Historical Events for 5th March 2024

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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

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