According to Wikipedia and other sources, on March 5th:
1933 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.
1946 – Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
1963 – Patsy Cline, American singer, dies in a plane crash. (b. 1932)
1982 – John Belushi, American actor, died. (b. 1949)
Sadly, John Belushi passed away too soon. He went to high school two blocks north of here.