Historical Events In March - 04

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

1936  On this day in history first flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany  

1936  Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1941  On this day in history serbian Prince Paul visits Hitler  

1941  Edoardo Mascheroni, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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  Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy on March - 04.  

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

1945  On March - 04 finland declares war on Nazi-Germany  

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 March - 04.  

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  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  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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history albert Kuyle, [Lou Kuitenbrouwer], writer (Jesus' Carpet), dies at 54  

1959  Pioneer 4 becomes the first American spacecraft to flyby the Moon on March - 04.  

1959  US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet on March - 04.  

1960  On this day in history 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  On this day in history aEC announces first atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation  

1962  On March - 04 cairine R Wilson, 1st Canadian female senator (appointed), dies at 77  

1963  On March - 04 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 March - 04.  

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

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

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1188  On March - 04 birth of blanche of Castile, wife of Louis VIII of France (d. 1252)  

1394  On this day in history birth of henry the Navigator, Prince/sponsors Portuguese voyages of discovery  

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

1610  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 March - 04 stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies  

1193  On March - 04 death of saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137)  

1238  Death of Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210) on March - 04.  

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)