March 5 - Misplaced Pages

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March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). There are 301 days remaining.

Events:

1461 - King Henry VI of England is deposed
1770 - Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed in an event that would help start the American Revolution 5 years later.
1918 - The Soviet Union moves the national capital from Petrograd to Moscow
1933 - Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions
1946 - Winston Churchill metions the Iron Curtain in his speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. This event is often regarded at the beginning of the Cold War.
1960 - Elvis Presley is discharged from the United States Army
1993 - Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson is banned from international competiton for life after testing positive for banned substances for the second time
2002 - MTV begins airing The Osbournes

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December