1623 – 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia.
1774 – John Hancock delivers the fourth annual Massacre Day oration, a commemoration of the Boston Massacre, and denounces the presence of British troops in Boston, enhancing Hancock’s stature as a leading Patriot.
1821 – Monroe is 1st US President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was on Sunday.
1856 – Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads.
1868 – US Senate organizes to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.
1894 – Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in US.
1923 – Montana & Nevada become 1st states to enact old age pension laws.
1924 – Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM.
1933 – FDR proclaims 10-day holiday.
1945 – US 7th Army Corps captures Cologne.
1946 – Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech in Fulton, Missouri, popularizes the term and draws attention to the division in Europe.
1959 – Iran & US sign economic & military treaty.
1968 – US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun.
1979 – Voyager 1’s closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles)
1981 – US government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer.
1989 – 19th Easter Seal Telethon raises $37,002,000.
1992 – Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks.
1996 – Earl Weaver & Jim Bunning elected to Hall of Fame.
2013 – The Dow Jones surpasses its 2007 pre-financial crisis levels for the first time.
2013 – Willcom announces the world’s smallest mobile phone, weighing 32 grams.
2017 – US President Donald Trump in a tweet accuses former President Obama without offering any evidence of wiretapping Trump Towers during the presidential campaign.
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