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What happened in history on this day: March 4?
On March 4 in ...
- 1776 - George Washington's Continental Army besieges Boston.
- 1789 - First US Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 representatives).
- 1791 - President George Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session.
- 1791 - Vermont admitted as 14th state (first addition to the 13 colonies).
- 1793 - President George Washington's second inauguration, shortest speech (133 words).
- 1797 - John Adams inaugurated as second President of the USA.
- 1801 - First President inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson).
- 1814 - Congress authorizes 5.4 percent interest-bearing notes.
- 1825 - Inauguration of John Quincy Adams as President of the USA.
- 1826 - First US railroad chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachusetts.
- 1829 - Andrew Jackson swears the oath of office to become 7th President of the USA.
- 1837 - City of Chicago incorporates in Illinois.
- 1837 - Martin Van Buren is sworn into office as 8th US President.
- 1845 - James K Polk inaugrated as 11th President of the United States. In his inaugural address, Polk states that the US claim to "the country of the Oregon" is "clear and unquestionable".
- 1849 - US has no President, as James Polk's term ended on a Sunday, Zachary Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (president pro tem) term ended March third.
- 1849 - Zachary Taylor takes office as 12th President of the USA.
- 1853 - Franklin Pierce begins term as 14th US President.
- 1853 - William Rufus de Vane King is sworn in as 13th US Vice President (Democrat).
- 1857 - James Buchanan is inaugurated as 15th US President.
- 1861 - Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of the USA.
- 1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln opens Government Printing Office.
- 1863 - US government establishes the Territory of Idaho.
- 1863 - Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee.
- 1865 - Abraham Lincoln inaugurated for his second term as President of the USA.
- 1869 - Ulysses Grant inaugurated as 18th President of the US.
- 1873 - New York Daily Graphic, first illustrated daily newspaper in US, begins publishing.
- 1880 - New York Daily Graphic publishes first half-tone engraving, by S H Horgan.
- 1881 - California becomes first US state to pass plant quarantine legislation.
- 1881 - James Garfield is inaugurated as 20th President of the USA.
- 1885 - Stephen Grover Cleveland is sworn into office as 22nd US President.
- 1889 - Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd US President.
- 1893 - Stephen Grover Cleveland is sworn into office as 24th US President.
- 1897 - William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of United States.
- 1901 - President William McKinley is inaugurated for a second term as President of the USA.
- 1902 - American Automobile Association (AAA) is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1905 - Theodore Roosevelt begins second term in office as US President.
- 1907 - George B. Cortelyou takes office as Treasury Secretary.
- 1909 - President Taft inaugrated as 27th US President during 10-inch snowstorm.
- 1909 - US prohibits interstate transportation of game birds.
- 1911 - Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes first socialist congressman in US.
- 1913 - The US Mint releases the Indian Head nickel to circulation.
- 1913 - First US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds is passed.
- 1913 - US government Department of Commerce and Labor is split into separate departments.
- 1913 - Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th President of the USA.
- 1918 - At Fort Riley, Kansas, USA, US Private Albert Gitchell is the first case of a new strain of influenza.
- 1921 - The Arkansas Hot Springs is designated as America's 18th national park.
- 1921 - Inauguration of Warren G. Harding as US President.
- 1925 - Calvin Coolidge is inaugurated as US President, broadcast live on 21 radio stations.
- 1925 - Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by US.
- 1929 - Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st US President.
- 1929 - Charles Curtis (Republican-Kansas) becomes first native American Vice President.
- 1930 - Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated.
- 1933 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.
- 1933 - Frances Perkins becomes US Secretary of Labor.
- 1933 - US President Franklin Roosevelt declares a Bank Holiday to begin on the following Monday.
- 1933 - By the end of the day, banks in 32 of the 48 US states are closed.
- 1944 - First US bombing of Berlin.
- 1954 - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant.
- 1955 - First radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent.
- 1959 - US Pioneer IV misses Moon and becomes second (US first) artificial planet.
- 1962 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission announces that the first atomic power plant at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is in operation.
- 1964 - Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Junior announces plans for Poor People's Campaign.
- 1971 - "City Command" kidnaps four US military men at Ankara, Turkey.
- 1977 - The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
- 1978 - Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue.
- 1979 - The U.S. Voyager I space probe photos reveal Jupiter's rings.
- 1985 - Virtual ban on leaded gas in USA ordered by EPA.
- 1985 - The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then to screen all blood donations in the United States.
- 1987 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal.
- 1988 - West Point Bullion Depository is redesignated as a Mint.
- 1989 - Time, Inc. and Warner Communications announce plans for a merger, to form Time Warner.
- 1991 - Bank of Credit and Commerce International divests itself of first American Bank.
- 1991 - Iraq releases six US, three British, and one Italian prisoners-of-war.
- 1993 - Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspirator Mohammad Salameh.
- 1994 - Four Arab terrorists are convicted for their roles in the World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured more than 1,000.
- 1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit.
- 1995 - Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital.
- 1998 - US Attorney General Janet Reno declares it is illegal to transmit sports-wagering info over telephone lines, including the Internet.
- 1998 - 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.
- 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.
- 2009 - The US government launches a US$75 billion foreclosure relief plan, part of a US$275 billion housing stimulus program announced last month.
Births on March 4
- 1907 - Birth of Edgar Barrier in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered).
- 1909 - Birth of Harry B Helmsley in New York City, New York, USA; billionaire builder (Empire State Building).
- 1912 - Birth of John Garfield in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Air Force, Destination Tokyo, Juarez).
- 1918 - Birth of Margaret Osborne DuPont in Joseph, Oregon, USA; tennis pro (US Open 1948-50).
- 1927 - Birth of Thayer David in Medford, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Eiger Sanction, Rocky, Nero Wolfe, Savages).
- 1934 - Birth of Barbara McNair in Racine, Wisconsin, USA; singer/actress (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, Ed Sullivan Show, General Hospital, Barbara McNair Show).
- 1938 - Birth of Paula Prentiss in San Antonio, Texas, USA; actress (He and She, Parallax View, Mr. and Mrs. Dracula).
- 1941 - Birth of Ji-Tu Cumbuka in Helena, Alabama, USA; actor (Roots, Man Called Sloane).
- 1941 - Birth of John Aprea in Englewood, New Jersey, USA; actor (Lucas - Another World, Godfather 2).
- 1941 - Birth of John Hancock in Hazen, Arkansas, USA; actor (Black Marble, Traxx, Houston Knights).
- 1944 - Birth of Bobby Womack in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; rhythm and blues singer/guitarist ("Woman's Got to Have It").
- 1945 - Birth of Jaime Tirelli in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Orlando Lopez - Ball Four).
- 1946 - Birth of Ralph Kirshbaum in Denton, Texas, USA; cellist (RNCM Manchester International Festival).
- 1950 - Birth of Judy Dickinson in Akron, Ohio, USA; LPGA golfer (1985 Boston Five Classic).
- 1951 - Birth of Gwen Welles in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA; actress (Desert Hearts, Sticky Fingers, Angel On My Shoulder).
- 1952 - Birth of Ronn Moss in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Ridge - The Bold and the Beautiful, Santa Barbara).
- 1953 - Birth of Kay Lenz in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Moving Violations, Rich Man Poor Man, Reasonable Doubts, The Tick, Simon and Simon).
- 1954 - Birth of Peter Erling Jacobsen in Portland, Oregon, USA; PGA golfer (1990 Bob Hope).
- 1954 - Birth of Adrian Zmed in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever).
- 1958 - Birth of Patricia Heaton in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actress (Debra - Everybody Loves Raymond).
- 1959 - Birth of Kelly Lynch in Golden Walley, Minnesota, USA; actress (Warm Summer Rain, Cocktail).
- 1960 - Birth of Russell Todd in Troy, New York, USA; actor (Dr Jamie Frame - Another World).
- 1961 - Birth of David "Tinker" Juarez in Los Angeles, California, USA; cyclist (Olympics-19th-1996).
- 1961 - Birth of Steven Weber in Queens, New York, USA; actor (Brian Hackett - Wings, Studio 60).
- 1964 - Birth of Linda French in Oak Park, Illinois, USA; badminton player (Olympics-1996).
- 1964 - Birth of Tom Lampkin in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; catcher (San Francisco Giants).
- 1965 - Birth of Alexandra Harbold, New York City, New York, USA; sprint kayak (Olympics-1996).
- 1965 - Birth of Dana Brown in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Miss Tennessee-America (1990-third).
- 1965 - Birth of Stacy Edwards in Glasgow, Montana, USA; actress (Santa Barbara, Chicago Hope).
- 1966 - Birth of Mike Small in Aurora, Illinois, USA; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Emerald Coast).
- 1967 - Birth of Juliana Furtado in New York City, New York, USA; mountain cyclist (world champion-1991, 1992, Olympics-10th-1996).
- 1968 - Birth of Brian Hunter in Torrance, California; infielder (Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros).
- 1968 - Birth of Dionna Harris in Wilmington, Delaware, USA; softball outfielder (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Jeff Tinsley in Shelbyville, Kentucky, USA; outfielder (Boston Red Sox).
- 1969 - Birth of Karrie Poppinga in Manhattan Beach, California, USA; volleyball player (Pismo Beach-4-1995).
- 1970 - Birth of Dave Stevens in Fullerton, California, USA; pitcher (Minnesota Twins).
- 1970 - Birth of Tina Paternostro in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA; golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple-57th).
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Borg in Lexington, South Carolina, USA; canoe (alternate-Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Sherry Wigginton in Austin, Texas, USA; diver (Olympics-1996).
Deaths on March 4
- 1883 - Alexander H Stephens, Vice President of Confederate States of America, dies at age 71.
- 1888 - Amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at age 88.
- 1888 - Birth of Knute Rockne; Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame).
- 1933 - Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist ("Dupree Blues"), dies at age 36.
- 1960 - American baritone singer Leonard Warren dies of a massive stroke during a performance of Verdi's La Forza del Destino at the New York's Metropolitan Opera.
- 1992 - Arthur Babbitt, animator (Mr Magoo, Goofy), dies at age 84 of heart failure (born 1907).
- 1992 - Nestor Almendros, Spanish/US cameraman (Kramer versus Kramer), dies at age 61.
- 1996 - Death of Minnie Pearl AKA Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon at age 83 from a stroke in Nashville, Tennessee, USA; country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry radio show (1940), Hee-Haw TV show, Country Music Association Hall of Fame).
- 2008 - Death of Gary Gygax, American writer and creator of Dungeons & Dragons game, at age 69.
- 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.
- 2023 - Death of Judy Heumann at age 75; American disability rights activist.
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