TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019

Today is Tuesday, March 5, the 64th day of 2019. There are 301 days left in the year.

1558 — Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes

1623 — First American temperance law enacted, Virginia

1760 — Princess Carolina marries General Charles Christian van Nassau-Weilburg

1807 — First performance of Ludwig von Beethoven’s 4th symphony

1856 — Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire

1900 — American Hall of Fame is founded

1907 — First radio broadcast of a musical composition aired

1908 — First ascent of Mount Erebus, Antarctica

1912 — Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks northeast of Spain