Friday, March 5, 2010

March 5 - Uncool Events in History

Being my birthday I decided to do a little research and figure out some uncool things that happened on this very special date in my own personal history. My exhaustive research shows that a lot happened, most of which is very boring:

1995 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins
1994 Largest milkshake (1,955 gallons of chocolate-Nelspruit South Africa)
1966 Bob Seagren pole vaults 5.19m indoor world record
1579 Betuwe joins Union of Utrecht

However, I was able to turn up a one cool/uncool historical tidbit:

1770 Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom

There are some pretty famous March 5 deaths:
1982 John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33
1963 Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30
1953 Josef V Stalin, soviet leader responsible for 11M murders, dies at 73

Interestingly enough, two actors from the 60's show TIME TUNNEL died on March 5th:
1996 Whit Bissell, actor (Time Tunnel), dies at 86
1990 Gary Merrill, actor (Time Tunnel, Huckleberry Finn), dies at 75

I suppose if you were on that show, you can't wait for March 6th to roll around every year.

Finally, some March 5th births of note:
The kid from Star Wars, 1989 Jake Lloyd, American Actor
Star Trek hottie, 1975 Jolene Blalock, American Actress
All-around hottie, 1974 Eva Mendes, American Actress
Used to be a hottie, 1956 Teena Marie, American Musician
Magician dude, 1955 Penn Jillette, born in Massachusetts, magician, Penn and Teller-Penn and Teller are Dead

And let's not forget everyone's ancient ruler, 1324 David II Bruce, king of Scotland, 1331 - 1371

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