March 5: Unforgettable Events In History

On this date in history, March 5th, many events took place that changed the course of history. From the Boston Massacre to the Space Race, let's take a look back at some of the most unforgettable moments that occurred on this day. Tune in to learn more in this informative and interesting video!

1496 English King Henry VII grants John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) a commission to explore for new lands
1558 Smoking tobacco introduced into Europe by Spanish physician Francisco Fernandes
1623 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
1750 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC
1770 Boston Massacre (Incident on King Street): British soldiers kill 5 men in a crowd throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at them. African American Crispus Attucks 1st to die; later held up as early black martyr. Massacre galvanizes anti-British feelings.
1774 John Hancock delivers the fourth annual Massacre Day oration, a commemoration of the Boston Massacre, and denounces the presence of British troops in Boston, enhancing Hancock's stature as a leading Patriot
1821 Monroe is 1st US President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sunday
1836 Samuel Colt's Patent Arms Manufacturing Company manufactures first pistol, 36-caliber "Texas" model, in Paterson, New Jersey
1841 1st continuous filibuster in US Senate began, lasting until March 11
1858 Abolitionists establish "Crispus Attucks Day" in Boston
1868 US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson
1904 Nikola Tesla describes the process of the ball lightning formation in Electrical World and Engineer
1904 Nikola Tesla describes the process of the ball lightning formation in Electrical World and Engineer
1933 FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday in the US in attempt stem bank failures and restore confidence
1948 US rocket flies record 4800 kph to 126km height
1958 Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
1960 Elvis Presley ends 2-year hitch in US Army
1968 US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun
1982 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data
2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets South Korean officials for the first time since taking office, hosting a dinner in Pyongyang
2019 Second-ever person "cured" of HIV after stem cell transplant treatment in London, England results published in "Nature"
2022 Explorer Ernest Shackleton's ship Endurance that sank in 1915, rediscovered in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica in excellent condition

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