What happend on 5th March

04.03
06.03
1877

Rutherford B. Hayes is publicly inaugurated as the 19th President of the United States (he was privately inaugurated on March 3).

1872

George Westinghouse patents the air brake.

1868

Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito premieres at La Scala.

1868

A court of impeachment is organized in the United States Senate to hear charges against President Andrew Johnson.

1861

Montgomery Blair is named 23rd Postmaster General of the United States by Abraham Lincoln

1860

Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referenda to join Kingdom of Sardinia.

1849

Zachary Taylor is inaugurated as the 12th President of the United States.

1848

Louis Antoine Garnier-Pages is named French minister of Finance.

1842

Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.

1836

Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver (.34-caliber).