Thursday, 5 March 2020

ON THIS DAY ON MARCH - 5th


1770 Boston Massacre (Incident on King Street): 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 black martyr. Massacre galvanizes anti-British feelings.

2002 American reality TV program The Osbournes" featuring family of Ozzy Osbourne premieres on MTV

1558 Smoking tobacco introduced into Europe by Spanish physician Francisco Fernandes.

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