On This Day: March 5

Updated March 4, 2012, 1:28 pm

On March 5, 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Mo.

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On March 5, 1908, Sir Rex Harrison, the Academy Award-winning English stage and film actor, was born. Following his death on June 2, 1990, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1770 The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people.

1867 An abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland.

1933 The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag.

1953 Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73 after nearly three decades in power.

1963 Country music singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn., at age 30.

1970 The nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect.

1982 Comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose at age 33.

2001 Vice President Dick Cheney underwent an angioplasty for a partially blocked artery.

2004 Martha Stewart was convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she’d unloaded her Imclone Systems Inc. stock just before the price plummeted.

Current Birthdays

By The Associated Press

Actress Eva Mendes turns 37 years old today.

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Actor Kevin Connolly (“Entourage”) turns 38 years old today.

AP Photo/Chris Pizzello

1922 James Noble, Actor, turns 90

1936 Dean Stockwell, Actor, turns 76

1937 Denny Crum, Hall of Fame basketball coach, turns 75

1948 Eddy Grant, Rock singer, turns 64

1954 Marsha Warfield, Actress, comedian, turns 58

1955 Penn Jillette, Magician, comedian (Penn and Teller), turns 57

1975 Niki Taylor, Model, turns 37

1976 Paul Konerko, Baseball player, turns 36

Historic Birthdays

Sir Rex Harrison 3/5/1908 – 6/2/1990 English stage and film actor.Go to obituary »

82 Gerardus Mercator 3/5/1512 – 12/2/1594
Flemish cartographer

75 Jan van der Heyden 3/5/1637 – 3/28/1712
Dutch painter of cityscapes

74 Giovanni Tiepolo 3/5/1696 – 3/27/1770
Italian painter

80 Lady Augusta Gregory 3/5/1852 – 5/22/1932
Irish writer and playwright

58 Howard Pyle 3/5/1853 – 11/9/1911
American illustrator, painter, and author

83 Michael von Faulhaber 3/5/1869 – 6/12/1952
German cardinal and archbishop of Munich

47 Rosa Luxemburg 3/5/1871 – 1/15/1919
German revolutionary and agitator

72 Arthur Schendel 3/5/1874 – 9/11/1946
Dutch novelist and short-story writer

86 Edouard Belin 3/5/1876 – 3/4/1963
French engineer and inventor

72 Heitor Villa-Lobos 3/5/1887 – 11/17/1959
Brazilian musician and composer

1770	The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people.
1867	An abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland.
1933	The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag.
1953	Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73 after nearly three decades in power.
1963	Country music singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn., at age 30.
1970	The nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect.
1982	Comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose at age 33.
2001	Vice President Dick Cheney underwent an angioplasty for a partially blocked artery.
2004	Martha Stewart was convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she’d unloaded her Imclone Systems Inc. stock just before the price plummeted.

1922	James Noble, Actor, turns 90
1936	Dean Stockwell, Actor, turns 76
1937	Denny Crum, Hall of Fame basketball coach, turns 75
1948	Eddy Grant, Rock singer, turns 64
1954	Marsha Warfield, Actress, comedian, turns 58
1955	Penn Jillette, Magician, comedian (Penn and Teller), turns 57
1975	Niki Taylor, Model, turns 37
1976	Paul Konerko, Baseball player, turns 36

82	Gerardus Mercator 3/5/1512 – 12/2/1594 Flemish cartographer
75	Jan van der Heyden 3/5/1637 – 3/28/1712 Dutch painter of cityscapes
74	Giovanni Tiepolo 3/5/1696 – 3/27/1770 Italian painter
80	Lady Augusta Gregory 3/5/1852 – 5/22/1932 Irish writer and playwright
58	Howard Pyle 3/5/1853 – 11/9/1911 American illustrator, painter, and author
83	Michael von Faulhaber 3/5/1869 – 6/12/1952 German cardinal and archbishop of Munich
47	Rosa Luxemburg 3/5/1871 – 1/15/1919 German revolutionary and agitator
72	Arthur Schendel 3/5/1874 – 9/11/1946 Dutch novelist and short-story writer
86	Edouard Belin 3/5/1876 – 3/4/1963 French engineer and inventor
72	Heitor Villa-Lobos 3/5/1887 – 11/17/1959 Brazilian musician and composer