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, 474,864 hours 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.
852 –
Croatian Duke Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
1238 –
The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Russia.
1461 –
Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his Yorkist cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
1493 –
Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what is now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
1519 –
Hernan Cortes arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and their wealth.
1675 –
John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
1909 –
U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution’s Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State
1977 –
The 1977 Bucharest Earthquake in southern and eastern Europe kills more than 1,500.
2001 –
Hintze Ribeiro disaster: A bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people.
Who were born on March 4?
1926 –
Henri de Contenson, French archaeologist and researcher
1934 –
John Duffey, American bluegrass musician (d. 1996)
1944 –
Michael “Mick” Wilson, drummer (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich)
1946 –
Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur
1947 –
Gwen Welles, American actress (d. 1993)
1952 –
Svend Robinson, Canadian politician
1966 –
Patrick Hannan, drummer (The Sundays)
1977 –
Christian Jessen, English doctor and television presenter
1978 –
Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 –
Erin Heatherton, American fashion model
Who died on March 4?
1238 –
Joan of England, Queen Consort of Scotland, wife of Alexander II (b. 1210)
1821 –
Princess Elizabeth of Clarence, daughter of King William IV, granddaughter of King George III (b. 1820)
1915 –
William Willett, English campaigner for daylight saving time (b. 1856)
1946 –
Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)
1978 –
Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. 1909)
2001 –
Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
2002 –
Margarete Neumann, German writer and lyrical poet (b. 1917)
2006 –
Dave Rose, American artist (b. 1910)
2008 –
Leonard Rosenman, American film composer (b. 1924)
2008 –
Robert Bruning, Australian actor and producer (b. 1928)
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