383 Historic Events for March 5
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| 1856 |
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Covent Garden Opera House destroyed in a fire
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| 1856 |
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Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads
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| 1862 |
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Union troops under brig-gen Wright occupy Fernandina Florida
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| 1864 |
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1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge
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| 1867 |
Birth |
Theodor Z”ckler, German theologist (Stanislauer Anstalten)
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| 1868 |
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Prosper Poullet, Belgian viscount/jurist/minister
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| 1868 |
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Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan
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| 1868 |
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Stapler patented in England by C H Gould
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| 1868 |
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US Senate organizes to decide charges against Pres Andrew Johnson
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| 1869 |
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Michael von Faulhaber, cardinal/archbishop of Munich
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| 1870 |
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[B] Franc[lin] Norris, US, writer (McTeague, Octopus)
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| 1871 |
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Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126
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| 1872 |
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George Westinghouse Jr patents triple air brake for trains
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| 1873 |
Death |
Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer, dies at 34
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Arthur van Schendel, Dutch writer (The World a Dancing Party)
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| 1874 |
Birth |
Henry Travers, England, actor (Bells of St Mary, High Sierra)
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| 1876 |
Death |
Marie-C-S de Flavigny Agoult, [Daniel Stern], Fren author, dies at 70
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| 1877 |
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Rutherford B Hayes inaugurated as 19th US president
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| 1877 |
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Malcolm D Whitman, tennis champ (US Open-1898)
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| 1879 |
Birth |
Walter Long, actor (Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol)
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| 1886 |
Birth |
Paul Radmilovic, England, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1908)
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| 1887 |
Birth |
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz)
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Friedrich Schnack, German journalist/writer (Rosewood)
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| 1889 |
Birth |
Frits Slomp, [Frits de Rover], Dutch vicar/resistance fighter
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| 1891 |
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Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, Chicago Ill, comedian (Olsen and Johnson)
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