March 4 is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 302 days remaining in the year on this date. From 1793 - 1933, March 4 was Inauguration Day for the President of the United States....
Spaceflight Now - This is the official astronaut patch of space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-118 mission to the International Space Station. The crew features Barbara Morgan, the former Idaho teacher and now NASA’s first Educator Mission...
Well folks, it happened again; due to an overwhelming preponderance of POPnews items I've had to either come up with a clever idea on the spot, or else use the same clever idea I used yesterday and risk its cleverness becoming trite....
1152 - Frederik I Barbarossa elected Roman-German king 1461 - Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England 1540 - Protestant count Philip of Hessen marries 2nd wife...
What happened on March 4 in the past ? 1275 - Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the sun. 1790 - France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties...
