Historical Events In March - 04
Monday, 20 March 2023
1934 Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history first flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany
1936 On March - 04 ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64
1941 On this day in history 18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague
1941 Serbian Prince Paul visits Hitler on March - 04.
1941 On March - 04 edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81
1942 On this day in history yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62
1943 Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1944 Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy on March - 04.
1944 First US bombing of Berlin on March - 04.
1945 On this day in history finland declares war on Nazi-Germany
1948 Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 on March - 04.
1949 Andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister on this day in history.
1949 Piet Van de Pol (Netherlands) becomes world champion billiard player on this day in history.
1949 On this day in history security Council of UN recommends membership for Israel
1952 On this day in history hokkaido, Japan a 8.3 earthquake occurred 31 killed, 572 injured; 713 houses destroyed, 5,980 damaged. 28 killed and warehouses destroyed at Kushiro. 3 killed and 309 houses destroyed at Kiratapu. 1,000 houses destroyed or damaged at Shiranuka and 400 schools collapsed at Sapporo. 10-foot tsunami.
1952 Movie star Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis on March - 04.
1952 Hokkaido, Japan a 8.3 earthquake occurred: 31 killed, 572 injured; 713 houses destroyed, 5,980 damaged. 28 killed and warehouses destroyed at Kushiro. 3 killed and 309 houses destroyed at Kiratapu. 1,000 houses destroyed or damaged at Shiranuka and 400 schools collapsed at Sapporo. 10-foot tsunami on this day in history.
1953 Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61 on this day in history.
1954 On this day in history georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79
1955 On March - 04 the first radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent
1958 On March - 04 albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54
1959 On this day in history pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon
1959 On March - 04 uS Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet
1960 On March - 04 french freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
1960 Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz on March - 04.
1960 Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48 on March - 04.
1962 On this day in history aEC announces first atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation
1962 On this day in history cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77
1963 William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79 on this day in history.
1964 On March - 04 jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering
1965 David Attenbrough became the new controller of BBC2 on March - 04.
1966 Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing in Tokyo, 64 die on March - 04.
1966 On March - 04 canadian Pacific DC-8 explodes on landing at Tokyo, killing 64 people, including 18 Canadians
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