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From: Mary Minnich< >
Subject: [FOLKLORE-L] Today in History - March 5th
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 06:06:24 -0500


Today is Friday, March fifth, the 64th day of 1999.
There are 301 days left in the year.

TODAY IS GLENN ROGER'S BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GLENN.

Today's Highlight in History:
On March fifth, 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers
who'd been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people.
(Two British soldiers were later convicted of manslaughter.)

On this date:
In 1849, Zachary Taylor took the oath of office at his presidential
inauguration.

In 1868, the Senate was organized into a Court of Impeachment to decide
charges against President Andrew Johnson.

In 1933, in German parliamentary elections, the Nazi Party won 44 percent of
the vote, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender
majority in the Reichstag.

In 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at
Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

In 1953, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73 after 29 years in
power.

In 1963, a private plane crash near Camden, Tennessee, claimed the lives of
country music performers Patsy Cline, "Cowboy" Copas and "Hawkshaw" Hawkins.

In 1970, a nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect after 43
nations ratified it.

In 1982, comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in a rented
bungalow in Hollywood; he was 33.

Ten years ago: Machinists striking Eastern Airlines withdrew an immediate
threat to picket the nation's railroads, after a federal judge issued an
order temporarily prohibiting rail workers from honoring the Eastern picket
lines.

Five years ago: White House Counsel Bernard Nussbaum resigned in the wake of
turmoil over the Clinton administration's handling of questions related to
Whitewater. A jury in Pensacola, Florida, convicted anti-abortion activist
Michael F. Griffin of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Dr. David
Gunn; Griffin was sentenced to life in prison.

One year ago: Details of President Clinton's deposition testimony in the
Paula Jones sexual harassment case against him were published in The
Washington Post, prompting an angry denunciation from the president for the
news leak. NASA scientists said enough water is frozen in the loose soil of
the moon to support a lunar base and perhaps to one day build a human colony
there.

Today's Birthdays:
Actor James Noble is 77.
Actor James B. Sikking is 65.
Actor Dean Stockwell is 63.
Actor Fred Williamson is 61.
Actor Michael Warren is 53.
Actor Eddie Hodges is 52.
Singer Eddy Grant is 51.
Violinist Eugene Fodor is 49.
Rock musician Alan Clark (Dire Straits) is 47.
Actress-comedian Marsha Warfield is 45.
Magician Penn Jillette is 44.
Rock singer Charlie Reid is 37.
Roc singer Craig Reid is 37.
Rock musician John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 29.
Singer Rome is 29.
Actor Kevin Connolly ("Unhappily Ever After") is 25.
Model Niki Taylor is 24.
Actor Jake Lloyd ("Jingle All the Way") is ten.
Thought for Today:

"More tears have been shed over men's lack of manners that their lack of
morals."
-- Helen Hathaway, American writer (1893-1932).

(Copyright 1999 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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