March 4
1681 - England's King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land that later became Pennsylvania.
1789 - The Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Congress convened in New York City.
1791 - Vermont became the 14th state.
1837 - The Illinois state legislature granted a city charter to Chicago.
1861 - Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the nation's 16th president.
1863 - The Idaho Territory was established.
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term of office; with the end of the Civil War in sight, Lincoln declared: “With malice toward none, with charity for all.”
1913 - Woodrow Wilson was sworn in as the nation's 28th president.
1917 - Jeannette Rankin (R-Montana) took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives; , the same day President Woodrow Wilson took his oath of office for a second term (it being a Sunday, a private ceremony was held inside the U.S. Capitol; a second, public swearing-in took place the next day).
1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as the nation's 32nd president.
1933 - Frances Perkins, appointed Secretary of Labor, became the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet.
1966 - John Lennon of The Beatles was quoted in the London Evening Standard as saying, “We’re more popular than Jesus now,” a comment that caused an angry backlash in the United States.
1981 - A jury in Salt Lake City convicted Joseph Paul Franklin, an avowed racist and serial killer, of violating the civil rights of two Black men, Ted Fields and David Martin, who’d been shot to death. (Franklin received two life sentences for this crime; he was executed in 2013 for the 1977 murder of a Jewish man, Gerald Gordon.)
1987 - President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.
1989 - Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. announced plans to merge.
1994 - Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York.
1994 - Actor-comedian John Candy died in Durango, Mexico, at age 43.
1997 - President Bill Clinton signed a bill barring the spending of federal money on human cloning programs.
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment at work can be illegal even when the offender and victim are of the same gender.
1999 - Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun died in Arlington, Virginia at age 90.
2012 - Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia's presidential election to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years.
2015 - The Justice Department cleared Darren Wilson, a white former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer, in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a Black 18-year-old, but also issued a scathing report calling for sweeping changes in city law enforcement practices.
2017 - President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of tapping his telephones during the 2016 election; an Obama spokesman declared that the assertion was “simply false.”
2018 - Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found unconscious on a bench in the southwestern English city of Salisbury; both survived what British authorities said was a murder attempt using a nerve agent.
2021 - Demonstrators in Myanmar protesting the previous month’s military coup returned to the streets, undaunted by the killing of at least 38 people a day earlier by security forces.
Birthdays
29 - Jenna Boyd (actress)
32 - Draymond Green (basketball player)
32 - Andrea Bowen (actress)
34 - Josh Bowman (actor)
36 - Margo Harshman (actress)
36 - Park Min-young (actress)
36 - K Michelle (singer)
36 - Audrey Esparza (actress)
37 - Whitney Port (TV personality)
37 - Scott Michael Foster (actor)
39 - Jessica Heap (actress)
51 - Jason Sellers (singer)
52 - Nick Stabile (actor)
52 - Andrea Bendewald (actress)
54 - Patsy Kensit (actress)
57 - Stacy Edwards (actress)
61 - Steven Weber (actor)
64 - Patricia Heaton (actress)
68 - Catherine O'Hara (actress)
69 - Kay Lenz (actress)
71 - Chris Rea (singer)
84 - Paula Prentiss (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 4
1913 - The New York Yankees traveled to Bermuda for spring practice. They were the first team to leave the U.S. to train.
1970 - The New York Rangers set an NHL record of 126 games without being shutout.
1981 - Guy LaFleur (Montreal Canadiens) scored his 1000th career point.
1993 - ESPN formed "The V Foundation" with Jim Valvano.
1993 - ESPN held the first "ESPY Awards" ceremony.
1995 - Tony Tucker defeats George Foreman to win the WBA heavyweight boxing championship.
1681 - England's King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land that later became Pennsylvania.
1789 - The Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Congress convened in New York City.
1791 - Vermont became the 14th state.
1837 - The Illinois state legislature granted a city charter to Chicago.
1861 - Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the nation's 16th president.
1863 - The Idaho Territory was established.
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term of office; with the end of the Civil War in sight, Lincoln declared: “With malice toward none, with charity for all.”
1913 - Woodrow Wilson was sworn in as the nation's 28th president.
1917 - Jeannette Rankin (R-Montana) took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives; , the same day President Woodrow Wilson took his oath of office for a second term (it being a Sunday, a private ceremony was held inside the U.S. Capitol; a second, public swearing-in took place the next day).
1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in as the nation's 32nd president.
1933 - Frances Perkins, appointed Secretary of Labor, became the first woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet.
1966 - John Lennon of The Beatles was quoted in the London Evening Standard as saying, “We’re more popular than Jesus now,” a comment that caused an angry backlash in the United States.
1981 - A jury in Salt Lake City convicted Joseph Paul Franklin, an avowed racist and serial killer, of violating the civil rights of two Black men, Ted Fields and David Martin, who’d been shot to death. (Franklin received two life sentences for this crime; he was executed in 2013 for the 1977 murder of a Jewish man, Gerald Gordon.)
1987 - President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.
1989 - Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. announced plans to merge.
1994 - Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York.
1994 - Actor-comedian John Candy died in Durango, Mexico, at age 43.
1997 - President Bill Clinton signed a bill barring the spending of federal money on human cloning programs.
1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment at work can be illegal even when the offender and victim are of the same gender.
1999 - Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun died in Arlington, Virginia at age 90.
2012 - Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia's presidential election to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years.
2015 - The Justice Department cleared Darren Wilson, a white former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer, in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a Black 18-year-old, but also issued a scathing report calling for sweeping changes in city law enforcement practices.
2017 - President Donald Trump accused former President Barack Obama of tapping his telephones during the 2016 election; an Obama spokesman declared that the assertion was “simply false.”
2018 - Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter were found unconscious on a bench in the southwestern English city of Salisbury; both survived what British authorities said was a murder attempt using a nerve agent.
2021 - Demonstrators in Myanmar protesting the previous month’s military coup returned to the streets, undaunted by the killing of at least 38 people a day earlier by security forces.
Birthdays
29 - Jenna Boyd (actress)
32 - Draymond Green (basketball player)
32 - Andrea Bowen (actress)
34 - Josh Bowman (actor)
36 - Margo Harshman (actress)
36 - Park Min-young (actress)
36 - K Michelle (singer)
36 - Audrey Esparza (actress)
37 - Whitney Port (TV personality)
37 - Scott Michael Foster (actor)
39 - Jessica Heap (actress)
51 - Jason Sellers (singer)
52 - Nick Stabile (actor)
52 - Andrea Bendewald (actress)
54 - Patsy Kensit (actress)
57 - Stacy Edwards (actress)
61 - Steven Weber (actor)
64 - Patricia Heaton (actress)
68 - Catherine O'Hara (actress)
69 - Kay Lenz (actress)
71 - Chris Rea (singer)
84 - Paula Prentiss (actress)
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Today in Sports History - March 4
1913 - The New York Yankees traveled to Bermuda for spring practice. They were the first team to leave the U.S. to train.
1970 - The New York Rangers set an NHL record of 126 games without being shutout.
1981 - Guy LaFleur (Montreal Canadiens) scored his 1000th career point.
1993 - ESPN formed "The V Foundation" with Jim Valvano.
1993 - ESPN held the first "ESPY Awards" ceremony.
1995 - Tony Tucker defeats George Foreman to win the WBA heavyweight boxing championship.
