407 Historic Events for March 4
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| 1928 |
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"Bunion Run" race from LA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne
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| 1929 |
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Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st president
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Bernard Haitink, Amsterdam Neth, conductor (London Phil Orch 1969-78)
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| 1929 |
Birth |
Josep Mestres-Quadreny, composer
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| 1929 |
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Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) becomes 1st native American VP
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| 1930 |
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Emma Fahning bowls 1st sanctioned 300 game by a woman
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| 1930 |
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Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, composer
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Han Jansen, Dutch painter
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| 1931 |
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Bradman bowled by Herman Griffith for a duck as W I win the Test
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| 1931 |
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West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
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| 1931 |
Birth |
Ernesto Rosenstand, Arubian playwright (Kiko Ta Di Nos?)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Guido Baggiani, composer
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Hessel Rienks, economist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
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| 1932 |
Birth |
Miriam Makeba, Johannesburg South Africa, singer (Grammy 1965)
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| 1933 |
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Noordwijk soccer team forms
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| 1933 |
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Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st US woman cabinet member
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| 1933 |
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Chancellor Dollfuss disdolves Austrian parliament
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| 1933 |
Death |
Willie Walker, US jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36
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| 1933 |
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FDR inaugrated as 32nd pres, pledges to pull US out of Depression and says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"
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| 1933 |
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Henderson, DeSylva and Brown's "Strike Me Pink," premieres in NYC
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Ann Burton, [Anna Rafalowicz], singer
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Mario Davidovsky, Buenos Aires Argentinia, composer (Synchronisms)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Jane van Lawick-Goodall, ethologist/chimp expert (1974 Walker Prize)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Barbara McNair, Racine Wisc, singer/actress (Barbara McNair Show)
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