This Day in History, March 5

1770 - Boston Massacre - 5 Americans, including a black man named Crispus Attucks, and a boy are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to outbreak of American Revolutionary War 5 years later.

1836 - Samuel Colt makes his first production-model receiver, the .34-caliber.

1933 - Great Depression: President Roosevelt declares a "bank holiday": closing all the U.S. banks and freezing all financial transactions.

1946 - Winston Churchill uses phrase "Iron Curtain" in his speech at Westminster College, MO.

1966 - BOAC flight 911 crashes on Mount Fuji, Japan, killing 124.