1179 Third Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1616 Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index
1623 First American temperance law enacted, Virginia
1743 First US religious journal, The Christian History, published in Boston
1766 Don Antonio de Ulloa takes possession of Louisiana Territory from French
1770 Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes first black to die for American freedom
1795 Treaty of Basel-Prussia ends war with France
1845 Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western US
1856 Georgia becomes first state to regulate railroads
1872 George Westinghouse, Jr. patents triple air brake for trains
1894 Seattle authorizes first municipal employment office in US
1897 American Negro Academy forms
1908 First ascent of Mt Erebus, Antarctica
1912 Spanish steamer "Principe de Asturias" sinks northeast of Spain, 500 die
1923 Montana & Nevada become first states to enact old age pension laws
1924 Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corporation becomes IBM
1924 Frank Carauna, becomes first to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games
1927 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property
1933 FDR proclaims 10-day bank holiday
1934 Mother-in-law's day first celebrated (Amarillo, Texas)
1935 First premature baby health law in US (Chicago)
1946 Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech
1953 Josef Stalin's death announced
1956 "King Kong," first televised
1966 75 MPH air currents cause BOAC 707 crash above Mount Fuji, 124 die
1968 US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun
1970 Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect
1973 Yankee pitchers Peterson & Kekich announce they swapped wives
1991 Reggie Miller (Indiana) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games
1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks

Birthdays which occurred on March 5th:

1326 Louis I (the Great) King of Hungary (1342-82), Poland (1370-82)
1512 Gerardus Mercator Rupelmonde (Belgium), geographer/mapmaker
1574 William Oughtred England, mathematician/inventor (slide rule)
1658 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac French colonial governor of America
1696 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Venetian Rococo painter
1824 Elisha Harris US, physician/founded American Public Health Association
1824 James Merritt Ives lithographer (Currier & Ives)
1840 Constance Fenimore Woolson NH, writer (Jupiter Lights)
1852 Lady Isabella Gregory Ireland, writer/playwright (Golden Apple)
1853 Arthur Foote Salem Mass, organist/composer (Suite for Strings in E)
1853 Howard Pyle illustrator/painter/author (King Stork)
1870 Frank Norris US, writer (McTeague, Octopus)
1874 Henry Travers England, actor (Bells of St. Mary, High Sierra)
1903 Lowell Peters Cleveland TN, vocalist (Southernaires)
1905 Gilroy Roberts US Chief Engraver (1948-64)
1908 Rex Harrison England, actor (My Fair Lady, Dr. Doolittle)
1917 Virginia Christine Stanton Iowa, actress (Tales of Wells Fargo)
1922 James Noble Dallas, actor (Governor Gatling-Benson)
1927 Jack Cassidy Queens NY, actor (Oscar/Jetman-He & She)
1929 Joan Shawlee Forest Hills NY, actress (Prehistoric Women)
1930 Lorin Maazel Neuilly France, conductor (NBC Symphony Orchestra 1941)
1934 James B. Sikking CA, actor (Hill Street Blues, Star Trek 3, Doogie Howser)
1936 Dean Stockwell actor
1944 Paul Sands LA Ca, comedian/actor (SCTV, Story Theater, St. Elsewhere)
1945 Randy Matson US, shot putter (1968 Olympic Gold)
1946 Michael Warren Indiana, actor (Bobby Hill-Hill Street Blues)
1946 Rocky Bleier Wisconsin, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1948 Eddy Grant reggae performer (Electric Avenue)
1950 Eugene Fodor violinist (1972 Paganini Award, 1974 Tchaikovsky Award)
1952 Alan Clark keyboardist (Dire Straits)
1954 Marsha Warfield comedian/actress (Roz-Night Court)
1955 Penn Jillette magician (Penn & Teller)
1958 Andy Gibb Manchester England, singer/TV host
1967 Cameron Lowe Gallagher physical therapist
1978 Kimberly McCullough California, actress (Robin-General Hospital)