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| Birthday March 04, 1394 Prince Henry,the Navigator, sponsors Portuguese voyages |
| Birthday March 04, 1678 Antonio Vivaldi, late Baroque violin virtuoso |
| Birthday March 04, 1747 Casimir Pulaski, Amer Rev War gen |
| Birthday March 04, 1888 Knute Rockne born |
| Birthday March 04, 1888 Knute Rockne, football player/coach |
| Birthday March 04, 1904 George Gamow, nuclear physicist, cosmologist |
| Birthday March 04, 1905 Lili Kr…us, Hungarian pianist |
| Birthday March 04, 1921 Joan Greenwood, London |
| Birthday March 04, 1923 Patrick Moore, English astronomer |
| Birthday March 04, 1928 Alan Sillitoe, Br. writer (Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner) |
| Birthday March 04, 1932 Miriam Makeba, S African singer |
| Birthday March 04, 1934 Jane Goodall, Archeologist |
| Birthday March 04, 1936 Scottish racing legend Jim Clark born |
| Birthday March 04, 1939 Barbara McNair, Chic Ill, Singer/Actress |
| Birthday March 04, 1939 Paula Prentiss, San Antonio Tx, Actress |
| Birthday March 04, 1944 Susan Clark, Ontario Canada |
| Birthday March 04, 1965 Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini is born |
| History March 04, 1675 John Flamsteed appointed 1st Astronomer Royal of GB |
| History March 04, 1681 King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Penn |
| History March 04, 1776 American forces occupy Dorchester Heights |
| History March 04, 1789 1st Congress declares constitution in effect |
| History March 04, 1789 Government under the U.S. Constitution begins |
| History March 04, 1791 Vt admitted as 14th state |
| History March 04, 1792 Oranges introduced to Hawaii |
| History March 04, 1793 Washington's 2nd inaugration - shortest speech 133 words |
| History March 04, 1801 1st pres inaugration in Wash DC (Thomas Jeffersin) |
| History March 04, 1826 1st US RR chartered - Granite Railway in Quincy - Mass |
| History March 04, 1829 Jackson holds open house at the White House |
| History March 04, 1841 Longest inaugration speech - 8443 words - William Henry Harrison |
| History March 04, 1861 Confederate States adopt "Stars & Bars" flag |
| History March 04, 1861 Lincoln inaugurated |
| History March 04, 1863 Idaho Territory established |
| History March 04, 1868 Founder of Chisholm Trail dies |
| History March 04, 1894 Great fire in Shanghai 1 -000 buildings destroyed |
| History March 04, 1902 American Automobile Association opens |
| History March 04, 1913 Woodrow Wilson's first inaugural address |
| History March 04, 1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece |
| History March 04, 1933 FDR inaugurated - says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." |
| History March 04, 1934 Easter Cross on Mt. Davidson (SF) dedicated |
| History March 04, 1941 Britain launches Operation Claymore |
| History March 04, 1944 The head of Murder, Inc. is executed |
| History March 04, 1944 Eighth Air Force bombs Berlin |
| History March 04, 1952 Ernest Hemingway finishes The Old Man and the Sea |
| History March 04, 1952 Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis marry |
| History March 04, 1954 Dulles asks for action against communism |
| History March 04, 1954 1st black US sub-cabinet member appointed - JE Wilkins |
| History March 04, 1955 1st radio facsimile transmission is sent across the continent |
| History March 04, 1959 Pioneer 4 makes 1st US lunar flyby |
| History March 04, 1960 Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz |
| History March 04, 1962 DC-7 crashes in Cameroon swamp |
| History March 04, 1966 John Lennon sparks his first major controversy |
| History March 04, 1968 Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched |
| History March 04, 1968 Task Force sends memo to the president |
| History March 04, 1977 1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped - to Los Alamos Laboratories - NM |
| History March 04, 1979 US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings |
| History March 04, 1980 40th hat trick in Islander history - Mike Bossy |
| History March 04, 1982 2nd double hat trick in Islander history - Bossy & D Potvin |
| History March 04, 1995 John Candy dies |
| History March 04, 2005 Martha Stewart is released from prison |