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| March 4th |
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| About March 4th is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 302 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. March 4th is Vermont Day in celebration of their admission to the Union. Births 1888 - Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football coach 1889 - Pearl White, actress (The Perils of Pauline) 1934 - Barbara McNair, singer, actress (Change of Habit) 1950 - Rick Perry, Governor of Texas 1954 - Catherine O'Hara, actress (SCTV, Home Alone) 1958 - Patricia Heaton, actress (Everybody Loves Raymond!) 1982 - Landon Donovan, professional soccer player 1985 - Whitney Port, actress, model (The Hillis) 1986 - Margo Harshman, actress (Even Stevens) Deaths 2006 - Louise Smith, "the first lady of racing" 2007 - Thomas Eagleton, former U.S. Senator 2009 - Horton Foote, playwright (To Kill a Mockingbird) Events 1634 - The Town of Boston issues the first license to operate a tavern to Samuel Cole. 1789 - The United States Constitution goes into effect as the first session of Congress meets in New York City. 1791 - Vermont becomes the 14th state of the United States. 1794 - The Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed by Congress. 1837 - A city charter is granted to Chicago by the Illinois legislature. 1863 - Idaho is organized as a United States territory. 1933 - Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor in Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration, becomes the first female Cabinet member. 1957 - The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90. 1966 - John Lennon's controversial quote that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus" first appears in print. 1994 - The United States convict four extremists involved with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. |
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