Historical Events In March - 04

1881  On March - 04 south African President Kruger accepts ceasefire  

1881  On March - 04 california becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation  

1882  On March - 04 britain's first electric trams run in East London.  

1883  On March - 04 john Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi  

1883  Alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71 on March - 04.  

1885  Grover Cleveland inaugrated as first Democratic President since Civil War on this day in history.  

1885  On March - 04 gilbert & Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London  

1885  On this day in history willem H Winkel, Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Curacao)  

1888  On this day in history knute Rockne, Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame)  

1888  Amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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1889  On this day in history benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd President  

1889  On March - 04 pearl White, [Victoria], US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline)  

1890  The longest bridge in the Great Britain, the Forth Bridge (railway) (1,710 ft) in Scotland is opened by the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII on March - 04.  

1891  On March - 04 dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher (led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs)  

1893  On March - 04 francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe  

1893  On this day in history grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US President (2nd term)  

1894  Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed on this day in history.  

1895  Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin on this day in history.  

1897  On March - 04 william McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US  

1897  Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball on this day in history.  

1899  Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland on March - 04.  

1900  Roberto Soundy, El Salvador, trap shooter (Olympic-1968) on March - 04.  

1901  President William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as President on March - 04.  

1901  On March - 04 1st advanced copy of inaugural speech (Jefferson-Natl Intelligencer)  

1901  Charles H Goren, bridge master (26 US Titles) on March - 04.  

1902  On this day in history american Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago  

1903  On this day in history harold Berens, comedian  

1903  Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68 on March - 04.  

1904  On March - 04 george Gamow, nuclear physicist/cosmologist/writer (1, 2, 3...  

1905  Gerhart Hauptmann's "Elga," premieres in Berlin on this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history collingwood OH primary school catches fire; 180 die  

1908  Collingwood Ohio, US primary school catches fire (180 killed) on March - 04.  

1909  President Taft inaugrated as 27th President during 10" snowstorm on March - 04.  

1909  On March - 04 uS prohibits interstate transportation of game birds  

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1188  Blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252) was born on this day in history.  

1394  On March - 04 birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery  

1492  Francesco de Layolle, composer was born on March - 04.  

1610  On March - 04 birth of william Dobson, English portraitist and painter (d. 1646)  

1651  On this day in history birth of john Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)  

1665  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on March - 04.  

1678  Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) was born on March - 04.  

1702  Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724) was born on March - 04.  

0251  On March - 04 death of pope Lucius I  

0480  On this day in history death of saint Landry, bishop of Sées  

1172  On this day in history stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies  

1193  On this day in history death of saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)  

1238  On this day in history death of joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210)  

1303  Death of Daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261) on March - 04.  

1484  On March - 04 kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25  

1496  On this day in history death of sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)