Historical Events on March 5

Hula Hoop

Here are some historical events that happened on March 5th:

1770 - The Boston Massacre: British soldiers kill five men in a crowd protesting against the British presence in Boston, Massachusetts. This event helped galvanize anti-British sentiment in the American colonies.

1836 - Samuel Colt manufactures the first revolver, a .34 caliber.

1933 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a nationwide bank holiday in an attempt to stabilize the banking system during the Great Depression.

1946 - Winston Churchill delivers his famous "Iron Curtain" speech in Fulton, Missouri, in which he warns of Soviet domination in Eastern Europe after World War II.

1953 - Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, dies after 29 years in power. His death marked the end of an era in Soviet history.

1963 - The Hula Hoop, a toy that became a huge fad in the 1960s, is patented by its inventor, Arthur "Spud" Melin.

1970 - The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after being ratified by 43 nations. Its aim is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

1979 - The Voyager 1 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Jupiter, sending back images and data that greatly expanded our knowledge of the planet.

1984 - The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the private use of home VCRs to record television programs does not violate copyright laws.

2013 - Hugo Chávez, the President of Venezuela, dies at the age of 58 after a battle with cancer. He had been in power since 1999.

These are just a few events that have occurred on March 5th throughout history.