On This Day for March 5 - Boston Massacre, Soong Mei-ling is featured, and more

Created: 2020-03-05 11:02 Updated: 2020-03-05 11:02 Notebook: On this Day in History

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March 05

U.S. first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (left) in front of the White House with Soong Mei-ling, wife of Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek.

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

1897

Soong Mei-ling

FEATURED EVENT

1770

Boston Massacre

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