On This Day (March 5)

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1534 - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter died. (b. 1489)

Parma Cathedral Ceiling

1770 – The pelting of British soldiers with snowballs soon escalated into a riot in Boston, Massachusetts, leaving at least five civilians dead.
1824 – Britain officially declared war on Burma, beginning the First Anglo-Burmese War.
1827 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician died. (b. 1749)
1827 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist died. (b. 1745) (Italian physicist known especially for the development of the first electric cell in 1800.)
1850 – The Britannia Bridge, a tubular bridge of wrought iron rectangular box-section spans crossing the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, opened.
1872 – American entrepreneur and engineer George Westinghouse patented the air brake for trains to stop more reliably.
1946 – The term "Iron Curtain" was popularized by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during a speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, USA.
1953 - Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, died. (b. 1891) (The Love of Three Oranges, Lieutenant Kije, Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolf, Alexander Nevsky)

Romeo and Juliet Ballet

1953 - Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union died. (b. 1879)
1970 – The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, an international treaty to limit the spread of nuclear weapons, entered into force.
1999 – Paul Okalik was elected as the first Premier of the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
1980 - Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor died. (b. 1912) (Known for his role as Tonto in the TV show The Lone Ranger.)