The youngest American flying ace of WWII, Van E. Chandler, was born on March 5, 1925 in Kemp, Texas.
He shot down a fifth enemy aircraft and achieved flying ace status at the age of 19.

Van E. Chandler later flew combat missions during the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

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March 5, 1595 is believed to be the date when William Blaxton was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire England. He was the first European to settle in the city of Boston.

Artist’s hypothetical sketch of Blaxton’s house in Boston, Massachusetts in the 1630’s. By Edwin Whitefield [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Honor & Remember

“Crispus Attucks, the first martyr of the American Revolution, King (now State) Street, Boston, March 5th, 1770”

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On March 5, 1900, leadership at New York University received a donation from a generous benefactor in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars (later more than doubled) toward the completion of “The Hall of Fame of Great Americans” in the Bronx, N.Y.

The Hall features the busts of notable Americans such as Ulysses S. Grant, Eli Whitney, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Abraham Lincoln, Washington Irving and more.

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Inauguration of President Hayes, showing Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol and the crowd on the lawn before it, March 5, 1877

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Harvard University graduate, U.S. Navy Veteran of WWII and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences recipient, James Tobin, was born on March 5, 1918 in Champaign, Illinois.
Tobin promoted government intervention and monetary policies to help reduce the possibility of recession.

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Dinner to Commander Robert E. Peary, U.S.N., Hotel Astor, March 5, 1910

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Air Officer Commander R.Y. McElroy lands the first aircraft, a Grumman TBF Avenger, aboard the the U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Marcus Island (CVE-77) at 1139 hrs, on March 5, 1944.

Acting as Landing Signal Officer was Captain Charles F. Greber.

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March 5, 1946 – at Fulton, Missouri’s Westminster College Winston Churchill speaks of the “iron curtain” of Soviet domination that had descended across Europe.

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Landaff, Grafton County, New Hampshire. The Chandlers, father, mother, and son, and the school teacher who boards with them have a light supper without hot food. Dinner is at noon at which time, meat, potatoes, vegetables, bread, butter, relish, pies, and milk are served. Very little of the food eaten in this house comes out of cans.

March 5, 1941

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On March 5, 1927, General Motors introduced their LaSalle luxury car brand.
LaSalle autos were produced by GM’s Cadillac division.

The LaSalle car brand was discontinued in 1940.

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Elisabeth Moore who won the women’s singles title at the U.S. National Championship four times (1896, 1901, 1903 & 1905), was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 5, 1876.

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Born March 5, 1853 writer and artist Howard Pyle was famous for his illustrations of King Arthur’s knights, Robin Hood and his Merry Men, scenes from American history, and especially pirates. Costumes worn by Errol Flynn and Johnny Depp in pirate epics were inspired by Pyle’s pirate portraits.

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American musician Patsy Cline passed away on the evening of March 5, 1963 when the plane she was traveling in crashed in Tennessee. She was 30 years old.

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On March 5, 1963, Wham-O received a patent for the Hula Hoop.

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