this day in history On March 5 1750 King Richard III was performed in New York City. It was the first Shakespearean play to be presented in America. 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. 1868 The U.S. Senate was organized into a court of impeachment to decide charges against President Andrew Johnson. 1910 In Philadelphia, PA, 60,000 people left their jobs to show support for striking transit workers.1918 The Soviets move the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow. 1922 Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee broke all existing records for womens trap shooting. She hit 98 out of 100 targets. 1924 The Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corporation becomes IBM. 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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a four-day bank holiday in order to stop large amounts of money from being withdrawn from banks. 1943 Germany called fifteen and sixteen year olds for military service due to war losses. 1946 Winston Churchill delivers his “Iron Curtain Speech.” 1953 Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin passes away. 1956 The United States Supreme Court affirms the ban on segregation in public schools. 1970 A nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect after 43 nations ratify it. 1982 Comedian John Belushi dies 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. 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.
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