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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010

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  • Published Mar 4, 2010 5:26 pm KST
  • Updated Mar 4, 2010 5:26 pm KST

Today is Friday, March 5, the 64th day of 2010. 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

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

1943 _ Anti fascist strikes in Italy

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

1953 _ Josef Stalin's death announced

1991 _ Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait