Historical Events In March - 04

1966  On March - 04 demonstrators protest Vietnam war on Parliament Hill in Ottawa  

1966  On March - 04 john Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"  

1966  North Sea Gas was first pumped ashore by BP on this day in history.  

1966  On March - 04 studebaker of Canada stops car production finally  

1966  Janis Medins, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1967  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Vienna won by Diane Towler & Bernard Ford (Great Britain)  

1968  On this day in history joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title  

1968  Martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign on this day in history.  

1968  Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched on this day in history.  

1968  Alexandre Cellier, composer, dies at 84 on March - 04.  

Advertisements

1969  On this day in history rCMP to replace remaining dog teams with snowmobiles, Sargent York and his faithful dog Yukon can now rest easy..  

1970  French submarine "Eurydice" explodes on this day in history.  

1971  On March - 04 "City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey  

1971  On March - 04 pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- marries Margaret Sinclair in St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church; first Prime Minister to marry while in office; couple divorce in 1984  

1972  On March - 04 last train run between Penrith to Keswick UK  

1972  Libya & USSR signs cooperation treaty on March - 04.  

1973  15th Grammy Awards The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America on March - 04.  

1973  On March - 04 15th Grammy Awards: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America  

1974  On March - 04 david Hares' "Knuckle", premieres in London  

1974  On this day in history harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British premier  

1974  On this day in history adolph Gottlieb, US painter, dies at 71  

1977  On March - 04 a 7.2 earthquake occurred in Romania, it was centered about 170 kilometers northeast of Bucharest. It killed 1,500, injured about 10,500, and caused extensive damage in Bucharest and other parts of Romania  

1977  On this day in history colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain  

1977  Earthquake in Romania, kills 1,541 on March - 04.  

1977  On March - 04 the first big CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico  

1978  Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue on March - 04.  

1979  On this day in history 200th episode of "All in the Family"  

1979  US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings on this day in history.  

1980  On March - 04 robert Mugabe forms Zimbabwe's first black government  

1980  Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF wins parliamentary election in Zimbabwe on March - 04.  

1981  On March - 04 torin Thatcher, actor (Houdini, Isranbul, Lady Godiva), dies  

1982  NASA launches Intelsat V on March - 04.  

1984  Shalva Mikhaylovich Mshvelidze, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1985  On March - 04 virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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

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 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  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of pope Lucius I  

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

1172  Stephan III, King of Hungary (1162-72), dies on this day in history.  

1193  Death of Saladin, Kurdish sultan (b. 1137) on this day in history.  

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  Kazimierz, the Saint, Polish ruler/saint, dies at 25 on March - 04.  

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