- 1770 5 Mar British troops kill three members of a mob in the 'Boston Massacre' - a propaganda coup for the colonials.
- 1936 5 Mar The Spitfire, the iconic British fighter of World War Two, makes its maiden flight at Eastleigh Aerodrome.
- 1946 5 Mar Winston Churchill makes his 'Iron Curtain' speech in Fulton, Missouri, warning of the Soviet threat.
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