March 4
March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). There are 302 days remaining.
Events:
- 1849 - David Rice Atchison, president pro tempore of the United States Senate, serves as President of the United States for one day. He spent his term asleep in bed after a grueling week of Senate work.
Births:
- 1394 - Henry the Navigator, discovery voyager (+ 1460)
- 1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, composer (+ 1741)
- 1768 - August Friedrich Wilhelm Holtzhausen, engineer (+ 1827)
- 1793 - Karl Lachmann, philologist (+ 1851)
- 1916 - Hans Eysenck, psychologist (+ 1997)
- 1928 - Alan Sillitoe, writer
- 1951 - Chris Rea, singer and musician
Deaths:
- 1619 - Anne of Denmark, consort of James I of England
Holidays and observances:
- Catholicism - Feast day of St Casimir.
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
March 3 - March 5 - February 4 - April 4 - more historical anniversaries