5 March 1970 March 4, 2012 Author: Staff The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Men spend their lives in anticipations,—in determining to be vastly happy at some period when they have time. But the present time has one advantage over every other—it is our own. Past opportunities are gone, future have not come. We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer the tasting of them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age." Charles Caleb Colton — Click here for more from Charles Caleb Colton Related posts: 4 November 1970 Categories: History Tags: 1970, 5 March