- 1770] Boston Massacre: It started with a crowd of colonists taunting British soldiers and escalated into the infamous 'Boston Massacre' with 5 Americans killed. Two Brits will later be convicted of manslaughter...
- 1963] 'Happy Trails': Legendary Country artist Patsy Cline dies in a small plane crash in Camden (TN) returning from a Kansas City benefit for the widow of a local disc jockey. Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Patsy's pilot/manager were also killed...1982] John Belushi dies of a drug overdose in a Hollywood hotel room. Belushi was just 33...
- 1966] Man of Steel: Steel union official Marvin Miller is selected as executive director of the MLBPA, the baseball players union. Major League players should kiss the ground Miller walks on for their inflated salaries...
- 1969] Creem rises: Creem Magazine is published for the first time, aimed at competing with Rolling Stone Magazine. They fail to do so...
- 1973] Wife swap: Yankees pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich arrive at spring training and announce that they have swapped wives, children and dogs. Within two years both players are gone from baseball. Had Fox been around, this would have been the first reality series...
- 1993] He'll be back: Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs retires after winning 3 Super Bowls in 12 years. Gibbs becomes a successful racing car team owner in NASCAR but will return to the NFL as coach of the Redskins several years later...
- 1993] Myopic vision: Cuban President Fidel Castro says that Hillary Clinton "is a beautiful woman." When asked how many fingers a reporter is holding up, Castro replies, "what reporter?" ...
- 2001] Keeps on tickin': VP Dick Cheney undergoes angioplasty for a partially blocked artery...
- 2002] This Ozzy is not a Nelson: MTV begins airing "The Osbournes." TV goes downhill from there...
- 2004] Not a good thing: Martha Stewart is convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the government about why she unloaded Imclone stocks just before the price dropped. Bernie Madoff takes notes...For more on March 5th:
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