Today in history: March 5
In 1963, country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins along with pilot Randy Hughes died when their plane crashed near Camden, Tennessee.
1770: Boston Massacre
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On March 5, 1770, the Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers who’d been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people.
1946: Winston Churchill
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In 1946, Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain†speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, in which he said: “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an ‘iron curtain’ has descended across the continent, allowing police governments to rule Eastern Europe.â€
1953: Josef Stalin
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In 1953, Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died after three decades in power.
1963: Patsy Cline
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In 1963, country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in the crash of their plane, a Piper Comanche, near Camden, Tennessee, along with pilot Randy Hughes
1982: John Belushi
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In 1982, comedian John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in a rented bungalow in Hollywood; he was 33.
2004: Martha Stewart
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In 2004, Martha Stewart was convicted in New York of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she’d unloaded her Imclone stock just before the price plummeted; her ex-stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, also was found guilty in the stock scandal.
2012: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Ten years ago: President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (neh-ten-YAH’-hoo) met at the White House, where Obama urged pressure and diplomacy to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb while Netanyahu emphasized his nation’s right to a pre-emptive attack.
2020: Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
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In 2020, Palestinian officials closed the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem over fears of the coronavirus.Â
2021: Pope Francis
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Pope Francis began the first-ever papal visit to Iraq with an appeal for Iraqis to protect the country’s diversity, and for the country’s embattled and dwindling Christian community to persevere.
2022: Brittney Griner arrest
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In 2022, Officials in Russia revealed that WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner had been arrested at a Moscow airport weeks earlier when a search of her luggage revealed vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis. (Nine months later, Griner would be released in a prisoner swap with the U.S.)
2013: Hugo Chavez
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In 2013, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (OO'-goh CHAH'-vez), Latin America's most vocal and controversial leader, died in Caracas at age 58 after a struggle with cancer.