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