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03/04/1881
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California becomes 1st state to pass plant quarantine legislation
Type: Event
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03/04/1881
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Holmes and Watson begin "A Study in Scarlet," 1st case together
Type: Event
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03/04/1881
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James A Garfield inaugurated as 20th president
Type: Event
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03/04/1881
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South African president Kruger accepts ceasefire
Type: Event
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03/04/1883
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John Gordon Cashmans begins "Vicksburg Evening Post" in Mississippi
Type: Event
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03/04/1883
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Alexander H Stephens, VP Confederate States, dies at 71
Type: Death
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03/04/1885
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Gilbert and Sullivan's opera "Mikado," premieres in London
Type: Event
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03/04/1885
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Grover Cleveland inaugrated as 1st Democratic pres since Civil War
Type: Event
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03/04/1885
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Willem H Winkel, Dutch physician/founder (Red Cross of Cura‡ao)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1888
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Knute Rockne, Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1888
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Amos Bronson Alcott, US theory/poet (Table Talk), dies at 88
Type: Death
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03/04/1889
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Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd president
Type: Event
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03/04/1889
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Pearl White, [Victoria], US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1891
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Dazzy Vance, hall of fame pitcher (led NL in strike-outs 7-yrs)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1893
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Francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe
Type: Event
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03/04/1893
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Grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US president (2nd term)
Type: Event
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03/04/1894
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Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed
Type: Event
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03/04/1895
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Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin
Type: Event
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03/04/1897
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William McKinley inaugurated as 25th president of US
Type: Event
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03/04/1897
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Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball
Type: Birth
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03/04/1900
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Roberto Soundy, El Salvador, trap shooter (Olympic-1968)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1901
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1st advanced copy of inaugural speech (Jefferson-Natl Intelligencer)
Type: Event
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03/04/1901
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President William McKinley inaugurated for 2nd term as president
Type: Event
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03/04/1901
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Term of George H White, last of post-Reconstruction congressmen, ends
Type: Event
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03/04/1901
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Charles H Goren, bridge master (26 US Titles)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1901
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Jean-Joseph Rab‚arivelo, Madagaskisch poet (Enfants d'Orph‚e)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1902
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American Automobile Association (AAA) founded in Chicago
Type: Event
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03/04/1903
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Harold Berens, comedian
Type: Birth
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03/04/1903
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Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
Type: Death
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03/04/1904
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George Gamow, nuclear physicist/cosmologist/writer (1, 2, 3...ì)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1905
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Gerhart Hauptmann's "Elga," premieres in Berlin
Type: Event
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03/04/1905
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Lili Kr…us, Budapest Hungary, pianist (Austrian Cross of Honor 1978)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1907
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Edgar Barrier, NY, actor (Cobra Woman, Macbeth, Rocky, Cornered)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1908
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Collingwood Ohio primary school catches fire; 180 die
Type: Event
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03/04/1908
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Boris N Poveloi, [Kampov], Russian journalist/writer [NS=Mar 17]
Type: Birth
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03/04/1909
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President Taft inaugrated at 27th president during 10" snowstorm
Type: Event
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03/04/1909
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US prohibits interstate transportation of game birds
Type: Event
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03/04/1909
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Harry B Helmsley, NYC, billionaire builder (Empire State Building)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1910
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Tancredo Neves, president of Civil rights activist
Type: Birth
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03/04/1911
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Victor Berger (Wisc) becomes 1st socialist congressman in US
Type: Event
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03/04/1912
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Afro, [Basaldella], Italian painter
Type: Birth
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03/04/1912
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John Garfield, NYC, actor (Air Force, Destination: Tokyo, Juarez)
Type: Birth
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03/04/1913
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1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed
Type: Event
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03/04/1913
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Dept of Commerce and Labor split into separate departments
Type: Event
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03/04/1913
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Gabriel Faur‚'s opera "P‚n‚lope," premieres in Monte Carlo
Type: Event
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03/04/1913
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NY Yankees are 1st to train outside US (Bermuda)
Type: Event
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03/04/1913
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Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th president
Type: Event
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03/04/1915
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Carlos Surinach, Barcelona Spain, composer (Monte Carlo) [OS]
Type: Birth
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03/04/1915
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Eunice Catunda, composer
Type: Birth
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03/04/1915
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Petrus de Jong, Dutch premier (KVP, 1967-71)
Type: Birth
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