THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009

Today is Thursday, March 5, the 64th day of 2009. There are 301 days left in the year.

1461 ― Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses

1770 ― Boston Massacre, British troops kill five in crowd; Crispus Attackus becomes first black to die for American freedom

1807 ― First performance of Ludwig van Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B

1868 ― Stapler patented in England by C. H. Gould

1900 ― American Hall of Fame is founded

1933 ― Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament (43.9 percent -17.2 million votes)

1933 ― FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday

1946 ― Winston Churchill's ``Iron Curtain" speech (Fulton. Mo.)

1953 ― Josef Stalin's death announced

1974 ― ``Candide" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 740 performances