Today In History

Today is Thursday, March 5, the 65th day of 2020. There are 301 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1770: The Boston Massacre took place as British soldiers who’d been taunted by a crowd of colonists opened fire, killing five people.

ON THIS DATE

› 1868: The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the U.S. Senate, with Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase presiding. The trial ended on May 26 with Johnson’s acquittal.

› 1946: Winston Churchill delivered his “Iron Curtain” speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

› 1963: Country music performers Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins died in the crash of their plane, a Piper Comanche, near Camden, Tennessee, along with pilot Randy Hughes (Cline’s manager).

› 1983: Country Music Television (CMT) made its debut with the video “It’s Four in the Morning,” performed by Faron Young.

› 1998: NASA scientists said enough water was frozen in the loose soil of the moon to support a lunar base and perhaps, one day, a human colony.

› 2002: President George W. Bush slapped punishing tariffs of eight to 30% on several types of imported steel in an effort to aid the ailing U.S. industry.

› 2013: Fox announced its 24-hour sports cable network called Fox Sports 1, which launched Aug. 17, 2013.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Paul Sand is 88. Actor James B. Sikking is 86. Actor Dean Stockwell is 84. Actor Fred Williamson is 82. Actress Samantha Eggar is 81. Actor Michael Warren is 74. Actress-comedian Marsha Warfield is 66. Magician Penn Jillette is

65. Actress Adriana Barraza is 64. Actress Talia Balsam is 61. Rock singers Charlie and Craig Reid (The Proclaimers) are

58. Pro Football Hall of Famer Michael Irvin is 54. Actor Paul Blackthorne is 51. Rock musician John Frusciante is 50. Singer Rome is 50. Actor Kevin Connolly is 46. Actress Eva Mendes is 46. Actress Jill Ritchie is 46. Actress Kimberly McCullough is 42. Actress Karolina Wydra is 39. Singer-songwriter Amanda Shires is

38. Actress Dominique McElligott is 34. Actor Sterling Knight is 31. Actor Jake Lloyd is 31. Actor Micah Fowler is 22.