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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

March 4 - This day in History

March 4 - 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. In his famous inaugural address, delivered outside the east wing of the U.S. Capitol, Roosevelt outlined his "New Deal"–an expansion of the federal... read more »
American Revolution
1776
American forces occupy Dorchester Heights »
Automotive
1936
Scottish racing legend Jim Clark born »
Civil War
1861
Lincoln inaugurated »
Cold War
1954
Dulles asks for action against communism »
Crime
1944
The head of Murder, Inc. is executed »
2005
Martha Stewart is released from prison »
Disaster
1962
DC-7 crashes in Cameroon swamp »
General Interest
1789
Government under the U.S. Constitution begins »
Hollywood
1995
John Candy dies »
Literary
1952
Ernest Hemingway finishes The Old Man and the Sea »
1965
Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini is born »
Music
1966
John Lennon sparks his first major controversy »
Old West
1868
Founder of Chisholm Trail dies »
Presidential
1829
Jackson holds "open house" at the White House »
1952
Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis marry »
Sports
1888
Knute Rockne born »
Vietnam War
1968
Task Force sends memo to the president »
World War I
1913
Woodrow Wilson's first inaugural address »
World War II
1941
Britain launches Operation Claymore »
1944
Eighth Air Force bombs Berlin »

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