GMT Mardi Gras 2019

Today in History: March 5

1624 Class-based legislation is passed in the colony of Virginia, exempting the upper class from punishment by whipping.

1766 Antonio de Ulloa, the first Spanish governor of Louisiana, arrives in New Orleans.

1943 In desperation due to war losses, fifteen and sixteen year olds are called up for military service in the German army.

1946 In Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill tells a crowd that "an iron curtain has descended on the Continent [of Europe]."

1976 Britain gives up on the Ulster talks and decides to retain rule in Northern Ireland indefinitely.

1984 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that cities have the right to display the Nativity scene as part of their Christmas display.


Born on March 5

1853 Howard Pyle, writer and illustrator (The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood).


JOTD

“Son In Iraq I killed 15 people.”

Son: Dad, you were a helicopter mechanic.
Dad: Never said I was a good one.