What are the important events that happened on March 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 4 is the 64th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 302 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 20, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,491,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hexacontatetragon’ day.
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 331 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,091 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 4 Historical Events
- 306 –Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
- 1789 –In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
- 1848 –Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia
- 1899 –Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland, killing over 300.
- 1917 –Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
- 1945 –Lapland War: Finland declares war on Nazi Germany.
- 1960 –The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba killing 100.
- 1970 –French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
- 1985 –The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
- 2001 –Hintze Ribeiro disaster: A bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.
Who were born on March 4?
- 1887 –Violet MacMillan, American actress (d. 1953)
- 1906 –Avery Fisher, American audio specialist (d. 1994)
- 1941 –Linda Obermoeller, American painter (d. 1990)
- 1964 –David Colclough, Welsh professional poker player
- 1968 –Patsy Kensit, English actress
- 1971 –Shavar Ross, American filmmaker
- 1974 –Bill Young, Australian rugby union footballer
- 1976 –Vic Wunderle, American archer
- 1985 –Davey Morgan, American children’s book illustrator and professional photographer
- 1986 –Dominic Telo, South African cricketer
Who died on March 4?
- 251 –Pope Lucius I
- 1967 –Vladan Desnica, Croatian and Serbian writer (b. 1905)
- 1976 –Jim Walsh, American basketball player (b. 1930)
- 1977 –Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (b. 1925)
- 1996 –Minnie Pearl, American comedian (b. 1912)
- 1998 –Ivan Dougherty, Australian World War II Army Major General (b. 1907)
- 2001 –Jean René Bazaine, French painter, designer of stained glass windows, and writer (b. 1904)
- 2006 –Edgar Valter, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. 1929)
- 2006 –John Reynolds Gardiner, American engineer (b. 1944)
- 2008 –Semka Sokolovic-Bertok, Yugoslavian-born Croatian actress (b. 1935)
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