What happend on 5th March

04.03
06.03
1955

President of Lithuania, Antanas Merkys dies, after having been imprisoned and deported to the Soviet Union.

1949

The Jharkhand Party is founded in India.

1946

Winston Churchill uses the phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri.

1943

First flight of Gloster Meteor jet aircraft in Britain.

1940

Members of Soviet politbiuro sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POW, known also as Katyn massacre.

1936

First flight of fighter airplane Spitfire Type 300.

1933

In Germany, the Nazis win 44 percent of the vote in parliamentary elections.

1933

Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday", closing all United States banks and freezing all financial transactions.

1931

Daniel Salamanca Urey is named President of Bolivia.

1929

LanChile airline begins operations.