March 5

On This Day In History
	1770: Boston Massacre Harassed by a mob, British troops on this day in 1770 opened fire, killing Crispus Attucks and four others in the Boston Massacre, an event that galvanized anti-British feelings in the lead-up to the American Revolution.
The Boston Massacre, coloured engraving by Howard Pyle.
Biography Of The Day
	Soong Mei-ling Soong Mei-ling, born this day in 1897, was the wife of Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek, launched the anticommunist New Life Movement, and led the effort to secure Chiang's release after his abduction in the Sian Incident.
Soong Mei-ling, wife of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek, with U.S.
More Events On This Day In History
	1979 The U.S. space probe Voyager 1 flew by Io, the innermost of Jupiter's satellites, and observed nine active volcanoes on its surface.
	1953 Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin died in Moscow and was succeeded by Georgy Malenkov.
	1946 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill popularized the term "Iron Curtain"—describing the separation between Soviet and Western nations—in a speech at Fulton, Missouri.
	1887 Brazilian musician and Latin American composer Heitor Villa-Lobos was born in Rio de Janeiro.
	1871 Polish German activist Rosa Luxemburg, who played a key role in the founding of the Polish Social Democratic Party and the Spartacus League, was born in Zamosc.
	1798 Napoleon invaded Switzerland and occupied Bern, ending the ancient ruling system of that country, the Confederation of the Thirteen Cantons.