March 4

Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Proverbs 27:1 

March is:

American Red Cross Month
Bible Women Awareness Month
Ethics Awareness Month

March 4 is:

 

Football Coaches Day - On the birthday of Knute Rockne (1888), the great football coach of Notre Dame, we honor all football coaches.

President-for-a-Day Day - In 1849, newly elected President Zachary Taylor was scheduled to take the oath of office. But because March 4th fell on a Sunday, he refused to take the oath. So, for one day, the President Pro Tempore, Missouri Senator David Rice Atchinson, assumed the office. 

Vermont Admission Day - In 1791 Vermont became the 14th state of the U.S

Born on this Day

• 1133: Henry fifth Empress of Anjou, later to become Henry II, King of England
  

• 1394: Prince Henry the Navigator, sponsored Portuguese voyages of discovery
  

• 1678: Vivaldi was born seven years before the birth of the other great Baroque composers, Bach, Handel and Scarlatti (all born in 1685). Vivaldi became a priest. Gradually Vivaldi eased his way back to private life, though he was friendly with the Pope.
  

• 1747: Polish-born American patriot Casimir Pulaski
  

• 1756: Scottish artist- Sir Henry Raeburn
  

• 1678: Antonio Vivaldi, late Baroque violin virtuoso and composer.
  

• 1888: Notre Dame football coach Knute Rockne
  

• 1913: Actor John Garfield
  

• 1936: English auto racing champion Jimmy Clark
  

• 1932: Folk singer Miriam Makeba
  

• 1938: Actress Paula (Ragusa) Prentiss (What's New Pussycat; Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Where the Boys Are)
  

• 1939: Actress- Barbara McNair (Change of Habit, They Call Me Mr. Tibbs)
  

• 1941: Movie director Adrian Lyne ("Fatal Attraction")
  

• 1944: Singer Bobby Womack
  

• 1948: Rock musician Chris Squire (Yes)
  

• 1948: Singer Shakin' Stevens
  

• 1951: Singer Chris Rea
  

• 1953: Actress Kay Lenz
  

• 1953: Musician Emilio Estefan
  

• 1953: Movie director Scott Hicks ("Shine")
  

• 1954: Actress Catherine O'Hara
  

• 1960: Actor Mykelti Williamson
  

• 1961: Actor Steven Weber ("Wings")
  

• 1961: Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini (middleweight boxer)
  

• 1963: Rock musician Jason Newsted (Metallica)
  

• 1965: Actress Stacy Edwards ("Chicago Hope")
  

• 1966: Rock musician Patrick Hannan (The Sundays)
  

• 1967: Rock singer Evan Dando (Lemonheads)
  

• 1968: Actress Patsy Kensit.
  

• 1969: Chastity Bono
  

• 1971: Rock musician Fergal Lawler (The Cranberries)
  

• 1971: Country singer Jason Sellers
  

• 1980: Michael Brian Bower - My son 
      
     

Events in History on this day
  

• 0303: Death of St. Adrian
  

• 0561: Death of Pope Pelagius I
  

• 1152: Fredrick I "Barbarrossa" elected King of Germany
  

• 1461: Coronation of Edward IV, King of England
  

• 1484: Death of St. Casimir of Poland
  

• 1493: Columbus returns to Lisbon, Portugal
  

• 1519: Cortez lands in Mexico
  

• 1629: Massachusetts Bay Company re-chartered
  

• 1634: John Cole opens the first tavern in Boston
  

• 1681: England's King Charles the Second granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land that later became Pennsylvania.
  

• 1789: The Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York. (The lawmakers then adjourned for the lack of a quorum.)
  

• 1791: Vermont became the 14th state.
  

• 1801: Thomas Jefferson became the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.
  

• 1797: John Adams was inaugurated the second president of the United States.
  

• 1829: An unruly crowd mobbed the White House during the inaugural reception for President Jackson.
  

• 1829: The "spoils system" was introduced by President Andrew Jackson when he appointed Simon Cameron as a reward for political assistance.
  

• 1880: Halftone engraving was used for the first time as the "Daily Graphic" was published in New York City.
  

• 1881: Eliza Ballou Garfield became the first mother of a U.S. President to live in the executive mansion. She moved into the White House with her son, the President, James.
  

• 1897: William McKinley was sworn in as the 25th president.
  

• 1902: The American Automobile Association was founded in Chicago.
  

• 1917: Jeanette Rankin, a Montana Republican, was sworn in as a member of the House of Representatives and became the first woman to serve in Congress.
  

• 1925: Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office this day in Washington. The presidential inauguration was broadcast on radio for the very first time.
  

• 1930: "The Redhead", Red Barber, began his radio career this day. Barber broadcast on WRUF at the University of Florida in Gainsville. He soon became one of the best known sports voices in America.
  

• 1933: The start of President Roosevelt's first administration brought with it the first woman to serve in the Cabinet: Labor Secretary Frances Perkins.
  

• 1950: Walt Disney's "Cinderella" was released. It was the first full-length, animated, feature film in eight years for the man who brought us Mickey Mouse.
  

• 1952: Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married in San Fernando Valley, California.
  

• 1952: President Harry Truman dedicated the Courier, the first seagoing radio broadcasting station, in ceremonies in Washington, DC.
  

• 1977: More than 15-hundred people were killed in an earthquake that shook southern and eastern Europe.
  

• 1985: "Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care" was published with Dr. Michael Rothenberg sharing authorship with Dr. Benjamin Spock, "The Baby Doc". It was the fifth edition of the book to be published
  

• 1987: President Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging his overtures to Iran had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal.
  

• 1988: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the nation's civilian unemployment rate had dropped the previous month to five-point-seven percent.
  

• 1989: Eastern Airlines machinists went on strike, and were joined by pilots and flight attendants.
  

• 1989: Time Incorporated and Warner Communications Incorporated announced plans to merge into the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate.
  

• 1990: Voters in the Soviet republics of Russia, Byelorussia and the Ukraine participated in local and legislative elections, resulting in notable gains for reformists and nationalists.
  

• 1991: Iraq released ten allied prisoners-of-war (a second group was freed the following day). 
  
  

• 1992: Another round of Middle East peace negotiations concluded in Washington DC with Israel rejecting a plan for Palestinian elections.
  

• 1993: The Milwaukee Symphony and Chorus performed the Verdi "Requiem" scrapping the original plans to do his "Stabat Mater." The concert was a homage to the Milwaukee Chorus's late director Margaret Hawkins.
  

• 1993: Authorities announced the arrest of Mohammad Salameh, a suspect in the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York. (Salameh was later convicted of playing a key role in the attack.)
  

• 1994: In New York, four extremists were convicted of the World Trade Center bombing that killed six people and injured more than a thousand. The space shuttle Columbia blasted off on a two-week mission.
  

• 1995: President Clinton, in his lame weekly radio address, said spending cuts proposed by congressional Republicans would gut safe-school and anti-drug programs needed to protect children.
  

• 1994: Actor-comedian John Candy died in Durango, Mexico, at age 43.
  

• 1996: A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a Tel Aviv shopping center, killing 13 people in the fourth deadly attack in nine days.
  

• 1996: Jury selection began in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the trial of President Clinton's Whitewater partners, James and Susan McDougal, and the man who succeeded him as Arkansas governor, Jim Guy Tucker (James McDougal and Tucker were later convicted of fraud and conspiracy; Susan McDougal was convicted of fraud).
  

• 1996: Country comedian Minnie Pearl died in Nashville, Tennessee, at age 83.
  

• 1997: President Clinton visited the scene of tornado destruction in his home state of Arkansas, where he also declared Ohio and Kentucky disaster areas because of floods.
  

• 1997: Declaring the creation of life "a miracle that reaches beyond laboratory science," President Clinton barred spending federal money on human cloning.
  

• 1998: The Supreme Court ruled that sexual harassment at work can be illegal even when the offender and victim are of the same gender. In a unanimous ruling, the nation's highest court reversed a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling barring such claims. Instead the Supreme Court said there was no language in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits men from suing men or women from suing women for sexual harassment in the workplace.
  

• 1998: A judge ordered Miami to hold a new mayoral election, saying widespread absentee-ballot fraud played a role in the victory of Xavier Suarez the previous fall.
  

• 1998: Cambodia's military court convicted deposed co-Premier Prince Norodom Ranariddh on a charge of illegally buying and transporting weapons into the country and sentenced him to five years in prison. The guilty verdict against the prince, who was in Thailand and did not attend the trial, was widely expected.
  

• 1998: President Clinton's co-defendant in Paula Jones' sexual harassment lawsuit asked the court to dismiss the case, contending Jones had failed to demonstrate a conspiracy to deprive her of her constitutional rights.
  

• 1998: The House of Representatives narrowly passed legislation that would grant self-determination to Puerto Rico for the first time since the island was taken over by the U.S. a century ago. The bipartisan bill would allow Puerto Ricans to vote in a plebiscite by year-end on whether they want to become the 51st state, an independent nation or continue their present status as a U.S. commonwealth. It was passed by just 209-208 votes after 12 hours of heated debate.  |
  

• 1999: Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who wrote the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, died in Arlington, Virginia, at age 90. 
  

• 1999: Outraging Italian authorities, a military jury in North Carolina cleared a Marine pilot of charges he was flying recklessly when his jet sliced through a ski gondola cable in the Alps, sending 20 people plunging to their deaths.
  

• 2000: Ahead of Super Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush charged John McCain with "clouded" education views while the Arizona senator asked "Where the outrage?" over a late surge of money to pay for negative TV ads. 
  

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