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What happened in history on this day: March 5?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 5 in ...
- 1975 - Fred Moore and Gordon French hold the first meeting of a new microcomputer hobbyist's club in French's garage, in Menlo Park, California. 32 people meet, including Bob Albrect, Steve Dompier, Lee Felsenstein, Bob Marsh, Tom Pittman, Marty Spergel, Alan Baum, and Steven Wozniak. Bob Albrect shows off an Altair, and Steve Dompier reports on MITS, and how they had 4000 orders for the Altair.
- 2002 - Handspring resumes selling the Visor Platinum handheld computer, for US$169.
- 1925 - The Alice Comedy film, Alice Cans the Cannibals, is played at the Criterion Theatre in Los Angeles.
- 1928 - Universal Pictures releases the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film Rival Romeos to theaters.
- 1932 - The Mickey Mouse film The Mad Dog is released to theaters.
- 1936 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Disney for the film Three Orphan Kittens.
- 1948 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Drip Dippy Donald to theaters.
- 1950 - The first color comic strip of "Cinderella" is published in Sunday editions of newspapers.
- 1954 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film Donald's Diary to theaters. Daisy Duck also appears.
- 1958 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the fifth "Saga of Andy Burnett" episode, The White Man's Medicine.
- 1961 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the animated film The Coyote's Lament. It is a compilation of Disney cartoons, with new coyote animation. Pluto also appears.
- 1967 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, featuring Atta Girl, Kelly!, part one.
- 1978 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Race for Survival.
- 1983 - The Journey into Imagination attraction opens in the Journey into Imagination pavilion in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World.
- 1991 - The Disney Channel begins airing the Avonlea series.
- 1993 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Swing Kids to theaters in the US.
- 1993 - The ABC TV network debuts the series Where I Live.
- 1995 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character refers to a film as Pukahontas, an obvious reference to Disney's film Pocahontas.
- 1999 - Buena Vista releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Beloved to theaters in Great Britain.
- 2004 - Disney releases the live-action feature film Hidalgo to theaters in the USA.
- 2006 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Achievement in Makeup) to Howard Berger and Tami Lane for the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
- 1987 - In Geneva, Switzerland, the 57th annual Geneva Auto Show is held, over sixteen days. American Sunroof Corporation and Chevrolet display the ASC Corvette Geneve show car.
- 2005 - At the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida, the Grand Prix of Miami race is held, round two of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
- Finishing 23rd in GT class and 43rd overall is the Michael Baughman Racing #46 Corvette, driven by Michael Baughman and Mike Weinberg.
- Finishing 24th in GT class and 44th overall is the ASC Motorsports #55 Corvette, driven by Zach Arnold and Jason Workman.
- 1936 - French Foreign Minister Pierre Flandin tells British Anthony Eden that France will not act alone in the event of German violation of the Rhineland Zone.
- 1940 - The Finland Government decides to accept peace terms of the Soviet Union.
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 24: "Cooperation with Japan". The purpose is to induce Japan to take action in the Far East as soon as possible, to tie down English forces and divert the USA to the Pacific.
- 1943 - (evening) British Air Chief Marshal Arthur Harris begins "The Battle of the Ruhr", with a major attack on Essen and its Krupps factories. About 438 bombers attack in several waves, with yellow, green, and red flares and bombs helping mark targets. Oboe and H2S navigation aids also help direct bombers to their target areas. 160 acres of the town are devastated. 450 more acres suffer extensive damage. 14 aircraft do not return to their bases.
- 1944 - Allies begin an aerial invasion of Burma, with gliders carrying the British/Indian "Chindits" force to Landing Zone Broadway.
- 1945 - A German battalion lands in Breslau to help defend the city.
- 1945 - American 1st Army troops attack Cologne, Germany from the south, and enter the city.
- 1945 - (evening) About 750 British bombers attack Chemnitz, Germany.
- 1945 - (evening) 138 British bombers attack railways at Wesel, Germany.
- 1945 - (evening) British bombers attack the synthetic oil plant at Böhlen, Germany.
- 1992 - Russia issues a postage stamp marking the 47th anniversary of the end of World War II.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Conker's Bad Fur Day video game for the Nintendo 64 in the USA.
- 2002 - Midway releases the Gauntlet: Dark Legacy video game for the GameCube in the US.
- 1638 - The French-Swedish Treaty of Wismar is ratified by the Treaty of Hamburg. No separate peace is to be pursued for three years.
- 1969 - The Finance Minister announces that a commemorative $1 coin will be issued in 1971 to mark the centennial of British Columbia's entry into Confederation.
- 1992 - In St. John's, Newfoundland, the Minister of Supply and Services unveils the third 25c issue in the Canada 125 Coin Program. Designer of the coin is Christopher Newhook.
- 1910 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers beat Ottawa Senators, 3-1.
- 1924 - Frank Carauna, becomes first to bowl two successive perfect 300 games.
- 1945 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill.
- 1948 - Charles Prince, cricketer (5 and 1 in only Test for South Africa), dies.
- 1949 - Bradman plays his last innings in first-class cricket, gets 30.
- 1956 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open.
- 1960 - World Ice Dance Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada won by Doreen Denny and Courtney Jones (Great Britain).
- 1960 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada won by Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul (Canada).
- 1960 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada won by Carol E Heiss (USA).
- 1960 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada won by Alain Giletti (France).
- 1964 - Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr announces a baseball team is moving there.
- 1965 - Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1966 - Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19-metre indoor world record.
- 1966 - Player representatives elect Marvin Miller, as executive director of Players' Association.
- 1974 - Ralph Stewart fails in second New York Islanders' penalty shot.
- 1981 - World Ice Dance Championship in Hartford won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain).
- 1981 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva and Igor Lisovski (USSR).
- 1981 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Hartfoed won by Denise Biellmann (Switzerland).
- 1981 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA).
- 1982 - Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners.
- 1983 - New South Wales beats Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield.
- 1985 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy is first to score 50 goals in eight straight seasons.
- 1986 - Teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies.
- 1989 - Blaine McCallister wins Honda Golf Classic shooting 266.
- 1989 - Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 metre indoor (8:03.82).
- 1991 - Reggie Miller (Indiana Pacers) begins NBA free throw streak of 52 games.
- 1993 - Boston Celtics' player Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery.
- 1993 - Florida Marlins beat Houston Astros 12-8 in their first spring training game.
- 1994 - Dottie Mochrie wins Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Golf Championship.
- 1994 - PBA National Championship won by David Traber.
- 1995 - Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26).
- 1996 - Earl Weaver and Jim Bunning elected to BaseballHall of Fame.
- 1997 - Tommy Lasorda, Nellie Fox, and Willie Wells selected for American Baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1958 - Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit.
- 1968 - US launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun.
- 1978 - Landsat 3 launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
- 1979 - Voyager I's closest approach to Jupiter (172,000 miles).
- 1980 - Earth satellites record gamma rays from remnants of supernova N-49.
- 1982 - Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data.
- 1998 - NASA announces that the Clementine probe orbiting the Moon has found enough water in polar craters to support a human colony and rocket fueling station.
- 1998 - NASA announces the choice of United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Eileen Collins as commander of a future Space Shuttle Columbia mission to launch an X-ray telescope, making Collins the first woman commander of a space shuttle mission.
- 1651 - South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm.
Other history:
- 2003 - The Supreme Court of the United States, by a 5-4 margin, upholds California's "three strikes and you're out" law.
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Chronology of World History
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