Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/March 5
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- 1836 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
- 1933 - The Nazi Party wins 44 percent of the vote in German parliamentary elections.
- 1976 - The British pound falls below $2 USD for the first time.
- 1979 - Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter, 172,000 miles.