March 5

Today in History
• 1179 - 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
• 1461 - Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses
• 1496 - English king Henry VII hires John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) to explore
• 1558 - Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
• 1623 - 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
• 1645 - Battle of Jankau in Bohemia: Sweden defeats Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III
• 1743 - 1st U.S. religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston
• 1770 - Boston Massacre: British soldiers kill 5 men in a crowd throwing snowballs


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Arrival Of The First Missionaries
• Cinco de Marcho
• Clean Up Australia Day
• Finisher’s Medal Day
• Kyrgyzstan National Hat Day
• National Cheese Doodle Day
• National Potty Dance Day
• St. Piran’s Day

Birthdays
• 1133 - Henry II of England, King of England (1154-89)
• 1324 - David II Bruce, king of Scotland, 1331 - 1371
• 1326 - Louis I, the Great, King of Hungary, 1342-82, Poland, 1370-82
• 1658 - Antoine Cadillac, french colonial governor of America
• 1723 - Princess Mary of Great Britain
• 1794 - Robert Cooper Grier, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• 1824 - Elisha Harris, U.S., physician/found American Public Health Assoc.
• 1871 - Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126