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March 4th, 2051 (March 04 2051) | Event | Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth). | |
March 4th, 2008 (March 04 2008) | Death | Gary Gygax, Fantasy author and role-playing games creator. (born in 1938) | Gary Gygax Quotes |
March 4th, 2008 (March 04 2008) | Death | Elena Nathanael, Greek film actress (born in 1941) | |
March 4th, 2008 (March 04 2008) | Death | Leonard Rosenman, American film, television and concert composer (born in 1924) | |
March 4th, 2008 (March 04 2008) | Death | Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Yugoslavian-born Croatian actress (born in 1935) | |
March 4th, 2008 (March 04 2008) | Death | George Walter, former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda (born in 1928) | |
March 4th, 2007 (March 04 2007) | Event | Estonian parliamentary election, 2007: Approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of electronic voting in Estonia, the world s first nationwide voting where part of the votecasting is allowed in the form of remote electronic voting via the Internet. | |
March 4th, 2007 (March 04 2007) | Death | Natalie Bodanya (Natalie Bodanskaya), American soprano (born in 1908) | |
March 4th, 2007 (March 04 2007) | Death | Thomas Eagleton, American politician (born in 1929) | |
March 4th, 2007 (March 04 2007) | Death | Bob Hattoy, American activist (born in 1950) | |
March 4th, 2007 (March 04 2007) | Death | Richard Joseph, British games soundtrack composer (born in 1954) | |
March 4th, 2007 (March 04 2007) | Death | Sunil Kumar Mahato, Indian parliamentarian (born in 1966) | |
March 4th, 2007 (March 04 2007) | Death | Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (born in 1934) | |
March 4th, 2007 (March 04 2007) | Death | Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (born in 1932) | |
March 4th, 2006 (March 04 2006) | Event | Final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 by the Deep Space Network. No response was received. | |
March 4th, 2006 (March 04 2006) | Death | Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer (born in 1952) | |
March 4th, 2006 (March 04 2006) | Death | John Reynolds Gardiner, American engineer (born in 1944) | |
March 4th, 2006 (March 04 2006) | Death | Dave Rose, American artist (born in 1910) | |
March 4th, 2006 (March 04 2006) | Death | Edgar Valter, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (born in 1929) | |
March 4th, 2005 (March 04 2005) | Event | The car of released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired on by US soldiers in Iraq, causing the death of an Italian Secret Service Agent and injuring two passengers. | |
March 4th, 2005 (March 04 2005) | Event | United Nations warns that about 90 million Africans could be infected by the HIV virus in the future without further action against the spread of the disease. | |
March 4th, 2005 (March 04 2005) | Death | Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent (born in 1953) | |
March 4th, 2005 (March 04 2005) | Death | Robert Consoli, American actor and musician (born in 1964) | |
March 4th, 2005 (March 04 2005) | Death | Una Hale, Australian soprano (born in 1922) | |
March 4th, 2005 (March 04 2005) | Death | Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian statesman (born in 1951) | |
March 4th, 2005 (March 04 2005) | Death | Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-born writer (born in 1934) | |
March 4th, 2004 (March 04 2004) | Death | John McGeoch, Scottish musician (born in 1955) | John Scott Quotes |
March 4th, 2004 (March 04 2004) | Death | Claude Nougaro, French singer (born in 1929) | |
March 4th, 2004 (March 04 2004) | Death | George Pake, American physicist (born in 1924) | |
March 4th, 2004 (March 04 2004) | Death | Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (born in 1953) | |
March 4th, 2003 (March 04 2003) | Death | Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian bank robber (born in 1926) | |
March 4th, 2003 (March 04 2003) | Death | Sebastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter and film director (born in 1931) | |
March 4th, 2002 (March 04 2002) | Event | Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos left over from fertility treatment or abortions. | |
March 4th, 2002 (March 04 2002) | Event | Multinational Force in Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers are killed as they attempt to infiltrate the Shahi Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission. | |
March 4th, 2002 (March 04 2002) | Death | Claire Davenport, English actress (born in 1933) | |
March 4th, 2002 (March 04 2002) | Death | Eric Flynn, British actor/singer (born in 1939) | |
March 4th, 2002 (March 04 2002) | Death | Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (born in 1913) | |
March 4th, 2002 (March 04 2002) | Death | Velibor Vasovic, Yugoslavian footballer (born in 1939) | |
March 4th, 2001 (March 04 2001) | Event | 4 March 2001 BBC bombing: a massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 11 people. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA. | |
March 4th, 2001 (March 04 2001) | Event | Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people. | |
March 4th, 2001 (March 04 2001) | Death | Glenn Hughes, American singer (The Village People) (born in 1950) | |
March 4th, 2001 (March 04 2001) | Death | Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (born in 1916) | |
March 4th, 2001 (March 04 2001) | Death | Jim Rhodes, Governor of Ohio (born in 1909) | |
March 4th, 2001 (March 04 2001) | Death | Harold Stassen, American politician (born in 1907) | |
March 4th, 1999 (March 04 1999) | Death | Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (born in 1908) | |
March 4th, 1999 (March 04 1999) | Death | Del Close, American actor (born in 1934) | |
March 4th, 1999 (March 04 1999) | Death | Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (born in 1921) | |
March 4th, 1998 (March 04 1998) | Event | Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex. | |
March 4th, 1997 (March 04 1997) | Event | US President Bill Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
March 4th, 1997 (March 04 1997) | Death | Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (born in 1916) | |
March 4th, 1997 (March 04 1997) | Death | Carey Loftin, American actor/stuntman (born in 1914) | |
March 4th, 1996 (March 04 1996) | Death | Minnie Pearl, American comedian (born in 1912) | |
March 4th, 1995 (March 04 1995) | Death | Eden Ahbez, American composer (born in 1908) | Eden Ahbez Quotes |
March 4th, 1994 (March 04 1994) | Event | Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16) launches into orbit. | |
March 4th, 1994 (March 04 1994) | Event | Bosnia s Croats and Moslems sign an agreement to form a federation in a loose economic union with Croatia. | |
March 4th, 1994 (March 04 1994) | Death | John Candy, Canadian comedian (born in 1950) | |
March 4th, 1993 (March 04 1993) | Birth | Jenna Boyd, American actress | |
March 4th, 1993 (March 04 1993) | Birth | Alice Jones, British actress | |
March 4th, 1993 (March 04 1993) | Birth | Abigail Mavity, American actress | |
March 4th, 1993 (March 04 1993) | Birth | Yves Michel-Beneche, American actor | |
March 4th, 1993 (March 04 1993) | Death | Art Hodes, American jazz pianist (born in 1904) | |
March 4th, 1992 (March 04 1992) | Birth | Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, daughter of Albert II, Prince of Monaco | |
March 4th, 1992 (March 04 1992) | Death | Art Babbitt, American animator (born in 1907) | |
March 4th, 1991 (March 04 1991) | Event | Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of Kuwait, returned to his country for the first time since Iraq s invasion. | |
March 4th, 1991 (March 04 1991) | Birth | Diandra Newlin, American actress, singer, and fashion model | |
March 4th, 1990 (March 04 1990) | Birth | Andrea Bowen, American actress | |
March 4th, 1990 (March 04 1990) | Death | Hank Gathers, American basketball player (born in 1967) | |
March 4th, 1989 (March 04 1989) | Death | Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (born in 1916) | |
March 4th, 1986 (March 04 1986) | Birth | Margo Harshman, American actress | |
March 4th, 1986 (March 04 1986) | Birth | Tom De Mul, Belgian footballer | |
March 4th, 1986 (March 04 1986) | Birth | Bohdan Shust, Ukrainian footballer | |
March 4th, 1986 (March 04 1986) | Death | Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (born in 1936) | |
March 4th, 1986 (March 04 1986) | Death | Richard Manuel, Canadian musician (The Band) (born in 1943) | |
March 4th, 1985 (March 04 1985) | Event | The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States. | |
March 4th, 1985 (March 04 1985) | Birth | Chinedum Ndukwe, American football player | |
March 4th, 1984 (March 04 1984) | Birth | Ai Iwamura, Japanese actress | |
March 4th, 1984 (March 04 1984) | Birth | Zak Whitbread, American-born English soccer player | |
March 4th, 1984 (March 04 1984) | Death | Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist (born in 1908) | |
March 4th, 1984 (March 04 1984) | Death | Jewel Carmen, American actress (born in 1897) | |
March 4th, 1984 (March 04 1984) | Death | Geoffrey Lumsden, British actor (born in 1914) | |
March 4th, 1983 (March 04 1983) | Birth | Max Vergara Poeti, Colombian writer | |
March 4th, 1983 (March 04 1983) | Birth | Ryan Lonie, Australian football player. | |
March 4th, 1982 (March 04 1982) | Event | NASA launches "Intelsat V". | |
March 4th, 1982 (March 04 1982) | Birth | Mariano Altuna, Argentine racing driver | |
March 4th, 1982 (March 04 1982) | Birth | Landon Donovan, American soccer player | |
March 4th, 1981 (March 04 1981) | Birth | Carol Banawa, Filipino singer and celebrity | |
March 4th, 1981 (March 04 1981) | Birth | Donny Tourette, English punk rock singer (Towers of London) | |
March 4th, 1981 (March 04 1981) | Death | Yip Harburg, American lyricist (born in 1896) | |
March 4th, 1981 (March 04 1981) | Death | Torin Thatcher, Indian actor (born in 1905) | |
March 4th, 1980 (March 04 1980) | Event | Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe s first black prime minister. | Robert Mugabe Quotes |
March 4th, 1980 (March 04 1980) | Birth | Omar Bravo, Mexican footballer | |
March 4th, 1980 (March 04 1980) | Birth | Jung Da Bin, South Korean actress (died in 2007) | |
March 4th, 1980 (March 04 1980) | Birth | Jack Hannahan, American baseball player | |
March 4th, 1980 (March 04 1980) | Birth | Arash Markazi, American sportswriter | |
March 4th, 1979 (March 04 1979) | Event | The first encyclical written by Pope John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis (Latin for "The Redeemer of Man") is promulgated less than five months after his installation as pope. | |
March 4th, 1979 (March 04 1979) | Birth | Ben Fouhy, New Zealand flatwater canoeist | |
March 4th, 1979 (March 04 1979) | Birth | Geoff Huegill, Australian swimmer | |
March 4th, 1979 (March 04 1979) | Birth | Jon Fratelli, Scottish singer (The Fratellis) | |
March 4th, 1979 (March 04 1979) | Death | Willi Unsoeld, American mountain climber (born in 1926) | |
March 4th, 1978 (March 04 1978) | Birth | Nate Ackerman, British-American logician and wrestler | |
March 4th, 1978 (March 04 1978) | Birth | Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player | |
March 4th, 1978 (March 04 1978) | Birth | Denis Dallan, Italian rugby union footballer | |
March 4th, 1978 (March 04 1978) | Birth | Rachel Roberts, Canadian model and actress | |
March 4th, 1978 (March 04 1978) | Death | Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (born in 1909) | |
March 4th, 1977 (March 04 1977) | Event | The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500. | |
March 4th, 1977 (March 04 1977) | Event | The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. | |
March 4th, 1977 (March 04 1977) | Birth | Ana Gabriela Guevara, Mexican athlete | |
March 4th, 1977 (March 04 1977) | Birth | Juha Helppi, Finnish professional poker player | |
March 4th, 1977 (March 04 1977) | Birth | Daniel Klewer, German footballer | |
March 4th, 1977 (March 04 1977) | Birth | Jason Marsalis, American musician | |
March 4th, 1977 (March 04 1977) | Death | Andres Caicedo, Colombian writer (born in 1951) | |
March 4th, 1977 (March 04 1977) | Death | Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (born in 1925) | |
March 4th, 1977 (March 04 1977) | Death | Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician and former Chancellor of Germany (born in 1887) | |
March 4th, 1976 (March 04 1976) | Event | The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament. | |
March 4th, 1976 (March 04 1976) | Birth | Hiram Bocachica, Puerto Rican baseball player | |
March 4th, 1976 (March 04 1976) | Birth | Sean Covel, American film producer | |
March 4th, 1976 (March 04 1976) | Birth | Scott Sturgeon (Stza Crack), American musician (Choking Victim and Leftover Crack) | |
March 4th, 1976 (March 04 1976) | Birth | Thierry Renaer, Belgian field hockey player | |
March 4th, 1976 (March 04 1976) | Birth | Vic Wunderle, American archer | |
March 4th, 1976 (March 04 1976) | Death | Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (born in 1886) | |
March 4th, 1975 (March 04 1975) | Birth | Kirsten Bolm, German hurdler | |
March 4th, 1975 (March 04 1975) | Birth | Patrick Femerling, German-born professional basketball player | |
March 4th, 1975 (March 04 1975) | Birth | Kim Jung-Eun, South Korean actress | |
March 4th, 1975 (March 04 1975) | Birth | Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player | |
March 4th, 1975 (March 04 1975) | Birth | Antti Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player | |
March 4th, 1975 (March 04 1975) | Birth | Hawksley Workman, Canadian rock singer-songwriter | |
March 4th, 1974 (March 04 1974) | Birth | ICS Vortex (Simen Hestn?s), Norwegian vocalist (Arcturus) | |
March 4th, 1974 (March 04 1974) | Birth | Karol Kucera, Slovak tennis player | |
March 4th, 1974 (March 04 1974) | Birth | Ariel Ortega, Argentine footballer | |
March 4th, 1974 (March 04 1974) | Birth | Tommy Phelps, American baseball player | |
March 4th, 1974 (March 04 1974) | Death | Adolph Gottlieb, American painter (born in 1903) | |
March 4th, 1973 (March 04 1973) | Birth | Summer Cummings, American actress | |
March 4th, 1973 (March 04 1973) | Birth | Phillip Daniels, American footballer | |
March 4th, 1973 (March 04 1973) | Birth | Len Wiseman, American director | |
March 4th, 1973 (March 04 1973) | Death | Samuel Tolansky, British scientist and expert on spectroscopy (born in 1907) | |
March 4th, 1972 (March 04 1972) | Event | Libya and the Soviet Union sign a cooperation treaty. | |
March 4th, 1972 (March 04 1972) | Birth | Pae Gil-Su, North Korean gymnast | |
March 4th, 1972 (March 04 1972) | Birth | Ivy Queen, American composer and singer | |
March 4th, 1972 (March 04 1972) | Birth | Robert Smith, American footballer | |
March 4th, 1972 (March 04 1972) | Birth | Jos Verstappen, Dutch Formula One driver | |
March 4th, 1972 (March 04 1972) | Birth | Alison Wheeler, British singer (The Beautiful South) | |
March 4th, 1971 (March 04 1971) | Birth | Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player | |
March 4th, 1971 (March 04 1971) | Birth | Fergal Lawler, Irish drummer (The Cranberries) | |
March 4th, 1971 (March 04 1971) | Birth | Satoshi Motoyama, Japanese racing driver | |
March 4th, 1971 (March 04 1971) | Birth | Shavar Ross, American actor-turned film director, writer, film producer and editor | |
March 4th, 1971 (March 04 1971) | Birth | Nick Stabile, American actor | |
March 4th, 1971 (March 04 1971) | Birth | Jovan Stankovic, Serbian footballer | |
March 4th, 1970 (March 04 1970) | Event | French submarine Eurydice explodes. | |
March 4th, 1970 (March 04 1970) | Birth | Andrea Bendewald, American actress | |
March 4th, 1970 (March 04 1970) | Birth | Alex Criville, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer | |
March 4th, 1969 (March 04 1969) | Birth | Chastity Bono, American actress and gay rights activist | Bono Quotes |
March 4th, 1969 (March 04 1969) | Birth | Pierluigi Casiraghi, Italian football manager | |
March 4th, 1969 (March 04 1969) | Birth | Annie Shizuka Inoh, Taiwanese actress | |
March 4th, 1969 (March 04 1969) | Birth | Frank Nicotero, American comedian | |
March 4th, 1969 (March 04 1969) | Birth | Stina Nordenstam, Swedish experimental pop singer, songwriter and musician | |
March 4th, 1969 (March 04 1969) | Birth | Patrick Roach, Canadian actor | |
March 4th, 1969 (March 04 1969) | Birth | Jason Townsend, American artist and record producer | |
March 4th, 1969 (March 04 1969) | Death | Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (born in 1881) | |
March 4th, 1968 (March 04 1968) | Birth | Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan baseball player | |
March 4th, 1968 (March 04 1968) | Birth | Patsy Kensit, English actress | |
March 4th, 1968 (March 04 1968) | Birth | Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greek politician | |
March 4th, 1967 (March 04 1967) | Birth | Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer | |
March 4th, 1967 (March 04 1967) | Birth | Evan Dando, American musician (The Lemonheads) | |
March 4th, 1967 (March 04 1967) | Birth | Andrew Osmond, English writer | |
March 4th, 1967 (March 04 1967) | Birth | Kubilay Turky?lmaz, former Turkish-Swiss footballer | |
March 4th, 1967 (March 04 1967) | Death | Vladan Desnica, Croatian and Serbian writer (born in 1905) | |
March 4th, 1967 (March 04 1967) | Death | Michel Plancherel, Swiss mathematician (born in 1885) | |
March 4th, 1966 (March 04 1966) | Event | Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people. | |
March 4th, 1966 (March 04 1966) | Birth | Daniela Amavia, Greek-American actress and international model | |
March 4th, 1966 (March 04 1966) | Birth | Steve Bastoni, Italian Australian actor | |
March 4th, 1966 (March 04 1966) | Birth | Emese Hunyady, Hungarian speed skater | |
March 4th, 1966 (March 04 1966) | Birth | Kevin Johnson, American basketball player | |
March 4th, 1966 (March 04 1966) | Birth | Dav Pilkey, American author | |
March 4th, 1966 (March 04 1966) | Birth | Grand Puba, American rapper | |
March 4th, 1966 (March 04 1966) | Birth | Wash West, English gay porn film director | |
March 4th, 1965 (March 04 1965) | Birth | Paul W. S. Anderson, English filmmaker | |
March 4th, 1965 (March 04 1965) | Birth | Andrew Collins, English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster | |
March 4th, 1965 (March 04 1965) | Birth | Stacy Edwards, American actress | |
March 4th, 1965 (March 04 1965) | Birth | Gary Helms, American country singer | |
March 4th, 1965 (March 04 1965) | Birth | Khaled Hosseini, Afghan author and physician | |
March 4th, 1965 (March 04 1965) | Birth | WestBam (Maximillian Lenz), German rave techno DJ | |
March 4th, 1965 (March 04 1965) | Birth | Yuri Lonchakov, Russian cosmonaut | |
March 4th, 1965 (March 04 1965) | Birth | Jonathan Shearer, Scottish castaway | |
March 4th, 1964 (March 04 1964) | Birth | Tom Lampkin, American baseball player | |
March 4th, 1964 (March 04 1964) | Birth | Paolo Virzi, Italian screenwriter and director | |
March 4th, 1963 (March 04 1963) | Birth | Barbara Bubula, Polish politician | |
March 4th, 1963 (March 04 1963) | Birth | Janey Lee Grace, English singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey | Jane Ace Quotes |
March 4th, 1963 (March 04 1963) | Birth | Jason Newsted, American bassist (former Metallica, now Voivod) | |
March 4th, 1963 (March 04 1963) | Birth | Daniel Roebuck, American actor | |
March 4th, 1963 (March 04 1963) | Death | William Carlos Williams, American poet (born in 1883) | William Carlos Williams Quotes |
March 4th, 1962 (March 04 1962) | Event | United States Atomic Energy Commission announces that the first atomic power plant at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is in operation. | |
March 4th, 1962 (March 04 1962) | Birth | Simon Bisley, British comic book artist | |
March 4th, 1962 (March 04 1962) | Birth | Lolo Ferrari, French actress (died in 2000) | |
March 4th, 1962 (March 04 1962) | Birth | Greg Kragen, American footballer | |
March 4th, 1962 (March 04 1962) | Birth | David Sparrow, English actor | |
March 4th, 1962 (March 04 1962) | Death | George Mogridge, Major League Baseball pitcher (born in 1889) | |
March 4th, 1961 (March 04 1961) | Birth | Sabine Everts, former German track athlete | |
March 4th, 1961 (March 04 1961) | Birth | Ray Mancini, American boxer | |
March 4th, 1961 (March 04 1961) | Birth | Steven Weber, American actor | |
March 4th, 1961 (March 04 1961) | Birth | Roger Wessels, South African golfer | |
March 4th, 1960 (March 04 1960) | Event | French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba killing 100. Fidel Castro blames the U.S. | Fidel Castro Quotes |
March 4th, 1960 (March 04 1960) | Birth | Mikko Kuustonen, Finnish singer and songwriter | |
March 4th, 1960 (March 04 1960) | Birth | John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer | |
March 4th, 1960 (March 04 1960) | Birth | Christina Sussiek, former German athlete | |
March 4th, 1960 (March 04 1960) | Birth | Mykelti Williamson, American actor | |
March 4th, 1960 (March 04 1960) | Death | Herbert O Conor, 51st Governor of the US State of Maryland (born in 1896) | |
March 4th, 1960 (March 04 1960) | Death | Leonard Warren, American baritone (born in 1911) | |
March 4th, 1959 (March 04 1959) | Event | U.S. Pioneer 4 misses Moon and becomes the second (U.S. first) artificial planet. | |
March 4th, 1959 (March 04 1959) | Birth | Rick Ardon, Australian news presenter | |
March 4th, 1959 (March 04 1959) | Death | Maxey Long, American athlete (born in 1878) | |
March 4th, 1958 (March 04 1958) | Birth | Patricia Heaton, American actress | |
March 4th, 1958 (March 04 1958) | Birth | Lennie Lee, British artist | |
March 4th, 1957 (March 04 1957) | Event | The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90. | |
March 4th, 1957 (March 04 1957) | Birth | Jim Dwyer, American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner | |
March 4th, 1957 (March 04 1957) | Birth | Rick Mast, American NASCAR driver | |
March 4th, 1956 (March 04 1956) | Birth | Kermit Driscoll, American jazz bassist | |
March 4th, 1955 (March 04 1955) | Birth | Rowland Charles Gould (Boon Gould) English musician (Level 42) | |
March 4th, 1955 (March 04 1955) | Birth | Dominique Pinon, French actor | |
March 4th, 1955 (March 04 1955) | Birth | James Weaver, English race car driver | |
March 4th, 1954 (March 04 1954) | Event | Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant. | |
March 4th, 1954 (March 04 1954) | Birth | Mark Chorvinsky, American author and editor (died in 2005) | |
March 4th, 1954 (March 04 1954) | Birth | Francois Fillon, French politician, Prime Minister of France | |
March 4th, 1954 (March 04 1954) | Birth | Peter Jacobsen, American professional golfer | |
March 4th, 1954 (March 04 1954) | Birth | Catherine O Hara, Canadian actress | |
March 4th, 1954 (March 04 1954) | Birth | Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian writer and dissident | |
March 4th, 1954 (March 04 1954) | Birth | Willie Thorne, English snooker player | |
March 4th, 1954 (March 04 1954) | Birth | Adrian Zmed, American actor | |
March 4th, 1954 (March 04 1954) | Death | Noel Gay, English composer, (born in 1898) | |
March 4th, 1953 (March 04 1953) | Birth | Emilio Estefan, Cuban percussionist | |
March 4th, 1953 (March 04 1953) | Birth | Scott Hicks, Ugandan-born film director | |
March 4th, 1953 (March 04 1953) | Birth | Pawel Janas, Polish football manager and former footballer | |
March 4th, 1953 (March 04 1953) | Birth | Kay Lenz, American actress | |
March 4th, 1953 (March 04 1953) | Birth | Chris Smith, American politician | |
March 4th, 1952 (March 04 1952) | Birth | Ronn Moss, American actor | |
March 4th, 1952 (March 04 1952) | Birth | Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer | |
March 4th, 1952 (March 04 1952) | Death | Charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (born in 1857) | |
March 4th, 1951 (March 04 1951) | Birth | Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician | |
March 4th, 1951 (March 04 1951) | Birth | Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager | |
March 4th, 1951 (March 04 1951) | Birth | Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, American novelist (died in 1982) | |
March 4th, 1951 (March 04 1951) | Birth | Sam Perlozzo, American Major League Baseball manager (Baltimore Orioles) | |
March 4th, 1951 (March 04 1951) | Birth | Mike Quarry, American light heavyweight boxer (died in 2006) | |
March 4th, 1951 (March 04 1951) | Birth | Chris Rea, English singer | |
March 4th, 1951 (March 04 1951) | Birth | Linda Yamamoto, Japanese singer | |
March 4th, 1950 (March 04 1950) | Birth | Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter | |
March 4th, 1950 (March 04 1950) | Birth | Rick Perry, Governor of Texas | |
March 4th, 1950 (March 04 1950) | Death | Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (born in 1899) | |
March 4th, 1949 (March 04 1949) | Birth | Carroll Baker, Canadian country singer and songwriter | |
March 4th, 1948 (March 04 1948) | Birth | Lindy Chamberlain, Australian author | |
March 4th, 1948 (March 04 1948) | Birth | James Ellroy, American writer | |
March 4th, 1948 (March 04 1948) | Birth | Tom Grieve, American baseball player | |
March 4th, 1948 (March 04 1948) | Birth | Leron Lee, American baseball player | |
March 4th, 1948 (March 04 1948) | Birth | Jean O Leary, American gay and lesbian rights activist and politician (died in 2005) | |
March 4th, 1948 (March 04 1948) | Birth | Chris Squire, English bassist (Yes) | |
March 4th, 1948 (March 04 1948) | Birth | Shakin Stevens, Welsh singer | |
March 4th, 1948 (March 04 1948) | Death | Antonin Artaud, French actor/director (born in 1896) | |
March 4th, 1947 (March 04 1947) | Birth | David Franzoni, American screenwriter | |
March 4th, 1947 (March 04 1947) | Birth | Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician | |
March 4th, 1947 (March 04 1947) | Birth | Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor | |
March 4th, 1947 (March 04 1947) | Birth | Gwen Welles, American actress (died in 1993) | |
March 4th, 1946 (March 04 1946) | Birth | Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur | |
March 4th, 1946 (March 04 1946) | Birth | Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker | |
March 4th, 1946 (March 04 1946) | Birth | Harvey Goldsmith, British impresario | |
March 4th, 1946 (March 04 1946) | Death | Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (born in 1886) | |
March 4th, 1945 (March 04 1945) | Event | In the United Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth, later to become Queen Elizabeth II, joins the British Army as a driver. | |
March 4th, 1945 (March 04 1945) | Event | Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany. | |
March 4th, 1945 (March 04 1945) | Birth | Tara Browne, British socialite (died in 1966) | |
March 4th, 1945 (March 04 1945) | Birth | Dieter Meier, Swiss singer | |
March 4th, 1945 (March 04 1945) | Birth | Frank Novak, American actor | |
March 4th, 1945 (March 04 1945) | Birth | Tommy Svensson, Swedish football manager | |
March 4th, 1945 (March 04 1945) | Birth | Gary Williams, American basketball coach | |
March 4th, 1945 (March 04 1945) | Death | Lucille La Verne, American actress (born in 1872) | |
March 4th, 1945 (March 04 1945) | Death | Mark Sandrich, American film director, writer and producer (born in 1900) | |
March 4th, 1944 (March 04 1944) | Event | First U.S. daylight bombing of Berlin and Anti-Germany strikes in northern Italy. | |
March 4th, 1944 (March 04 1944) | Birth | Ulrich Roski, German singer-songwriter (died in 2003) | |
March 4th, 1944 (March 04 1944) | Birth | Harvey Postlethwaite, English engineer and race car designer (died in 1999) | |
March 4th, 1944 (March 04 1944) | Birth | Bobby Womack, American singer | |
March 4th, 1944 (March 04 1944) | Death | Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (b.1897) (executed) | |
March 4th, 1944 (March 04 1944) | Death | Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (born in 1896) (executed) | |
March 4th, 1944 (March 04 1944) | Death | Emanuel Weiss, American hitman (born in 1906) (executed) | |
March 4th, 1944 (March 04 1944) | Death | Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and political activist (born in 1855) | |
March 4th, 1943 (March 04 1943) | Birth | Lucio Dalla, Italian singer and songwriter | |
March 4th, 1943 (March 04 1943) | Birth | Zoltan Jeney, Hungarian composer | |
March 4th, 1942 (March 04 1942) | Birth | Gloria Gaither, American gospel songwriter | |
March 4th, 1942 (March 04 1942) | Birth | Charles C. Krulak, 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps | |
March 4th, 1942 (March 04 1942) | Birth | David Matthews, American keyboardist, pianist, and arranger | |
March 4th, 1941 (March 04 1941) | Event | The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands, during World War II. | |
March 4th, 1941 (March 04 1941) | Event | Adolf Hitler applies pressure on Yugoslavia to join the Tripartite Pact. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
March 4th, 1941 (March 04 1941) | Birth | John Aprea, American actor | |
March 4th, 1941 (March 04 1941) | Birth | Adrian Lyne, English film director | |
March 4th, 1941 (March 04 1941) | Birth | Bobby Shew, American jazz musician | |
March 4th, 1941 (March 04 1941) | Death | Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born in 1858) | |
March 4th, 1940 (March 04 1940) | Birth | Volodymyr Morozov, Ukrainian flatwater canoer | |
March 4th, 1940 (March 04 1940) | Death | Hamlin Garland, American novelist (born in 1860) | |
March 4th, 1939 (March 04 1939) | Birth | Jack Fisher, American baseball player | |
March 4th, 1939 (March 04 1939) | Birth | Carlos Vereza, Brazilian actor | |
March 4th, 1938 (March 04 1938) | Birth | Angus MacLise, American percussionist (died in 1979) | |
March 4th, 1938 (March 04 1938) | Birth | Don Perkins, American football player | |
March 4th, 1938 (March 04 1938) | Birth | Paula Prentiss, American actress | |
March 4th, 1938 (March 04 1938) | Birth | Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish diplomat and researcher | |
March 4th, 1938 (March 04 1938) | Death | George Foster Peabody, American politician (born in 1852) | |
March 4th, 1938 (March 04 1938) | Death | Jack Taylor, American baseball player (born in 1874) | |
March 4th, 1937 (March 04 1937) | Birth | Graham Dowling, New Zealand cricketer | |
March 4th, 1937 (March 04 1937) | Birth | Leslie Gelb, American foreign policy advisor | |
March 4th, 1937 (March 04 1937) | Birth | Yuri Senkevich, Russian cosmonaut (died in 2003) | |
March 4th, 1937 (March 04 1937) | Birth | Barney Wilen, French jazz saxophonist (died in 1996) | |
March 4th, 1936 (March 04 1936) | Birth | Jim Clark, OBE, Scottish racing driver and two-time F1 world champion (died in 1968) | |
March 4th, 1936 (March 04 1936) | Birth | Aribert Reimann, German composer | |
March 4th, 1935 (March 04 1935) | Birth | Bent Larsen, Danish chess player | |
March 4th, 1935 (March 04 1935) | Birth | Nancy Whiskey, Scottish folk singer (died in 2003) | |
March 4th, 1934 (March 04 1934) | Birth | Mario Davidovsky, Argentinian composer | |
March 4th, 1934 (March 04 1934) | Birth | John Duffey, American bluegrass musician (died in 1996) | |
March 4th, 1934 (March 04 1934) | Birth | Anne Haney, American actress (died in 2001) | |
March 4th, 1934 (March 04 1934) | Birth | Barbara McNair, American singer and actress (died in 2007) | |
March 4th, 1934 (March 04 1934) | Birth | Janez Strnad, Slovenian physicist | |
March 4th, 1934 (March 04 1934) | Birth | Gleb Yakunin, Russian priest and dissident | |
March 4th, 1933 (March 04 1933) | Event | Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, first female member of the United States Cabinet. | |
March 4th, 1933 (March 04 1933) | Event | Bertha Wilson is appointed as first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada. | |
March 4th, 1933 (March 04 1933) | Event | The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedureChancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates authoritarian rule by decree (see Austrofascism). | |
March 4th, 1933 (March 04 1933) | Birth | Ann Burton, Dutch jazz singer (died in 1989) | |
March 4th, 1933 (March 04 1933) | Birth | John W Mills, British sculptor | |
March 4th, 1933 (March 04 1933) | Birth | Nino Vaccarella, former Italian sports car racing and Formula One driver | |
March 4th, 1932 (March 04 1932) | Birth | Ryszard Kapuscinski, Polish journalist (died in 2007) | Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes |
March 4th, 1932 (March 04 1932) | Birth | Miriam Makeba, South African singer | |
March 4th, 1932 (March 04 1932) | Birth | Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American car designer (died in 2001) | |
March 4th, 1932 (March 04 1932) | Birth | Frank Wells, American entertainment businessman (died in 1994) | |
March 4th, 1931 (March 04 1931) | Event | The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) meet to sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing that salt is freely used by the poorest layers of the population. | Mahatma Gandhi Quotes |
March 4th, 1931 (March 04 1931) | Birth | Wally Bruner, American journalist and television host (died in 1997) | |
March 4th, 1931 (March 04 1931) | Birth | Bob Johnson, American ice hockey coach (died in 1991) | |
March 4th, 1931 (March 04 1931) | Birth | William Henry Keeler, American Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal | |
March 4th, 1931 (March 04 1931) | Birth | Alice Rivlin, American economist | |
March 4th, 1930 (March 04 1930) | Event | Terrible floods ransack Languedoc and the surrounds in south-west France, resulting in twelve departments being submerged by water and causing the death of over 700 people. | |
March 4th, 1929 (March 04 1929) | Event | Charles Curtis becomes the first native-American Vice President. | |
March 4th, 1929 (March 04 1929) | Birth | Bernard Haitink, Dutch conductor | |
March 4th, 1929 (March 04 1929) | Birth | Josep Mestres Quadreny, Catalan composer | |
March 4th, 1928 (March 04 1928) | Birth | Samuel Adler, American composer | |
March 4th, 1928 (March 04 1928) | Birth | Alan Sillitoe, English writer | |
March 4th, 1927 (March 04 1927) | Birth | Philip Batt, 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Idaho | |
March 4th, 1927 (March 04 1927) | Birth | Thayer David, American actor (died in 1978) | |
March 4th, 1927 (March 04 1927) | Birth | Robert Orben, American magician | |
March 4th, 1927 (March 04 1927) | Birth | Dick Savitt, American tennis player | |
March 4th, 1927 (March 04 1927) | Birth | Cy Touff, American jazz musician (died in 2003) | |
March 4th, 1927 (March 04 1927) | Death | Ira Remsen American chemist (born in 1846) | |
March 4th, 1926 (March 04 1926) | Birth | Richard DeVos, American billionaire, co-founder of Amway | Devo Quotes |
March 4th, 1926 (March 04 1926) | Birth | James J. Eagan, Former Mayor of Florissant, Missouri (died in 2000) | |
March 4th, 1926 (March 04 1926) | Birth | Pascual Perez (boxing), Argentine flyweight boxer (died in 1977) | |
March 4th, 1926 (March 04 1926) | Birth | Don Rendell, English jazz musician and arranger | |
March 4th, 1926 (March 04 1926) | Birth | Fran Warren, American singer | |
March 4th, 1925 (March 04 1925) | Event | Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcast on radio. | Calvin Coolidge Quotes |
March 4th, 1925 (March 04 1925) | Birth | Paul Mauriat, French musician (died in 2006) | |
March 4th, 1925 (March 04 1925) | Death | Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer (born in 1854) | |
March 4th, 1925 (March 04 1925) | Death | James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (born in 1843) | Philo Quotes |
March 4th, 1925 (March 04 1925) | Death | John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (born in 1860) | |
March 4th, 1924 (March 04 1924) | Birth | Kenneth O Donnell, aide to US President John F. Kennedy (died in 1977) | John F. Kennedy Quotes |
March 4th, 1923 (March 04 1923) | Birth | Sir Patrick Moore, British astronomer | |
March 4th, 1922 (March 04 1922) | Birth | Richard E. Cunha, American cinematographer and film director (died in 2005) | |
March 4th, 1922 (March 04 1922) | Birth | Martha O Driscoll, American film actress (died in 1998) | |
March 4th, 1922 (March 04 1922) | Birth | Dina Pathak (Deena Pathak), Veteran Gujarati theatre and film actress (died in 2002) | |
March 4th, 1922 (March 04 1922) | Death | Bert Williams, American entertainer (born in 1874) | |
March 4th, 1921 (March 04 1921) | Birth | Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-born composer | |
March 4th, 1921 (March 04 1921) | Birth | Joan Greenwood, English actress (died in 1987) | |
March 4th, 1921 (March 04 1921) | Birth | Wilson Harris, Guyanese writer | |
March 4th, 1921 (March 04 1921) | Birth | Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player | |
March 4th, 1920 (March 04 1920) | Birth | Jean Lecanuet, French politician (died in 1993) | |
March 4th, 1920 (March 04 1920) | Birth | Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (died in 2002) | |
March 4th, 1919 (March 04 1919) | Birth | Buck Baker, American racecar driver (died in 2002) | |
March 4th, 1918 (March 04 1918) | Birth | Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player | |
March 4th, 1917 (March 04 1917) | Event | Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives. | |
March 4th, 1917 (March 04 1917) | Event | Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia s renunciation of the throne is made public, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia publicly issues his abdication manifesto. The victory of the February Revolution. | |
March 4th, 1917 (March 04 1917) | Birth | Clyde McCullough, American baseball player (died in 1982) | |
March 4th, 1916 (March 04 1916) | Birth | William Alland, American actor, producer, writer and director (died in 1997) | |
March 4th, 1916 (March 04 1916) | Birth | Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer (died in 2000) | |
March 4th, 1916 (March 04 1916) | Birth | Hans Eysenck, German-born psychologist (died in 1997) | |
March 4th, 1916 (March 04 1916) | Death | Franz Marc, German artist (born in 1880) | |
March 4th, 1915 (March 04 1915) | Birth | Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (died in 1997) | |
March 4th, 1915 (March 04 1915) | Death | William Willett, inventor of Daylight Saving Time (born in 1856) | |
March 4th, 1914 (March 04 1914) | Birth | Gino Colaussi (Luigi Colaussi), Italian footballer (died in 1991) | |
March 4th, 1914 (March 04 1914) | Birth | Ward Kimball, American cartoonist (died in 2002) | |
March 4th, 1914 (March 04 1914) | Birth | Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor and architect (died in 2000) | |
March 4th, 1913 (March 04 1913) | Birth | Taos Amrouche, Algerian writer and singer (died in 1976) | |
March 4th, 1913 (March 04 1913) | Birth | John Garfield, American actor (died in 1952) | |
March 4th, 1913 (March 04 1913) | Birth | Willie Johnson (guitarist), American guitarist (died in 1995) | |
March 4th, 1912 (March 04 1912) | Birth | Afro Basaldella, Italian painter (died in 1976) | |
March 4th, 1912 (March 04 1912) | Birth | Judith Furse, British character actress (died in 1974) | |
March 4th, 1912 (March 04 1912) | Birth | Carl Marzani, American documentarian (died in 1994) | |
March 4th, 1911 (March 04 1911) | Event | Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes the first socialist congressman in U.S.. | |
March 4th, 1910 (March 04 1910) | Death | Knut Angstrom, Swedish physicist (born in 1857) | |
March 4th, 1909 (March 04 1909) | Birth | Harry Helmsley, American real estate entrepreneur (d.1997) | |
March 4th, 1908 (March 04 1908) | Event | The Collinwood School Fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people. | |
March 4th, 1908 (March 04 1908) | Birth | T.R.M. Howard, American civil rights leader (died in 1976) | |
March 4th, 1907 (March 04 1907) | Birth | Eleanor "Sis" Daley, wife of Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley (died in 2003) | Richard J. Daley Quotes |
March 4th, 1906 (March 04 1906) | Birth | Meindert DeJong American author (died in 1991) | Erica Jong Quotes |
March 4th, 1906 (March 04 1906) | Birth | Georges Ronsse, Belgian national cyclo-cross and world champion road bicycle racer (died in 1969) | |
March 4th, 1906 (March 04 1906) | Birth | Charles Rudolph Walgreen, Jr., American businessman (died in 2007) | |
March 4th, 1906 (March 04 1906) | Death | John McAllister Schofield, former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (born in 1831) | |
March 4th, 1904 (March 04 1904) | Event | Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops. | |
March 4th, 1904 (March 04 1904) | Birth | George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (died in 1968) | |
March 4th, 1904 (March 04 1904) | Birth | Joseph Schmidt Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor (died in 1942) | |
March 4th, 1904 (March 04 1904) | Birth | Chief Tahachee, American-born Old Settler Cherokee Indian stage and film actor (died in 1978) | |
March 4th, 1903 (March 04 1903) | Birth | Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish statesman (died in 1973) | |
March 4th, 1903 (March 04 1903) | Birth | William C. Boyd, American immunochemist (died in 1983) | |
March 4th, 1903 (March 04 1903) | Birth | Dorothy Mackaill, British-born actress (died in 1990) | |
March 4th, 1903 (March 04 1903) | Birth | John Scarne, American magician (died in 1985) | |
March 4th, 1903 (March 04 1903) | Death | Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English novelist (born in 1834) | Joseph Henry Shorthouse Quotes |
March 4th, 1902 (March 04 1902) | Event | In Chicago, the American Automobile Association is established. | |
March 4th, 1901 (March 04 1901) | Birth | Charles Goren, American bridge player and writer (died in 1991) | |
March 4th, 1901 (March 04 1901) | Birth | Jean Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy/French poet (died in 1937) | |
March 4th, 1900 (March 04 1900) | Birth | Herbert Biberman, American screenwriter (died in 1971) | |
March 4th, 1899 (March 04 1899) | Event | Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inlandover 300 dead. | |
March 4th, 1899 (March 04 1899) | Birth | Emilio Prados, Spanish poet and editor (died in 1962) | |
March 4th, 1898 (March 04 1898) | Birth | Georges Dumezil, French philologist (died in 1940) | Philo Quotes |
March 4th, 1897 (March 04 1897) | Birth | Lefty O Doul, American baseball player (died in 1969) | |
March 4th, 1895 (March 04 1895) | Birth | Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator (died in 1953) | |
March 4th, 1895 (March 04 1895) | Birth | Shemp Howard, American comedian (Three Stooges) (died in 1955) | |
March 4th, 1894 (March 04 1894) | Event | Great fire in Shanghai. Over 1,000 buildings are destroyed. | |
March 4th, 1893 (March 04 1893) | Event | Congo Free State: The army of Francis, Baron Dhanis attacks the Lualaba, enabling him to transport his troops across the Upper Congo and, capture Nyangwe almost without an effort. | |
March 4th, 1891 (March 04 1891) | Birth | Dazzy Vance, American Major League Baseball pitcher (died in 1961) | |
March 4th, 1891 (March 04 1891) | Birth | Lois Wilson, founder of Al-Anon (died in 1988) | |
March 4th, 1890 (March 04 1890) | Event | The longest bridge in the United Kingdom, the Forth Bridge (railway) (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII. | |
March 4th, 1889 (March 04 1889) | Birth | Oscar Chisini, Italian mathematician (died in 1967) | |
March 4th, 1889 (March 04 1889) | Birth | Oren E. Long, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawai i (died in 1965) | |
March 4th, 1889 (March 04 1889) | Birth | Pearl White, American actress (died in 1938) | |
March 4th, 1888 (March 04 1888) | Birth | Rafaela Ottiano, Italian-born American actress (died in 1942 | |
March 4th, 1888 (March 04 1888) | Birth | Jeff Pfeffer, American professional baseball pitcher (died in 1972) | |
March 4th, 1888 (March 04 1888) | Birth | Knute Rockne, American football player and coach (died in 1931) | Knute Rockne Quotes |
March 4th, 1888 (March 04 1888) | Death | Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher (born in 1799) | Philo Quotes |
March 4th, 1887 (March 04 1887) | Event | Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile which he test runs in Esslingen and Cannstatt, Germany. | |
March 4th, 1887 (March 04 1887) | Birth | Violet MacMillan, American Broadway theatre actress (died in 1953) | |
March 4th, 1886 (March 04 1886) | Birth | Paul Bazelaire, French cellist (died in 1958) | |
March 4th, 1884 (March 04 1884) | Birth | Red Murray, American professional baseball player (died in 1958) | Al Murray Quotes |
March 4th, 1883 (March 04 1883) | Birth | Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (died in 1956) | |
March 4th, 1883 (March 04 1883) | Death | Alexander Hamilton Stephens, former Vice President of the Confederate States of America (born in 1812) | Alexander Hamilton Quotes |
March 4th, 1882 (March 04 1882) | Event | Britain s first electric trams run in East London. | |
March 4th, 1882 (March 04 1882) | Birth | Nicolae Titulescu, Romanian diplomat, government minister, and former President of the League of Nations (died in 1941) | |
March 4th, 1881 (March 04 1881) | Birth | Todor Aleksandrov, 19th century Bulgarian revolutionary (died in 1924) | |
March 4th, 1881 (March 04 1881) | Birth | Maude Fealy, American actor (died in 1971) | |
March 4th, 1881 (March 04 1881) | Birth | Thomas Sigismund Stribling, American writer (died in 1965) | |
March 4th, 1881 (March 04 1881) | Birth | Richard C. Tolman, American mathematical physicist (died in 1948) | |
March 4th, 1880 (March 04 1880) | Birth | Channing Pollock, American playwright and critic (died in 1946) | |
March 4th, 1879 (March 04 1879) | Birth | Josip Murn Aleksandrov, Slovenian poet (died in 1901) | |
March 4th, 1878 (March 04 1878) | Birth | Egbert Van Alstyne, American songwriter and pianist (died in 1951) | |
March 4th, 1878 (March 04 1878) | Birth | Peter D. Ouspensky, Russian philosopher (died in 1947) | Philo Quotes |
March 4th, 1878 (March 04 1878) | Birth | Arishima Takeo, Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist (died in 1923) | |
March 4th, 1877 (March 04 1877) | Event | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky s ballet Swan Lake premiers at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Quotes |
March 4th, 1877 (March 04 1877) | Birth | Alexander Fyodorovich Gedike, Russian composer (died in 1957) | |
March 4th, 1877 (March 04 1877) | Birth | Fritz Graebner, German ethnologist (died in 1934) | |
March 4th, 1877 (March 04 1877) | Birth | Garrett Morgan, American inventor (died in 1963) | |
March 4th, 1876 (March 04 1876) | Birth | Leon-Paul Fargue, French poet (died in 1947) | |
March 4th, 1876 (March 04 1876) | Birth | Theodore Hardeen, Magician and stunt performer, founder of the Magician s Guild (died in 1945) | |
March 4th, 1875 (March 04 1875) | Birth | Mihaly Karolyi, former Prime Minister of Hungary and President of Hungary (died in 1955) | |
March 4th, 1873 (March 04 1873) | Birth | Guy Wetmore Carryl, American humorist and poet (died in 1904) | |
March 4th, 1873 (March 04 1873) | Birth | John H. Trumbull, 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut (died in 1961) | |
March 4th, 1872 (March 04 1872) | Death | Johannes Carsten Hauch, Danish poet (born in 1790) | |
March 4th, 1871 (March 04 1871) | Birth | Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician (died in 1945) | |
March 4th, 1870 (March 04 1870) | Birth | Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (died in 1944) | Thomas Sturge Moore Quotes |
March 4th, 1868 (March 04 1868) | Death | Jesse Chisholm, American pioneer of the Chisholm Trail (born in 1805) | |
March 4th, 1866 (March 04 1866) | Death | Alexander Campbell, Irish founder of the Disciples of Christ (born in 1788) | |
March 4th, 1865 (March 04 1865) | Event | Third (and last) national flag of the Confederate States of America adopted. | |
March 4th, 1864 (March 04 1864) | Birth | David W. Taylor, U.S. Navy architect (died in 1940) | |
March 4th, 1864 (March 04 1864) | Death | Thomas Starr King, influential Californian Unitarian minister during the American Civil War (born in 1824) | |
March 4th, 1863 (March 04 1863) | Birth | Reginald Innes Pocock, British zoologist (died in 1947) | |
March 4th, 1863 (March 04 1863) | Birth | Guillame Furret, Portuguese playwright and political activist (died in 1937) | |
March 4th, 1863 (March 04 1863) | Birth | John Henry Wigmore, American jurist and expert in the law of evidence (died in 1943) | |
March 4th, 1862 (March 04 1862) | Birth | Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (died in 1940) | |
March 4th, 1861 (March 04 1861) | Event | First national flag of the Confederate States of America (the Stars and Bars ) adopted. | |
March 4th, 1859 (March 04 1859) | Birth | Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (died in 1905) | |
March 4th, 1858 (March 04 1858) | Death | Matthew Perry, U.S. naval officer (born in 1794) | |
March 4th, 1856 (March 04 1856) | Birth | Toru Dutt, English and French poet and author (died in 1877) | |
March 4th, 1856 (March 04 1856) | Birth | Alfred William Rich, English painter (died in 1921) | |
March 4th, 1854 (March 04 1854) | Birth | Sir Napier Shaw, British meteorologist (died in 1945) | |
March 4th, 1853 (March 04 1853) | Death | Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (born in 1774) | |
March 4th, 1852 (March 04 1852) | Death | Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, Russian writer (born in 1809) | Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Quotes |
March 4th, 1851 (March 04 1851) | Death | James Richardson, British explorer (born in 1809) | |
March 4th, 1848 (March 04 1848) | Event | Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d Italia | |
March 4th, 1847 (March 04 1847) | Birth | Karl Bayer, Austrian chemist (died in 1904) | |
March 4th, 1837 (March 04 1837) | Event | Chicago becomes incorporated as a city. | |
March 4th, 1835 (March 04 1835) | Birth | John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist (died in 1911) | |
March 4th, 1832 (March 04 1832) | Death | Jean-Francois Champollion, French scholar (born in 1790) | |
March 4th, 1826 (March 04 1826) | Birth | John Buford, American Civil War Union cavalry officer (died in 1863) | |
March 4th, 1826 (March 04 1826) | Birth | Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (died in 1863) | |
March 4th, 1824 (March 04 1824) | Event | The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858. | |
March 4th, 1822 (March 04 1822) | Birth | Jules Antoine Lissajous, French mathematician (died in 1880) | |
March 4th, 1821 (March 04 1821) | Death | Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, daughter of King William IV, granddaughter of King George III (born in 1820) | William King Quotes |
March 4th, 1820 (March 04 1820) | Birth | Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (died in 1856) | |
March 4th, 1819 (March 04 1819) | Birth | Charles Oberthur, German-born harpist (died in 1895) | |
March 4th, 1817 (March 04 1817) | Birth | Edwards Pierrepont, American statesman, jurist and lawyer; 34th United States Attorney General (died in 1892) | |
March 4th, 1814 (March 04 1814) | Event | Americans defeat the British at the Battle of Longwoods between London and Thamesville near present-day Wardsville, Ontario. | |
March 4th, 1813 (March 04 1813) | Event | Russian troops fighting the army of Napoleon reach Berlin in Germany and the French garrison evacuate the city without a fight. | |
March 4th, 1807 (March 04 1807) | Death | Abraham Baldwin, American politician (born in 1754) | Abraham Quotes |
March 4th, 1805 (March 04 1805) | Death | Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (born in 1725) | |
March 4th, 1804 (March 04 1804) | Event | The Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland s Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony s only significant convict uprising. | |
March 4th, 1797 (March 04 1797) | Event | In the first ever peaceful transfer of power between elected leaders in modern times, John Adams is sworn in as President of the United States, succeeding George Washington. | John Adams Quotes |
March 4th, 1795 (March 04 1795) | Death | John Collins, American politician (born in 1717) | |
March 4th, 1794 (March 04 1794) | Event | The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the U.S. Congress. | |
March 4th, 1793 (March 04 1793) | Event | French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands. | |
March 4th, 1793 (March 04 1793) | Birth | Karl Lachmann, German philologist (died in 1851) | Philo Quotes |
March 4th, 1793 (March 04 1793) | Death | Louis de Bourbon, French admiral (born in 1725) | |
March 4th, 1792 (March 04 1792) | Birth | Samuel Slocum, American inventor (died in 1861) | |
March 4th, 1791 (March 04 1791) | Event | Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state. | |
March 4th, 1791 (March 04 1791) | Event | A Constitutional Act is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario). | |
March 4th, 1790 (March 04 1790) | Event | France is divided into 83 departements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land. | |
March 4th, 1789 (March 04 1789) | Event | In New York City, the first United States Congress meets, putting the Constitution of the United States into effect. | |
March 4th, 1782 (March 04 1782) | Birth | Johann Rudolf Wyss, Swiss folklorist (died in 1830) | |
March 4th, 1781 (March 04 1781) | Birth | Rebecca Gratz, American educator and philanthropist (died in 1869) | |
March 4th, 1778 (March 04 1778) | Event | The Continental Congress voted to ratify both the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and the Treaty of Alliance with France. The two treaties were the first entered into by the United States government. | |
March 4th, 1776 (March 04 1776) | Event | The American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts. | |
March 4th, 1774 (March 04 1774) | Event | First sighting of Orion Nebula by William Herschel. | |
March 4th, 1762 (March 04 1762) | Death | Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (born in 1702) | |
March 4th, 1756 (March 04 1756) | Birth | Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (died in 1823) | |
March 4th, 1746 (March 04 1746) | Birth | Kazimierz Pulaski, American Revolutionary War general (died in 1779) | |
March 4th, 1745 (March 04 1745) | Birth | Charles Dibdin, English composer (d.1814) | |
March 4th, 1744 (March 04 1744) | Death | John Anstis, Garter King of Arms (born in 1669) | |
March 4th, 1733 (March 04 1733) | Death | Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (born in 1656) | |
March 4th, 1719 (March 04 1719) | Birth | George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (died in 1777) | |
March 4th, 1715 (March 04 1715) | Birth | James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, British statesman (died in 1763) | |
March 4th, 1710 (March 04 1710) | Death | Louis III, Prince of Conde (born in 1668) | |
March 4th, 1706 (March 04 1706) | Birth | Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (died in 1759) | |
March 4th, 1702 (March 04 1702) | Birth | Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (died in 1724) | |
March 4th, 1681 (March 04 1681) | Event | Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. | William Penn Quotes |
March 4th, 1678 (March 04 1678) | Birth | Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (died in 1741) | Antonio Vivaldi Quotes |
March 4th, 1675 (March 04 1675) | Event | John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England. | |
March 4th, 1665 (March 04 1665) | Event | English King Charles II declares war on The Netherlands which marked the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War. | |
March 4th, 1665 (March 04 1665) | Birth | Philip Christoph von Konigsmarck, Swedish soldier (died in 1694) | |
March 4th, 1651 (March 04 1651) | Birth | John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (died in 1716) | |
March 4th, 1634 (March 04 1634) | Event | Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston, Massachusetts. | |
March 4th, 1629 (March 04 1629) | Event | Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter. | |
March 4th, 1621 (March 04 1621) | Event | Jakarta, Java is renamed Batavia. | |
March 4th, 1619 (March 04 1619) | Death | Anne of Denmark, wife of James I (born in 1574) | |
March 4th, 1615 (March 04 1615) | Death | Hans von Aachen, German painter (born in 1552) | |
March 4th, 1611 (March 04 1611) | Event | George Abbot is appointed Archbishop of Canterbury. | |
March 4th, 1610 (March 04 1610) | Birth | William Dobson, English portraitist and painter (died in 1646) | |
March 4th, 1604 (March 04 1604) | Death | Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (born in 1539) | |
March 4th, 1583 (March 04 1583) | Death | Bernard Gilpin, English clergyman, "Apostle of the North" (born in 1517) | |
March 4th, 1570 (March 04 1570) | Event | King Philip II of Spain bans foreign Dutch students. | |
March 4th, 1525 (March 04 1525) | Birth | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer of Renaissance music (died in 1594) | |
March 4th, 1519 (March 04 1519) | Event | Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and their wealth. | |
March 4th, 1496 (March 04 1496) | Death | Sigismund of Austria (born in 1427) | |
March 4th, 1493 (March 04 1493) | Event | Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal aboard his ship Nina from his discovery voyage to America. He returned to Spain on March 15. | Christopher Columbus Quotes |
March 4th, 1492 (March 04 1492) | Event | King James IV of Scotland concludes an alliance with France against England. | |
March 4th, 1492 (March 04 1492) | Birth | Francesco de Layolle, Italian composer (died in c.1540) | |
March 4th, 1484 (March 04 1484) | Death | Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland (born in 1458) | |
March 4th, 1461 (March 04 1461) | Event | Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV. | |
March 4th, 1394 (March 04 1394) | Birth | Henry the Navigator (died in 1460) | |
March 4th, 1386 (March 04 1386) | Event | Wladyslaw II Jagiello (Jogaila) was crowned King of Poland. | |
March 4th, 1351 (March 04 1351) | Event | Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam. | |
March 4th, 1303 (March 04 1303) | Death | Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (born in 1261) | |
March 4th, 1275 (March 04 1275) | Event | Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the sun. | |
March 4th, 1238 (March 04 1238) | Event | The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia. | |
March 4th, 1238 (March 04 1238) | Death | Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (born in 1210) | |
March 4th, 1238 (March 04 1238) | Death | Yuri II, Grand Prince of Vladimir (born in 1189) | |
March 4th, 1215 (March 04 1215) | Event | King John of England makes an oath to the Pope as a crusader to gain the support of Innocent III. | |
March 4th, 1193 (March 04 1193) | Death | Saladin, Kurdish sultan (born in 1137) | |
March 4th, 1188 (March 04 1188) | Birth | Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (died in 1252) | |
March 4th, 1172 (March 04 1172) | Death | Stephen III of Hungary (born in 1147) | |
March 4th, 1152 (March 04 1152) | Event | Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans. | |
March 4th, 0932 (March 04 0932) | Event | Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs. | |
March 4th, 0852 (March 04 0852) | Event | Croatian Duke Trpimir I issued a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources. | |
March 4th, 0561 (March 04 0561) | Death | Pope Pelagius I | |
March 4th, 0480 (March 04 0480) | Death | Saint Landry, bishop of Sees | |
March 4th, 0304 (March 04 0304) | Event | 303 or Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. | |
March 4th, 0251 (March 04 0251) | Death | Pope Lucius I | |