March 04

Friday 04, 2005:

Carly Kirkwood begins her role as the new presenter of TV3 New Zealand's highly successful, late-night news show: Nightline.

Thursday 04, 2004:

FIFA reveals its list of 100 Greatest Living Footballers (otherwise known as the "FIFA 100")

Tuesday 04, 2003:

Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn redebuts on Comedy Central

Thursday 04, 1999:

In a military court, Captain Richard Ashby of the United States Marines is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.

Wednesday 04, 1998:

Gay rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.

Tuesday 04, 1997:

United States President Bill Clinton bars federal funding for any research on human cloning.

Saturday 04, 1995:

The World Summit on Social Development begins in Copenhagen.

Friday 04, 1994:

Four terrorists are convicted for their roles in the World Trade Center bombing which killed six and injured more than a thousand.

Thursday 04, 1993:

Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspirator Mohammad Salameh.

Saturday 04, 1989:

Time, Inc. and Warner Communications announce plans for a merger forming Time-Warner.

Friday 04, 1977:

The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500.

Tuesday 04, 1975:

Charlie Chaplin is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II of England.

Friday 04, 1966:

John Lennon says, "We (The Beatles) are more popular than Jesus" which sparks controversy in the United States.

Monday 04, 1963:

In Paris six people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle.

Thursday 04, 1954:

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston announces the first successful kidney transplant.

Saturday 04, 1944:

In Ossining, New York, Louis Buchalter, the leader of 1930s crime syndicate Murder, Inc., is executed at Sing Sing.

Tuesday 04, 1941:

Britain launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands, during World War II.

Saturday 04, 1933:

Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates authoritarian rule by decree (see Austrofascism)

Sunday 04, 1917:

Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.

Tuesday 04, 1913:

The United States Department of Commerce and United States Department of Labor are established by splitting the duties of the 10-year-old Dept. of Commerce and Labor.

Friday 04, 1904:

Russo-Japanese War: Russian troops in Korea retreat toward Manchuria followed by 100,000 Japanese troops.

Tuesday 04, 1902:

In Chicago, the American Automobile Association is established.

Friday 04, 1881:

A Study in Scarlet, the first Sherlock Holmes story, begins.

Sunday 04, 1877:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake debuts.

Monday 04, 1861:

The "Stars and Bars" is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.

Sunday 04, 1849:

America goes without a President for one day. The expiration of James K. Polk's term occurred at 12pm, but Zachary Taylor was not sworn in until the next day. Although rejected by constitutional experts, some believe that David Rice Atchison, the President pro tempore of the United States Senate at the time, was the "acting president".

Saturday 04, 1848:

Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia

Saturday 04, 1837:

Chicago is granted a city charter by Illinois.

Sunday 04, 1804:

1804 - The Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia)

Friday 04, 1791:

Vermont is admitted as the 14th U.S. state.

Thursday 04, 1790:

France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land.

Wednesday 04, 1789:

US Inauguration Day

Tuesday 04, 1681:

Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.

Wednesday 04, 1665:

Start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.

Monday 04, 1461:

Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.

Tuesday 04, 1152:

Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of the Germans.

Wednesday 04, 303:

Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.

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