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March 5

3 sourced moments from March 5 in history: The Boston Massacre inflamed colonial anger (1770); George Westinghouse patented the air brake (1872); and Churchill used "iron curtain" ten months before Fulton (1946).

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3 things happened on March 5

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1946 History · Modern

Churchill used "iron curtain" ten months before Fulton

The famous line from Fulton, Missouri, in March 1946 echoed a top-secret cable Churchill had sent Truman almost ten months earlier.

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1872 Technology · Inventions

George Westinghouse patented the air brake

A jet of compressed air gave engineers the power to stop an entire train at once, transforming railway safety overnight.

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1770 History · Modern

The Boston Massacre inflamed colonial anger

A scuffle over an unpaid bill ended with five colonists dead and a propaganda weapon handed to the revolution.

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