March 4 - The Day in History

March 4 : General Interest
1933: FDR inaugurated

On March 4, 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States... read more


American Revolution
1776 : American forces occupy Dorchester Heights
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-forces-occupy-dorchester-heights

Automotive
1936 : Scottish racing legend Jim Clark born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/scottish-racing-legend-jim-clark-born

Civil War
1861 : Lincoln sworn in for first presidential term
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-inaugurated

Cold War
1954 : Dulles asks for action against communism
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dulles-asks-for-action-against-communism

Crime
1944 : The head of Murder, Inc. is executed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-head-of-murder-inc-is-executed
2005 : Martha Stewart is released from prison
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martha-stewart-is-released-from-prison

Disaster
1962 : DC-7 crashes in Cameroon swamp
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dc-7-crashes-in-cameroon-swamp

General Interest
1789 : Government under the U.S. Constitution begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/government-under-the-us-constitution-begins

Hollywood
1995 : John Candy dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-candy-dies

Literary
1952 : Ernest Hemingway finishes The Old Man and the Sea
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ernest-hemingway-finishes-the-old-man-and-the-sea
1965 : Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kite-runner-author-khaled-hosseini-is-born

Music
1966 : John Lennon sparks his first major controversy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-lennon-sparks-his-first-major-controversy

Old West
1868 : Founder of Chisholm Trail dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/founder-of-chisholm-trail-dies

Presidential
1829 : Jackson holds "open house" at the White House
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackson-holds-open-house-at-the-white-house
1952 : Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis marry
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ronald-reagan-and-nancy-davis-marry

Sports
1888 : Knute Rockne born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/knute-rockne-born

Vietnam War
1968 : Task Force sends memo to the president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/task-force-sends-memo-to-the-president

World War I
1913 : Woodrow Wilson's first inaugural address
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woodrow-wilsons-first-inaugural-address

World War II
1941 : Britain launches Operation Claymore
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/britain-launches-operation-claymore
1944 : Eighth Air Force bombs Berlin
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eighth-air-force-bombs-berlin