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This Day in History

March 5
1179
 3rd Lateran Council opens in Rome
1561  Cardinal Carlo Caraffa dies at 41
1733  Choreographer Vincenzo Galeotti born
1827  Physicist Alessandro Volta dies at 82 (also credited with invention of the first battery) 
1896  General Baldissera, Italian Governor of Eritrea, reaches Massawa
1896  Italian Premier Crispi resigns
1922  Director Pier Paolo Pasolini born in Bologna, Italy
1943  Anti fascist strikes in Italy
1947  Composer & Conductor Alfredo Casella dies at age 63
1976  Tennis Star Adriana Serra-Zanetti born in Modena, Italy
1982  Saturday Night Live Alumni John Belushi dies of a drug overdose
1984  Baritone Tito Gobbi dies at age 68

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