1179 – 3rd Lateran Council (11th ecumenical council) opens in Rome
1713 – Handel’s “Jubilate” first performance in a public rehearsal at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
1821 – Monroe is 1st US President inaugurated on March 5th, because 4th was Sunday
1864 – 1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge
1897 – American Negro Academy forms
1924 – Frank Carauna, becomes 1st to bowl 2 successive perfect 300 games
1954 – “Girl in Pink Tights” opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 performances
1960 – The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis originates when Alister Hardy publicly announces his idea that ape-human divergence may have been due to a coastal phase.
1981 – Ice Pairs Champ at Hartford won by Irina Vorobieva and I Lisovski (URS)
2012 – Tropical Storm Irina kills 65 in Madagascar