On This Day Facts - March 5th
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY - 5th MARCH On This Day in 1946, Winston Churchill, now longer the Prime Minister , made one of his most famous speeches, of which there were more than a few, as that guy knew how to write and deliver good speech. The speech he made on this day in history in 1946 was the one in which he used the infamous phrase "Iron Curtain" to condemn the Soviet Union's policies in Europe. "From Stettin in the Baltic to the Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." It is commonly believed that this was as close to an official announcement of the commencement of the Cold War as you could get. Winston Churchill had been invited to speak at Westminster College, Missouri, which I believe is in the United States of-We-Appreciate-Churchill-More-Than-The-British. Winston Churchill had played a key role in winning Worl...