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 63^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 302 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 19, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,741,046,400 seconds 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 ‘hexacontatrigon’ 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 350 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 4,456 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 4 Historical Events

• 1461 –
  Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
• 1675 –
  John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
• 1861 –
  The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the “Stars and Bars”) is adopted.
• 1917 –
  Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
• 1933 –
  Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor, the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
• 1944 –
  World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
• 1957 –
  The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
• 1970 –
  French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
• 1996 –
  A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, US, causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
• 1998 –
  Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services: 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.

Who were born on March 4?

• 1651 –
  John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (d. 1716)
• 1665 –
  Philip Christoph von Königsmarck, Swedish soldier (d. 1694)
• 1823 –
  George Caron, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1902)
• 1877 –
  Fritz Graebner, German ethnologist (d. 1934)
• 1942 –
  Lynn Sherr, American broadcast journalist and author
• 1950 –
  Francis Affleck, Canadian race car driver (d. 1985)
• 1953 –
  Scott Hicks, Australian film director
• 1954 –
  Ricky Ford, American jazz tenor saxophonist
• 1959 –
  Rick Ardon, Australian news presenter
• 1977 –
  Daniel Klewer, German footballer

Who died on March 4?

• 1888 –
  Amos Bronson Alcott, American philosopher (b. 1799)
• 1938 –
  Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
• 1944 –
  Emanuel Weiss, American hitman (b. 1906) (executed)
• 1997 –
  Joe Baker-Cresswell, English Royal Navy officer (b. 1901)
• 2005 –
  Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent (b. 1953)
• 2007 –
  Sunil Kumar Mahato, Indian parliamentarian (b. 1966)
• 2009 –
  Triztán Vindtorn, Norwegian poet and performance artist (b. 1942)
• 2010 –
  Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (b. 1933)
• 2011 –
  Johnny Preston, American pop singer (b. 1939)
• 2011 –
  Vivienne Harris, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher (b.c. 1921)