CAD - March 5 Traditional Cache
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Cache A Day – March 5th
March 5th is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 301 days remaining until the end of the year.
The entire month of March is Improve Your Management Skills Month, International Ideas Month, International Listening Awareness Month, and International Mirth Month. The management we have at work fits right in with Mirth Month already – no improvement needed!
Today is National Mother - in - Law Day, National Cheese Doodle Day, World Day of Prayer, and “8 hour day” (or Labor Day in Australia).
Historical events occurring on March 5th include:
1623 - The first alcohol temperance law in the colonies was enacted in Virginia.
1624 - In the American colony of Virginia, the upper class was exempted from whipping by legislation.
1750 - "King Richard III" was performed in New York City. It was the first Shakespearean play to be presented in America.
1766 - The first Spanish governor of Louisiana, Antonio de Ulloa, arrived in New Orleans.
1770 - "The Boston Massacre" took place when British troops fired on a crowd in Boston killing five people. Two British troops were later convicted of manslaughter.
1793 - Austrian troops defeated the French and recaptured Liege.
1836 - Samuel Colt manufactured the first pistol (.34-caliber).
1842 - A Mexican force of over 500 men under Rafael Vasquez invaded Texas for the first time since the revolution. They briefly occupied San Antonio, but soon headed back to the Rio Grande.
1845 - The U.S. Congress appropriated $30,000 to ship camels to the western U.S.
1867 - An abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland.
1868 - The U.S. Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson.
1872 - George Westinghouse patented the air brake.
1901 - Germany and Britain began negotiations with hopes of creating an alliance.
1910 - In Philadelphia, PA, 60,000 people left their jobs to show support for striking transit workers.
1910 - The Moroccan envoy signed the 1909 agreement with France.
1912 - The Italians became the first to use dirigibles for military purposes. They used them for reconnaissance flights behind Turkish lines west of Tripoli.
1918 - The Soviets moved the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow.
1922 - Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee broke all existing records for women's trap shooting. She hit 98 out of 100 targets.
1923 - Old-age pension laws were enacted in the states of Montana and Nevada.
1924 - Frank Caruana of Buffalo, NY, became the first bowler to roll two perfect games in a row.
1933 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a four-day bank holiday in order to stop large amounts of money from being withdrawn from banks.
1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.
1934 - In Amarillo, TX, the first Mother's-In-Law Day was celebrated.
1943 - Germany called fifteen and sixteen year olds for military service due to war losses.
1946 - Winston Churchill delivered his "Iron Curtain Speech".
1946 - The U.S. sent protests to the U.S.S.R. on incursions into Manchuria and Iran.
1953 - Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin died. He had been in power for 29 years.
1956 - The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ban on segregation in public schools.
1969 - Gustav Heinemann was elected West German President.
1970 - A nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect after 43 nations ratified it.
1976 - The British pound fell below the equivalent of $2 for the first time in history.
1977 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter appeared on CBS News with Walter Cronkite for the first "Dial-a-President" radio talk show.
1982 - John Belushi died in Los Angeles of a drug overdose at the age of 33.
1984 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that cities had the right to display the Nativity scene as part of their Christmas display.
1984 - The U.S. accused Iraq of using poison gas.
1985 - Mike Bossy, of the New York Islanders, became the first National Hockey League player to score 50 goals in eight consecutive seasons.
1993 - Cuban President Fidel Castro said that Hillary Clinton is "a beautiful woman."
1993 - Sprinter Ben Johnson was banned from racing for life by the Amateur Athletic Association after testing positive for banned performance-enhancing substances for a second time.
1997 - North Korea and South Korea met for first time in 25 years for peace talks.
1997 - Chuck Niles received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1998 - NASA announced that an orbiting craft had found enough water on the moon to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.
1998 - It was announced that Air Force Lt. Col. Eileen Collins would lead crew of Columbia on a mission to launch a large X-ray telescope. She was the first woman to command a space shuttle mission.
2004 - Martha Stewart was found guilty of lying about the reason for selling 3,298 shares of ImClone Systems stock, conspiracy, making false statement and obstruction of justice.
Born on March 5th
Gerhardus Mercator 1512 - Flemis mapmaker
William Oughtred 1574
William Blackstone 1595 - First settler in Boston
Antoine Cadillac 1658 - Founder of Detroit, MI
Lucy Larcom 1824 - Poet
Elisha Harris 1824
James Merrit Ives 1824 - Lithographer: Partner of Nathaniel Currier.
Frank Norris 1870 - Author
Hector Villa-Lobos 1887
Emmett J. Culligan 1893 - Water treatment pioneer
Rex Harrison 1908 - Actor
James Noble 1922
James B. Sikking 1934
Dean Stockwell 1936 - Actor
Paul Evans 1938
Fred Williamson 1938
Tommy Tucker 1939
Samantha Eggar 1939 - Actress
Paul Sand 1944 - Actor
Murray Head 1946
Michael Warren 1946 - Actor ("Hill Street Blues")
Eddie Hodges 1947
Eddy Grant 1948 - Singer
Eugene Fodor 1950
Alan Clark 1952 - Musician (Dire Straits)
Marsha Warfield 1954 - Actress ("Night Court")
Penn Jillett 1955 - Magician (Penn and Teller)
Andy Gibb 1958 - Singer
Craig Reid 1962 - Musician (The Proclaimers)
Charlie Reid 1962 - Musician (The Proclaimers)
John Frusciante 1970 - Musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Kevin Connolly 1974
Niki Taylor 1975
Jake Lloyd 1989
This Cache a Day Series will run all year for 2010. Caches will remain active for one year from date of placement (unless the site becomes otherwise unsuitable for a cache prior to that time).
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