Discover what happened on March 5 in history, along with notable celebrity birthdays and fun Days of the Year to celebrate.
TODAY IN HISTORY:
1836 – Samuel Colt patented the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1845 – Congress appropriated $30,000 to ship camels to the western U.S.
1868 – The Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.
1872 – George Westinghouse patented the air brake.
1910 – In Philadelphia, PA, 60,000 people left their jobs to show support for striking transit workers.
1922 – “Annie Oakley” (Phoebe Ann Moses) broke all existing records for women’s trap shooting. She hit 98 out of 100 targets.
1924 – Frank Caruana of Buffalo, NY, became the first bowler to roll two perfect games in a row.
1933 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a four-day bank holiday, closing all banks and freezing all financial transactions, in order to stop large amounts of money from being withdrawn from banks.
1934 – In Amarillo, TX, the first Mother’s-In-Law Day was celebrated.
1956 – The Supreme Court affirmed the ban on segregation in public schools.
1957 – Kitty Carlisle made her first appearance on TV’s “To Tell the Truth”.
1960 – Elvis Presley was honorably discharged from the Army.
1963 – The Hula Hoop was patented.
1971 – While in Belfast, the band Led Zeppelin played “Stairway to Heaven”for the first time.
1976 – One of the worst ice storms in history hit Wisconsin and Lower Michigan. From 2-5″ of ice built up on trees and power lines. Many people power for as long as ten days.
1977 – President Jimmy Carter appeared on “CBS News” with Walter Cronkite for the first “Dial-a-President” radio talk show.
1979 – The Voyager 1 spacecraft had its closest approach to Jupiter at 172,000 miles.
1984 – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities had the right to display the Nativity scene as part of their Christmas display.
1985 – The TV show “Moonlighting”, starring Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd, premiered.
1993 – Sprinter Ben Johnson was banned from racing for life by the Amateur Athletic Association after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances for a second time.
1994 – Grace Slick was arrested for pointing a shotgun at police in her home.
1997 – Chuck Niles received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1998 – NASA announced that an orbiting craft had found enough water on the moon to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.
1998 – It was announced that Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins would lead crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia on a mission to launch a large X-ray telescope. She was the first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission.
2002 – MTV began airing the reality television show “The Osbournes” that followed the daily activities of Ozzy Osbourne and his family.
2004 – Martha Stewart was found guilty on all four counts in her obstruction of justice trial.
2010 – Tim Burton’s version of “Alice in Wonderland” premiered in theaters.
2019 – According to Forbes, Kylie Jenner was named the world’s youngest-ever billionaire at the age of 21.
BIRTHDAYS:
Paul Sand – 94 years old (1932) – Actor
Paul Evans – 88 years old (1938) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Fred Williamson – 88 years old (1938) – Football player, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Roy Gutman – 82 years old (1944) – Journalist and author
Kent Tekulve – 79 years old (1947) – Baseball player and sportscaster
Tom Russell – 77 years old (1949) – Singer-songwriter and guitarist
Robin Hobb – 74 years old (1952) – Author
Mike Squires – 74 years old (1952) – Baseball player and scout
Michael J. Sandel – 73 years old (1953) – Philosopher and academic
Marsha Warfield – 72 years old (1954) – Actress
Penn Jillette – 71 years old (1955) – Magician, actor, and author
Ray Suarez – 69 years old (1957) – Journalist and author
Bob Forward – 68 years old (1958) – Director, producer, and screenwriter
Talia Balsam – 67 years old (1959) – Actress
Mike Munchak – 66 years old (1960) – Football player and coach
Joel Osteen – 63 years old (1963) – Pastor, author, and television host
Scott Skiles – 62 years old (1964) – Basketball player and coach
Reggie Williams – 62 years old (1964) – Basketball player and coach
Michael Irvin – 60 years old (1966) – Football player, sportscaster, and actor
Aasif Mandvi – 60 years old (1966) – Indian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
Zachary Stevens – 60 years old (1966) – Singer-songwriter
Mike Brown – 56 years old (1970) – Basketball player and coach
John Frusciante – 56 years old (1970) – Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Jeffrey Hammonds – 55 years old (1971) – Baseball player and scout
Yuri Lowenthal – 55 years old (1971) – Voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
Brian Grant – 54 years old (1972) – Basketball player
Ryan Franklin – 53 years old (1973) – Baseball player
Kevin Connolly – 52 years old (1974) – Actor and director
Eva Mendes – 52 years old (1974) – Model and actress
Jolene Blalock – 51 years old (1975) – Model and actress
Paul Konerko – 50 years old (1976) – Baseball player
Bryan Berard – 49 years old (1977) – Ice hockey player
Wally Szczerbiak – 49 years old (1977) – Basketball player and sportscaster
Mike Hessman – 48 years old (1978) – Baseball player and coach
Kimberly McCullough – 48 years old (1978) – Actress, singer, and dancer
Shay Carl – 46 years old (1980) – Businessman, co-founded Maker Studios
Paul Martin – 45 years old (1981) – Ice hockey player
Karolina Wydra – 45 years old (1981) – Polish-American actress and model
Brad Mills – 41 years old (1985) – Baseball player
Corey Brewer – 40 years old (1986) – Basketball player and coach
Sterling Knight – 37 years old (1989) – Actor, singer, and dancer
Jake Lloyd – 37 years old (1989) – Actor
Mason Plumlee – 36 years old (1990) – Basketball player
Sam Bankman-Fried – 34 years old (1992) – Businessman and fraudster
Joshua Coyne – 33 years old (1993) – Violinist and composer
Kyle Schwarber – 33 years old (1993) – Baseball player
Taylor Hill – 30 years old (1996) – Model
Emmanuel Mudiay – 30 years old (1996) – Congolese-American basketball player
Bo Bichette – 28 years old (1998) – Baseball player
Madison Beer – 27 years old (1999) – Singer-songwriter
Justin Fields – 27 years old (1999) – Football player
Doug Edert – 26 years old (2000) – Basketball player
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