A bit of March 5th history…1558 - Smoking tobacco introduced into Europe by the Spanish16
A bit of March 5th history…1558 - Smoking tobacco introduced into Europe by the Spanish1616 - Astronomical work ‘de Revolutionibus’ by Copernicus placed on the Catholic Forbidden index1770 - Boston Massacre: British soldiers kill 5 men in a crowd throwing snowballs, stones and sticks at them; African American Crispus Attucks 1st to die, later held up as early martyr, massacre galvanizes anti-British feelings (pictured)1836 - Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34 caliber “Texas” model1946 - Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech in Missouri popularizes the term and draws attention to the division of Europe1995 - Graves of Tsar Nicholas ii and family found in St Petersburg2019 - Kylie Jenner is world’s youngest ever billionaire at 21 years old -- source link
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