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Wednesday, 04 March 2026
1986 Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44 
1987 "Nightline" is seen in the USSR for inaugural time.
1987 Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86
1988 Massive Earthquake in Armenia results in the deaths of 100000 in cities of Leninakan and Spitak
1988 Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS
1990 Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands.
1990 Armand Hammer, CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92.
1991 Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at 93
1992 Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies.
1993 Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at 42
1994 Garnett Silk, vocalist, dies at 28
2006 Chivas defeats Toluca in the final of the Mexican Soccer League.
2006 Christer Fuglesang is recorded as becoming the inaugural Swede in space
2006 STS-116: Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on the inaugural night launch since the 2003 loss of Columbia
2006 The Nobel Prize ceremonies take place in Stockholm and Oslo
2007 The United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passed without an international agreement
2012 Google begins selling US$99 laptops.
2017 Governor Jerry Brown tours Southern Californian wildfires and declares them "the new normal"
2017 Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz is out for the season after injuring his knee in 43-35 win over Los Angeles Rams in Los Angeles.
2018 Theresa May cancels UK parliament vote on Brexit bill in face of certain defeat
2018 Russia's most prolific mass murderer Mikhail Popkov sentenced to second life sentence for total of 56 murders.
2018 Emmanuel Macron announces in TV address rise in minimum wage and tax concessions after weeks of civil unrest.
2019 Democrats in the United States House of Representatives announce formal charges against President Donald Trump, accusing him of abusing power and "obstructing Congress"; he is recorded as becoming the fourth U.S. president in history to face impeachment.December 11 - The World Trade Organization is left unable to intervene in trade disputes after the U.S. blocks the appointment of new panel members.
2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The United States and Saudi Arabia approve tozinameran for emergency use, while Argentina approves Sputnik V.
2020 Western Sahara conflict, Arab–Israeli conflict: Israel and Morocco normalise diplomatic relations. Simultaneously, the United States reaffirms its previous recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and announces plans to build a consulate there.
2020 France: End of Nicolas Sarkozy corruption trial.
