Volume 14 , Issue 10

On This Day In History (March 5th)

It was on this date in history, March 5th, 1946, when Winston Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Great Britain's wartime Prime Minister asserted that a mere balance of power in the world today would be too narrow a margin and would only offer "temptations to a trial of strength." On the contrary, he added that the English-speaking peoples must maintain an overwhelming preponderance of power on their side until "the highroads of the future will be clear, not only for our time but for a century to come."

On This Date: March 5th

• 1770 - The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers, taunted by a crowd of colonists, opened fire, killing five people.
• 1867 - An abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland.
• 1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections, enabling it to join with the Nationalists to gain a slender majority in the Reichstag.
• 1953 - Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73 after nearly three decades in power.
• 1963 - Country music singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash near Camden, Tenn., at age 30.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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