March 5th in History
March 5th in History
- 1836: Samuel Colt releases the first Colt revolver gun.
- 1868: In the US, impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson start.
- 1918: Moscow becomes the new capital city of Russia
- 1933: In Germany, the Nazis win parliamentary elections, giving control of the country to Adolf Hitler.
- 1946: Winston Churchill uses the term 'Iron Curtain' in a speech
- 1970: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 countries.
March 5th birthdays
- 1794: Jacques Babinet, French physicist.
- 1871: Rosa Luxemburg, German socialist revolutionary.
- 1898: Zhou Enlai, Chinese politician
- 1908: Rex Harrison, English actor
- 1915: Laurent Schwartz, French mathematician
- 1918: James Tobin, American economist.
- 1934: Daniel Kahneman, Israeli economist