hammer" Williamson in Gary, Indiana, USA; NFL player (Kansas City Chiefs), actor (Julia). 1944 - Birth of Paul Sands in Los Angeles, California, USA; comedian/actor (SCTV, Story Theater, St. Elsewhere). 1946 - Birth of Michael Warren in South Bend, Indiana, USA; actor (Bobby Hill - Hill Street Blues). 1946 - Birth of Rocky Bleier in Wisconsin, USA; NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers). 1947 - Birth of Eddie Hodges in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA; actor/singer (High Hopes, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn). 1950 - Birth of Eugene Fodor in Turkey Creek, Colorado, USA; violinist (1972 Paganini Award, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award). 1950 - Birth of Harvey Jacob Alperin in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actor (Cocktail). 1953 - Birth of Russel D Feingold; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Wisconsin). 1955 - Birth of Penn Jillette in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA; magician (Penn and Teller - Penn and Teller are Dead). 1957 - Birth of Tim Holden; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Pennsylvania). 1962 - Birth of Elise Burgin in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; tennis star. 1962 - Birth of Robert L Curbeam Jr in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; astronaut (STS 85, sk-99). 1966 - Birth of Tracy Kerdyk in Coral Gables, Florida, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple). 1968 - Birth of Marq Mellor in Long Island, New York, USA; field hockey forward (Olympics-1996). 1968 - Birth of Shjon Podein in Rochester, Minnesota, USA; NHL left wing (Philadelphia Flyers). 1971 - Birth of Amy Peistrup-Matthews in Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA; WPVA volleyball player (Old Orchard-17-1995). 1971 - Birth of Brian Hunter in Portland, Oregon, USA; outfielder (Houston Astros). 1971 - Birth of Chad Fonville in Jacksonville, North Carolina, USA; infielder (Los Angeles Dodgers). 1974 - Birth of Brad Schumacher; American 400 metre/800 metre freestyle (Olympics-gold-1996). 1977 - Birth of Natalie Bevins; Miss West Virginia-USA (1997). 1978 - Birth of Kimberly McCullough in Bellflower, California; actress (Robin - General Hospital). 1989 - Birth of Jake Lloyd, American actor. Deaths on March 5 1966 - Enrique E Ecker, Curaçaos/US bacteriologist, dies at age 79. 1974 - Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, US impresario, dies at age 85. 1980 - Jay Silverheels, American actor (Tonto - Lone Ranger), dies at age 60 (born 1912). 1982 - John Belushi, American actor/comedian (Saturday Night Live), dies of drug overdose at age 33 (born 1949). 1984 - Michael Sklar, California, comedian (Laugh-in, Sha Na Na), dies at age 39. 1984 - William Powell, American actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at age 91 (born 1892). 1990 - Gloria Carter Spann, President Carter's sister, dies at age 63 from cancer. 1992 - Andrew Samuel, child actor (Our Gang), dies at age 82. 1999 - Death of Richard Kiley, American actor (born 1922). 2004 - Death of Priscilla Paris, American singer (born 1953). 2008 - Death of Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist (born 1923).         Your Ad Here You can pick a particular day to view that day's events in history. 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