Sunday 5 March 2017

Today in History: March 5th

Hey Gentle Reader. Lets pull on our stockings and Timewarp into history.



1279: The Livonian order is defeated in the Battle of Aizkraukle by the forces of the Duchy of Lithuania.

 1933 – The Nazi party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections which allows the Nazis to later pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.



1946: Winston Churchill coins the phrase "The Iron Curtain" for the first time in a speach in the USA.

1953: Josef Stalin, Leader of the USSR dies.



1984: The UK Miners strike begins. The strike would last for 18 months.


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