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Almanac - March 5

Happy Birthday Penn Jillette b.1955

Events

363 – Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
1046 – Naser Khosrow begins the seven-year Middle Eastern journey which he will later describe in his book Safarnama.
1279 – The Livonian Order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
1496 – King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus's book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is banned by the Catholic Church
1766 – Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
1770 – Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years later. At a subsequent trial the soldiers are defended by John Adams.
1824 – First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
1836 – Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1850 – The Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait between the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales is opened.
1860 – Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
1868 – Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito receives its première performance at La Scala.
1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
1906 – Moro Rebellion: United States Army troops bring overwhelming force against the native Moros in the First Battle of Bud Dajo, leaving only six survivors.
1912 – Italian forces are the first to use airships for military purposes, employing them for reconnaissance behind Turkish lines.
1931 – The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing salt to be freely used by the poorest members of the population.
1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
1933 – Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections. This later allows the Nazis to pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
1940 – Members of Soviet politburo sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, known also as the Katyn massacre.
1943 – First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in the United Kingdom.
1944 – World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botosani Offensive in western Ukrainian SSR.
1946 – Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
1946 – Hungarian Communists and Social Democrats co-found the Left Bloc.
1960 – Cuban photographer Alberto Korda took his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara.
1965 – March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
1966 – BOAC Flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.
1970 – The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
1974 – Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
1975 – First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
1978 – The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
1979 – Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters.
1979 – America's Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
1981 – The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world.
1982 – Soviet probes Venera 14 landed on Venus.
1984 – 6,000 miners in the United Kingdom begin their strike at Cortonwood Colliery.
1988 – The Constitution of Turks and Caicos Islands is restored and revised.
1999 – Paul Okalik is elected first Premier of Nunavut.
2003 – In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed by a Hamas suicide bomb in the Haifa bus 37 massacre.

Births

1133 – Henry II of England, King of England (d. 1189)
1324 – King David II of Scotland (d. 1371)
1326 – Louis I of Hungary (d. 1382)
1512 – Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer (d. 1594)
1563 – John Coke, English politician (d. 1644)
1575 – William Oughtred, English mathematician (d. 1660)
1585 – John George I, Elector of Saxony (d. 1656)
1658 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (d. 1730)
1693 – Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d. 1754)
1696 – Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
1703 – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky, Russian poet (d. 1768)
1713 – Edward Cornwallis, English military officer (d. 1776)
1713 – Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1783)
1723 – Princess Mary of Great Britain (d. 1773)
1739 – Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American physican and statesman (d. 1819)
1748 – Jonas C. Dryander, Swedish botanist (d. 1810)
1748 – William Shield, English musician (d. 1829)
1750 – Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
1751 – Jan Krtitel Kuchar, Czech organist, harpsichordist, music composer and teacher (d. 1829)
1794 – Jacques Babinet, French physicist (d. 1872)
1794 – Robert Cooper Grier, American jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1870)
1814 – Wilhelm von Giesebrecht, German historian (d. 1889)
1815 – John Wentworth, American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois (d. 1888)
1817 – Austen Henry Layard, English archaeologist (d. 1894)
1836 – Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
1853 – Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (d. 1911)
1862 – Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (d. 1934)
1867 – Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Premier of Quebec (d. 1952)
1869 – Michael von Faulhaber, German cardinal and archbishop (d. 1952)
1870 – Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
1871 – Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
1873 – Olav Bjaaland, Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. 1961)
1874 – Henry Travers, British actor (d. 1965)
1879 – Sir William Beveridge, British economist (d. 1963)
1882 – Dora Marsden, British editor, writer (d. 1960)
1883 – Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (d. 1969)
1886 – Dong Biwu, Chinese Communist Party figure (d. 1975)
1887 – Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (d. 1959)
1897 – Set Persson, Swedish communist politician (d. 1960)
1898 – Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)
1898 – Soong May-ling, Chinese wife of Chiang Kai-Shek (d. 2003)
1904 – Karl Rahner, German theologian (d. 1984)
1908 – Irving Fiske, American writer, playwright, (d. 1990)
1908 – Sir Rex Harrison, English actor (d. 1990)
1910 – Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (d. 2007)
1914 – Philip Farkas, American horn player and teacher (d. 1992)
1915 – Henry Hicks, Canadian university administrator and politician (d. 1990)
1915 – Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician (d. 2002)
1918 – Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager
1918 – Red Storey, Canadian football player and ice hockey referee (d. 2006)
1918 – James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1920 – José Aboulker, Jewish Communist (d. 2009)
1920 – Virginia Christine, American actress (d. 1996)
1921 – Elmer Valo, American baseball player (d. 1998)
1922 – James Noble, American actor
1922 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (d. 1975)
1923 – Laurence Tisch, American investor (d. 2003)
1927 – Jack Cassidy, American actor (d. 1976)
1929 – Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
1929 – J. B. Lenoir, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter
1930 – John Ashley, National Hockey League referee (d. 2008)
1930 – Del Crandall, American baseball player
1931 – Fred Othon Aristidès, French comics artist
1931 – Jean-Paul Roussillon, French actor (d. 2009)
1931 – Barry Tuckwell, Australian horn player
1933 – Jef Eygel, Belgian basketball player (d. 2005)
1933 – Kostas Linoxilakis, Greek footballer
1933 – Tommy Tucker, American blues singer and pianist (d. 1982)
1934 – Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist, Nobel laureate
1934 – James B. Sikking, American actor
1935 – Philip K. Chapman, Australian astronaut and scientist
1935 – Paul Sand, American actor
1936 – Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
1936 – Dean Stockwell, American actor
1937 – Olus?gun ?basanj?, 5th & 12th President of Nigeria
1938 – Paul Evans, American singer and songwriter
1938 – Lynn Margulis, American biologist (d. 2011)
1938 – Fred Williamson, American football player and actor
1939 – Samantha Eggar, English actress
1939 – Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer
1939 – Pierre Wynants, Belgian chef
1942 – Felipe González, Prime Minister of Spain (1982–1996)
1942 – Mike Resnick, American science fiction author
1943 – Billy Backus, American boxer
1944 – Lucio Battisti, Italian singer (d. 1998)
1944 – Peter Brandes, Danish artist
1944 – Roy Gutman, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
1946 – Richard Bell, Canadian musician (The Band) (d. 2007)
1946 – Mem Fox, Australian writer
1946 – Murray Head, British actor and singer
1946 – Lova Moor, French singer and dancer
1947 – Eddie Hodges, American actor and singer
1947 – Clodagh Rodgers, Irish singer
1947 – Kent Tekulve, American baseball player
1948 – Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer
1948 – Richard Hickox, English musical conductor
1948 – Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
1948 – Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1984)
1949 – Leszek Blazynski, Polish boxer (d. 1992)
1949 – Franz Josef Jung, German federal minister of defence
1950 – Tom Russell, American singer/songwriter
1951 – Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid, Malaysian cartoonist
1951 – Giorgos Ninios, Greek actor
1951 – Burkhard Segler, German footballer
1952 – Diana Castro Hagee, American evangelist and author, wife of John Hagee
1952 – Alan Clark, English keyboardist (Dire Straits)
1953 – Michael Sandel, American philosopher
1954 – Barry Lee Fairchild, American convicted murderer (d. 1995)
1954 – Jack Stamp, American wind band composer
1954 – Marsha Warfield, American actress
1955 – Penn Jillette, American magician and comedian
1955 – Julien Dray, French politician
1955 – Georgios Papastamkos, Greek politician
1956 – Adriana Barraza, Mexican actress
1956 – Teena Marie, American singer (d. 2010)
1956 – Marco Paolini, Italian stage actor and author
1957 – Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall)
1957 – Ray Suarez, American journalist and author
1958 – Andy Gibb, English-born Australian singer and teen idol (d. 1988)
1959 – David Fury, American television writer and producer
1959 – Tsukasa Hojo, Japanese manga artist
1959 –Vazgen Sargsyan, Armenian politician and 7th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 1999)
1960 – David Tibet, English musician (Current 93)
1962 – Jonathan Penner, American reality show contestant
1962 – Charlie and Craig Reid, Scottish musicians (The Proclaimers)
1963 – Joel Osteen, American religious figure
1964 – Bertrand Cantat, French singer and murderer
1964 – Egon Flad, German footballer
1966 – Bob Halkidis, Canadian hockey player
1966 – Michael Irvin, American football player
1966 – Aasif Mandvi, Indian-born American actor and comedian
1968 – Gordon Bajnai, Hungarian politician
1969 – Paul Blackthorne, British actor
1969 – Danny King, British author
1969 – Moussa Saïb, former Algerian footballer
1969 – MC Solaar, French rapper
1970 – Mike Brown, American basketball coach
1970 – John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
1970 – Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress
1971 – Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player
1971 – Yuri Lowenthal, American actor and author
1971 – Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian mountainbiker
1971 – Scott Mosier, American producer
1972 – Brian Grant, American basketball player
1972 – Luca Turilli, Italian musician (Rhapsody)
1973 – Yannis Anastasiou, Greek footballer
1973 – Ryan Franklin, American baseball player
1974 – Kevin Connolly, American actor and comedian
1974 – Jens Jeremies, German footballer
1974 – Matt Lucas, English comedian
1974 – Eva Mendes, American actress
1975 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian novelist (d. 2009)
1975 – Jolene Blalock, American actress
1975 – Luciano Burti, Brazilian racing driver
1975 – Sasho Petrovski, Australian soccer player
1975 – Niki Taylor, American model
1976 – Šarunas Jasikevicius, Lithuanian basketball player
1976 – Paul Konerko, American baseball player
1976 – Katerina Matziou, Greek actress
1976 – Tim Sylvia, American mixed martial artist
1977 – Bryan Berard, American ice hockey player
1977 – Mike MacDougal, American baseball player
1977 – Wally Szczerbiak, American basketball player
1978 – Jared Crouch, Australian rules footballer
1978 – Mike Hessman, American baseball player
1978 – Kimberly McCullough, American actress
1979 – Tang Gonghong, Chinese weightlifter
1981 – Barret Jackman, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Paul Martin, American ice hockey player
1981 – Shugo Oshinari, Japanese actor
1981 – Andreas Wiig, Norwegian snowboarder
1982 – Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
1982 – Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
1984 – Ryan Crowley, Australian rules footballer
1984 – Guillaume Hoarau, French footballer
1985 – David Marshall, Scottish footballer
1985 – Kenichi Matsuyama, Japanese actor
1985 – Brad Mills, American baseball player
1986 – Matty Fryatt, English footballer
1986 – Kimberlee Green, Australian netball player
1986 – Ellen Whitaker, English show jumper
1987 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian tennis player
1988 – Trevor Carson, Northern Irish footballer
1988 – Bjarni Viðarsson, Icelandic footballer
1989 – Sterling Knight, American actor
1989 – Jake Lloyd, American actor
1990 – Alex Smithies, English footballer
1992 – Erik Lamela, Argentine footballer

Deaths

1534 – Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
1539 – Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)
1592 – Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
1611 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
1622 – Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
1695 – Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
1726 – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
1770 – Crispus Attucks, American Revolution figure
1776 – Yeongjo of Joseon of Korea (b. 1694)
1778 – Thomas Arne, English composer (b. 1710)
1815 – Franz Anton Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
1827 – Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
1827 – Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
1829 – John Adams, British mutineer (b. 1766)
1849 – David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
1876 – Marie d'Agoult, German-born writer (b. 1805)
1893 – Hippolyte Taine, French historian (b. 1828)
1895 – Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (b. 1831)
1895 – Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (b. 1810)
1903 – George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854)
1904 – John Lowther du Plat Taylor, British Army officer (b. 1829)
1907 – Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
1925 – Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (b. 1859)
1926 – Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
1927 – Franz Mertens, German mathematician (b. 1840)
1929 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile executive (b. 1854)
1931 – Fr. Arthur Tooth, British religious figure (b. 1839)
1940 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868)
1944 – Max Jacob, French poet and writer (b. 1876)
1945 – Lena Baker, American convicted murderer (b. 1901)
1947 – Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
1950 – Edgar Lee Masters American poet, biographer and dramatist (b. 1868)
1953 – Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (b. 1897)
1953 – Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (b. 1891)
1953 – Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
1955 – Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian politician (b. 1888)
1963 – Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
1963 – Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
1963 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer (b. 1921)
1965 – Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
1965 – Pepper Martin, American baseball player (b. 1904)
1966 – Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
1967 – Georges Vanier, Canadian politician (b. 1888)
1967 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian Prime Minister (b. 1882)
1973 – Michael Jeffery, British music manager (b. 1933)
1974 – John Samuel Bourque, Quebec politician (b. 1894)
1974 – Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
1974 – Sol Hurok, Russian-born American impresario (b. 1888)
1977 – Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (b. 1949)
1980 – Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (b. 1912)
1980 – Winifred Wagner, German opera producer (b. 1897)
1981 – Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
1982 – John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
1984 – Pierre Cochereau, French organist and composer (b. 1924)
1984 – Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (b. 1915)
1984 – William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
1988 – Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
1990 – Gary Merrill, American film actor (b. 1915)
1993 – Cyril Collard, French author and filmmaker (b. 1957)
1995 – Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. 1952)
1995 – Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Band) (b. 1943)
1996 – Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
1997 – Samm Sinclair Baker, American dietician and author (b. 1909)
1997 – Jean Dréville, French film director (b. 1906)
1999 – Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922)
2000 – Rena Dor, Greek actress and singer (b. 1917)
2000 – Lolo Ferrari, French pornographic actress (b. 1962)
2004 – Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
2006 – Richard Kuklinski, American organized crime figure (b. 1935)
2008 – Joseph Weizenbaum, German-born American computer science professor (b. 1923)

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