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March 5, 1616: Operation Censorship - Nicolaus Copernicus's book, "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) which explained his theory of the earth orbiting the sun, is added to The Index Librorum Prohibitorum (Index of Forbidden Books) 73 years after it was first published.


You can view/read it all at the University of Edinburgh

The Index Librorum Prohibitorum was a changing list of publications deemed heretical or contrary to morality by the Sacred Congregation of the Index (a former Dicastery of the Roman Curia); Catholics were forbidden to print or read them, subject to the local bishop. Catholic states could enact laws to adapt or adopt the list and enforce it. The Index was active from 1560 to 1966. It banned thousands of book titles and blacklisted publications, including the works of Europe's intellectual elites. Ironically, Adolf Hitler's book Mein Kampf was never added to the Forbidden Index...which given how the Vatican operated with the Nazis, was no surprise.


March 5, 1918: the collier USS Cyclops (AC-3) disappeared without a trace. Theories for the losses blame structural flaws, U-boats, and storms to unfit captain & demoralized crew. The disappearance of the Cyclops is the greatest non-combat loss of life in U.S. Navy history.


USS Cyclops - The Deadliest Unsolved Mystery in the Navy


A few decades later in an eerie set of coincidences, both of the USS Cyclops’ sister ships, the USS Nereus (AC-10) and the USS Proteus (AC-9), also disappeared, in 1941 with all hands lost in the Atlantic. At the time of her disappearance, the USS Nereus was on the same route as the doomed USS Cyclops.


March 5, 1942: the name "Seabees" and insignia were officially authorized for U.S. Naval Construction Battalions. The Disney-inspired character in the insignia was deemed appropriate because bees are industrious workers that are prepared to fiercely defend their territory. The hard working and hard fighting Seabees have earned a reputation for being tough, resulting in many stories such as this one:



March 5, 1943: the fifth prototype, serial DG206 became the first flight of the Gloster Meteor, at RAF Cranwell, piloted by Michael Daunt. Britain's first combat jet aircraft and the Allies only jet aircraft to engage in combat operations against the Nazis. Commenced operations on 27 July 1944 with No. 616 Squadron RAF.


The DG206/G was first flown on March 5, 1943; while the DG202/G was first flown 24 July 1943. The "/G" appended to the aircraft serial denoted that the aircraft was to have an armed guard at all times while it was on the ground.

The Meteor's development was heavily reliant on its ground-breaking turbojet engines, pioneered by Frank Whittle (1 June 1907 – 8 August 1996) and his company, Power Jets Ltd. He is credited with having invented the turbojet engine and known as the 'father of the jet engine'.

Post WWII and over the decades, England had propelled Frank Whittle to apotheosis level within the aerospace world, both in the UK and US Navy. His history is really off the charts amazing. Monuments, sculptures, statues of Sir Whittle all over the UK.

• Retired from the Royal Air Force in 1948 with the rank of Air Commodore and was knighted that same year by King George VI.
  
• Became a Naval Research Professor at the United States Naval Academy in 1977 and was an Adjunct Research Professor in 1979.
  
• Wrote the “Gas Turbine Aero-Thermodynamics” textbook which is highly regarded in its field.
  
• Awarded the Order of Merit in 1986 by Queen Elizabeth II.
  
• In 2017, he was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio.
  
• In 2023, King Charles III broke ground on the New Whittle Laboratory at the University of Cambridge.
  

March 5, 1946: at Westminster College in Fulton, Missiouri, Winston Churchill delivered what has come to be called the "Iron Curtain" Speech. The New York Daily News ran with it...




March 5, 1947: THE BEGINNING OR THE END opened at the Grove Theater in Oak Ridge, TN. The film had already opened in many cities across the US weeks earlier.




March 5, 1953, Stalin kicked the bucket.



Listen to Ray Anderson's celebratory country song, "Stalin Kicked the Bucket" (1953): https://



Released on CD compilation in 2005 by German Atomic Platters: Cold War Music From The Golden Age Of Homeland Security.

Sergei Prokofiev was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor, notable  works include such widely heard pieces as the March from The Love for Three Oranges, the suite Lieutenant Kijé, the ballet Romeo and Juliet—from which "Dance of the Knights" is taken, and Peter and the Wolf - Symphonic Tale for Children.




Albums: Peter and the Wolf (1975 rock album) - Youtube

David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf (1978) (Youtube)

Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf is a 2003 album that combined the orchestral composition Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev with a 2002 composition, Wolf Tracks, which had its score written by French composer Jean-Pascal Beintus and text written by Walt Kraemer. The project was conceived and commissioned by the Russian National Orchestra, under the artistic direction of Kent Nagano.

Wolf Tracks, which has the alternate title The Wolf and Peter, is meant to be both a sequel to and a retelling of Peter and the Wolf. Recordings were made in several languages. The main version, in English, had Peter and the Wolf narrated by Sophia Loren, and Wolf Tracks narrated by Bill Clinton.
The recording received a Grammy in 2004, for Best Spoken Word Album for Children, the first one ever awarded to either a former U.S. President or a Russian orchestra.

Petr & The Wulf is the debut studio album by Munly & The Lupercalians, a side project founded by musician Munly Munly around 2007. A concept album, (Country Rock, Art Rock, Avantgarde, Neofolk) a loose adaptation of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev. It was released on compact disc on August 31, 2010 and on vinyl on October 5, 2010 through the record label Alternative Tentacles.

Munly & The Lupercalians (Youtube album)


AIRPLANE DISASTERS that occurred on March 5th:



March 5, 1963: Aeroflot Rossiya Ilyushin Il-18 Flight 191 crashes while landing at Ashgabat International Airport, killing 12 of 54.

March 5, 1966: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Flight 911 (call sign "Speedbird 911"), a Boeing 707 aircraft, breaks apart in mid-air due to clear-air turbulence and crashes into Mount Fuji, Japan, killing all 124 people on board.

Eerie Flight 911 factor: Several booked passengers cancelled their tickets at the last moment to see a ninja demonstration. These passengers, Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, Ken Adam, Lewis Gilbert, and Freddie Young, were in Japan scouting locations for the fifth James Bond film, You Only Live Twice (1967).

March 5, 1967: Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 Convair 580 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38.

March 5, 1968: Air France Flight 212, a Boeing 707-328C crashes into La Grande Soufrière, killing all 63 aboard.

March 5, 1973: an Iberia Flight 504 DC-9 flying from Palma de Mallorca to London collided in mid-air with a Spantax Flight 400 Convair 990 flying from Madrid to London. All 68 people on board the DC-9 were killed, including music manager Michael Jeffery...of The Animals and Jimi Hendrix. The CV-990 made a successful emergency landing at Cognac – Châteaubernard Air Base.

March 5, 1991: Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela Flight 108 crashes in Venezuela, killing 45.

March 5, 1993: Palair Macedonian Airlines Flight 301 crashes at Skopje International Airport in Petrovec, North Macedonia, killing 83, 14 survived.