Historical Events In March - 04

1934  Easter Cross on Mount Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated on March - 04.  

1936  On March - 04 first flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany  

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

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

1941  Serbian Prince Paul visits Hitler on March - 04.  

1941  On this day in history edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81  

1942  Yuliya Lazarevna Veysberg, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1943  Nikolaos "Sokrates" Politis, Greek foreign minister, dies at 71 on March - 04.  

1944  On this day in history anti-Germany strikes in North Italy  

1944  On this day in history first US bombing of Berlin  

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1945  Finland declares war on Nazi-Germany on March - 04.  

1948  Antonin Artaud, French poet/actor (Napoleon), dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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 March - 04.  

1949  Security Council of UN recommends membership for Israel on this day in history.  

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.  

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

1952  On March - 04 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 March - 04.  

1954  Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1955  The first radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent on March - 04.  

1958  Albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1959  On March - 04 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  On this day in history lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz  

1960  Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48 on March - 04.  

1962  On March - 04 aEC announces first atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation  

1962  Cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1963  William Carlos Williams, US physician/poet, dies at 79 on March - 04.  

1964  Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering on March - 04.  

1965  David Attenbrough became the new controller of BBC2 on March - 04.  

1966  On March - 04 canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing in Tokyo, 64 die  

1966  On March - 04 canadian Pacific DC-8 explodes on landing at Tokyo, killing 64 people, including 18 Canadians  

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

1394  Henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery was born on this day in history.  

1492  On March - 04 birth of francesco de Layolle, composer  

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

1651  John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700) was born on March - 04.  

1665  On March - 04 birth of philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)  

1678  Antonio Vivaldi, Venice, Baroque violin virtuoso/composer (4 Seasons) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On March - 04 birth of jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)  

0251  Death of Pope Lucius I on this day in history.  

0480  Death of Saint Landry, bishop of Sées on this day in history.  

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  On March - 04 death of daniel of Moscow, Russian Saint, Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1261)  

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

1496  Death of Sigismund of Austria (b. 1427) on March - 04.