TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

1750 - King Richard III was performed in New York City. It was the first Shakespearean play to be presented in America.

1793 - Austrian troops defeated the French and recaptured Liege.

1803 - Australia’s first newspaper is printed.

1839 - George Grey arrives at the Gascoyne River, longest river in Western Australia.

1864 - For the first time, Oxford met Cambridge in track and field competition in England.

1867 - An abortive Fenian uprising against English rule took place in Ireland.

1901 - Germany and Britain began negotiations with hopes of creating an alliance.

1902 - In France, the National Congress of Miners decided to call for a general strike for an 8-hour day.

1907 - In St. Petersburg, Russia, the new Duma opened. 40,000 demonstrators were dispersed by troops.

1918 - The Soviets moved the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow.

1933 - The Nazi Party won 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.

1943 - Germany called 15 and 16-year-olds for military service because of war losses.

1969 - Gustav Heinemann was elected West German President.

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.

2002 - The last commercial Ansett Airlines flight completes its run from Perth to Sydney.X Birthdays

Gerhardus Mercator 1512 Flemish mapmaker

William Oughtred 1575 Mathematician, credited with inventing the slide rule Lucy Larcom 1824 - Poet Elisha Harris 1824 - Physician Frank Norris 1870 - Author Rex Harrison 1908 - Actor James Noble 1922 - Actor James B. Sikking 1934 Actor

Dean Stockwell 1936 - Actor