WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008

Today is Wednesday, March 5, the 65th day of 2008. There are 301 days left in the year.

1558 _ Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes

1616 _ Copernicus' ``de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index

1623 _ First American temperance law enacted, Virginia

1651 _ South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm

1807 _ First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B

1917 _ First jazz recording for Victor Records released

1946 _ Winston Churchill's ``Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton MO)

1953 _ Josef Stalin's death announced

1960 _ Elvis Presley ends two-year hitch in U.S. Army

1997 _ Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox and Willie Wells for Hall of Fame