March 05 in U.S. History

[History]

March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 301 days remaining until the end of the year.

1496 – King Henry VII of England issues letters patent to John Cabot and his sons, authorising them to explore unknown lands.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot

1766 – Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_de_Ulloa

1770 – Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including a black man named Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War five years later.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus_Attucks

1836 – Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt

1868 – A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment#History_of_federal_impeachment_proceedings

[Histoey]

1872 – George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse

1904 – Nikola Tesla, in Electrical World and Engineer, describes the process of the ball lightning formation.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.

1942 – United States Navy Seabees established.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seabees

1946 – Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain#The_Iron_Curtain_Speech

1958 – The Explorer 2 spacecraft launches and fails to reach Earth orbit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_2

1970 – The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty

1973 – Donald DeFreeze, the future Symbionese Liberation Army leader, escapes from Vacaville Prison.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_DeFreeze

1975 – First meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club

1978 – The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
[a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_program"]en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landsat_program[/a][/url]

1979 – Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1