On this day: March 5

POSTED: 10:05 AM PST Mar 01, 2013    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Mar 04, 2013 

The Boston Massacre riles up American colonists, Che strikes a famous pose, Elvis is discharged, a plane crash kills Patsy Cline, and John Belushi overdoses, all on this day.

OTD March 5 - Voyager 1
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NASA

1979: America's Voyager 1 spacecraft has its closest approach to Jupiter, coming with 172,000 miles of the solar system's largest planet.

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