On This Day in History

In case you were curious (because I know you are...) here is your history lesson for the year! See if you can spot the little extra fact I threw in there ;)

March 5, 1179- 3rd Lateran Council opens in Rome
March 5, 1461- Henry VI was deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses
March 5, 1496- English king Henry VII hires John Cabot to explore
March 5, 1558- Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes
March 5, 1623- 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia
March 5, 1743- 1st U.S. religious journal, The Christian History, published, Boston
March 5, 1770- Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom
March 5, 1807- 1st performance of Ludwig von Beethoven's 4th Symphony in B
March 5, 1836- Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber
March 5, 1836- Mexico attacks The Alamo
March 5, 1845- Congress appropriates $30,000 to ship camels to western U.S.
March 5, 1856- Georgia becomes 1st state to regulate railroads
March 5, 1877- Rutherford B. Hayes inaugurated as 19th U.S. president
March 5, 1933- Germany's Nazi Party wins majority in parliament
March 5, 1946- Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech
March 5, 1955- Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance on "Louisiana Hayride" show
March 5, 1958- Explorer 2 fails to reach Earth orbit
March 5, 1963- Beatles record "From Me to You" and "Thank You Girl"
March 5, 1968- U.S. launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun
March 5, 1973- Yankee pitchers Peterson and Kekich announce they swapped wives
March 5, 1984- Supreme Court decides city may use public money for Nativity scene and I am born in Huntington Hospital in Long Island!
March 5, 1989- Elly Verhulst runs world record 3000 m indoor (8:33.82)
March 5, 1991- Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait
March 5, 1995- 21st People's Choice Awards: Tim Allen wins

Did I mention my mother is the greatest lady ever?
Check out what she made to remember this important day: My How You've Grown and Twenty Five Years