Historical Events In March - 04

1934  On March - 04 easter Cross on Mount Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated  

1936  First flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany on March - 04.  

1936  On March - 04 ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64  

1941  On March - 04 18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague  

1941  Serbian Prince Paul visits Hitler on this day in history.  

1941  Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81 on March - 04.  

1942  On March - 04 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 this day in history.  

1944  First US bombing of Berlin on this day in history.  

1945  Finland declares war on Nazi-Germany on this day in history.  

1948  Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 on March - 04.  

1949  On this day in history andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister  

1949  On March - 04 piet Van de Pol (Netherlands) becomes world champion billiard player  

1949  Security Council of UN recommends membership for Israel 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 March - 04.  

1952  On this day in history movie star Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis.  

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.  

1953  Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1954  On March - 04 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  US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet on March - 04.  

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  On this day in history leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48  

1962  AEC announces first atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation on this day in history.  

1962  Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 on March - 04.  

1963  On this day in history william Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79  

1964  On this day in history jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering  

1965  David Attenbrough became the new controller of BBC2 on this day in history.  

1966  Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing in Tokyo, 64 die on March - 04.  

1966  On this day in history canadian Pacific DC-8 explodes on landing at Tokyo, killing 64 people, including 18 Canadians  

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1188  On this day in history birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)  

1394  Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery was born on March - 04.  

1492  Francesco de Layolle, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1651  On March - 04 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  On March - 04 birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)  

0251  Death of Pope Lucius I on March - 04.  

0480  Death of Saint Landry, bishop of Sées on March - 04.  

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

1193  On March - 04 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 March - 04 death of sigismund of Austria (b. 1427)