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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 4
- 250th: 1774 - William Herschel becomes the first to sight the Orion Nebula.
- 100th: 1924 - "Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Barbara McNair in Racine, Wisconsin, USA; singer/actress (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, Ed Sullivan Show, General Hospital, Barbara McNair Show).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Mario Davidovsky in Buenos Aires, Argentina; composer (Synchronisms).
- 80th: 1944 - First US bombing of Berlin.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Bobby Womack in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; rhythm and blues singer/guitarist ("Woman's Got to Have It").
- 70th: 1954 - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Catherine O'Hara in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress/comedienne (Beetlejuice, SCTV, Committed, Six Feet Under).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Irina Ratushinskaya in the USSR; poet (Grey is the color of hope).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Peter Erling Jacobsen in Portland, Oregon, USA; PGA golfer (1990 Bob Hope).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Adrian Zmed in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Emilia Eberle in Romania; gymnast, scores a perfect 10 in 1980 Olympics.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Linda French in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; badminton player (Olympics-1996).
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Tom Lampkin in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; catcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Jarrett Deuling Vernon; NHL left wing (New York Islanders).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Karol Kucera in Bratislava, Slovakia; tennis star (1995-Rosmalen).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Sherry Wigginton in Austin, Texas, USA; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier.
- 40th: 1984 - Pee Wee Reese and Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Donny Tourette; lead singer (Towers of London).
- 40th: 1984 - Nancy Lopez wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational.
- 30th: 1994 - Four Arab terrorists are convicted for their roles in the World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured more than 1,000.
- 30th: 1994 - Guus Verstraete Sr, Dutch actor/director (Two Drops of Water), dies at age 79.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of John Candy at age 43 of a heart attack while filming on location in Mexico; comedian, actor (SCTV Network, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Home Alone).
- 30th: 1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit.
- 25th: 1999 - In a military court, United States Marine Corps Captain Richard Ashby is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps, when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.
- 25th: 1999 - Death of Eddie Dean at age 91 in Newhall, California; singing cowboy ("I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven").
- 20th: 2004 - A mixture of synthetic ammonia and nitrogen from the Sichuan General Chemical Factory leaks into the Tuo river in Sichuan province, Chinam shutting down water for drinking and bathing for nearly one million people.
- 15th: 2009 - China announces it will increase military spending by 14.9 percent this year to 480.6 billion yuan (US$70.2 billion). The increase is the 19th double-digit boost in defence spending in the last 20 years.
- 15th: 2009 - The US government launches a US$75 billion foreclosure relief plan, part of a US$275 billion housing stimulus program announced last month.
- 15th: 2009 - The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Horton Foote, Oscar- and Pulitzer Prize winning stage and screenwriter, at age 92, in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. Notable works: The Young Man From Atlanta (Pulitzer), To Kill a Mockingbird (Oscar), Tender Mercies (Oscar), The Trip to Bountiful.
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