A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on March 4 throughout history.
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Battle of the Sit River: Mongol forces of Batu Khan overcome Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal near Yaroslavl in Russia, ending Russian resistance
The first inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as the third president of the United States was held on Wednesday, March 4, 1801.
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
American Automobile Association (AAA) is a federation of motor clubs throughout North America.
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd US President, pledges to pull the US out of the Depression, stating in his inaugural address "that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, becoming the first sitting head of state to be indicted
First vampire film "Nosferatu," an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, premieres at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Germany
Gustav Mahler conducts the premiere of his incomplete 2nd Symphony ("Resurrection") in Berlin, Germany, with the Berlin Philharmonic; the complete version debuts in December
Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti regains the world middleweight title with a 15-round points decision over American champion Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden, NY, in the last of a famous trilogy of fights
German Protestant Count Philip of Hessen bigamously marries 2nd wife Margarethe von der Saale, causing a scandal
Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau (51) weds author and actress Margaret Joan Sinclair (23) at a private ceremony in North Vancouver, Canada
Francis Ford Coppola ( KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential...
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or mononymously as Valentino was an Italian-born...
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedian, actress, producer, and studio executive.
Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, a Roman guard, who is beheaded for converting to Christianity under Roman Emperor Galerius
Croatian Duke Trpimir I issued a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources
Wenceslaus I, Wenceslas I or Václav the Good was the Prince (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until his death, probably in 935.
Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło, was Grand Duke of Lithuania beginning in 1377 and starting in 1386, becoming King of Poland as well.
King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students as part of his attempted suppression of Protestantism
Maurice of Nassau's ship reaches Breda
George Abbot (29 October 1562 – 4 August 1633) was an English bishop who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 to 1633.
Jacarta, Java, is renamed Batavia
Dutch commodore Johan van Galen leads a Dutch fleet to victory against an English naval force at the Battle of Leghorn (Livorno) during the Anglo Dutch wars, later dies from his wounds on March 23
Jews are expelled from residing in the Free Imperial City of Lübeck, Holy Roman Empire
British fleet under Rear Admiral of the Blue Sir Chaloner Ogle reaches Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years...
France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land
First Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office
Oranges introduced to Hawaii
French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands
The Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland's Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony's only significant convict uprising.
Boston residents eligible to vote ratify the incorporation of the city and accept the charter to convert their town into a city [1]
The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
A predecessor to the Class I Delaware and Hudson Railway, the 1820s-built Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Gravity Railroad ('D&H Gravity Railroad') was a historic gravity railroad incorporated and...
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) is an Italian opera (tragedia lirica) in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini.
HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepcion (Chile)
Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia
Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands
Thompson's Station is a town in Williamson County, Tennessee. The population has grown from 2,194 at the 2010 Census to 7,485 in the 2020 Census. Locations in Thompson's Station listed on the U.S.
44th US Congress (1875-77) convenes with a Democratic majority
William Worth Belknap (September 22, 1829 – October 12, 1890) was a lawyer, Union Army officer, government administrator in Iowa, and the 30th United States secretary of war, serving under President...
NY Daily Graphic publishes 1st half-tone engraving, by S. H. Horgan
The 47th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Britain's first electric trams run in East London
The Congo Free State (CFS), also known as the Independent State of the Congo, was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908.
Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed
Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland - over 300 dead.
George Henry White (December 18, 1852 – December 28, 1918) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a Republican U.S.
Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal HC beats Winnipeg Victorias, 4-1 for a 2-1 challenge series victory
Fire at Lakeview Elementary School in Collinwood, Ohio kills 172 students and 2 teachers: boiler room blaze trapped many victims in the building, prompting changes in school design and procedures nationwide [1]
Avalanche at Bear Creek in Rogers Pass, British Columbia, kills 58 railway line workers - Canada's worst avalanche disaster [1]
Victor Berger (Wisc) becomes 1st socialist congressman in US
1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed
The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (MRNC), also referred to as the United Republics of the North Caucasus, Mountain Republic, or the Republic of the Mountaineers, was a short-lived...
Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece
Hot Springs National Park is a national park of the United States in central Garland County, Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Hot Springs.
"Happy Birthday to You", or simply "Happy Birthday", is an American song traditionally sung to celebrate a person's birthday.
American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the south Pacific Ocean.
De Geer government in Netherlands takes office
"Bunion Run" race from LA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne
The Coolidge Dam is a reinforced concrete multiple dome and buttress dam 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona on the Gila River.
West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
The self-elimination of Parliament (German: Selbstausschaltung des Parlaments) was a constitutional crisis in the First Austrian Republic caused by the resignation on March 4, 1933, of all three...
Easter Cross on Mt. Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated
18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague
Berlin, the capital of Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during the Second World War.
Finland participated in the Second World War initially in a defensive war against the Soviet Union, followed by another, this time offensive, war against the Soviet Union acting in concert with Nazi...
WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
James E. Wilkins appointed 1st black US sub-cabinet member
1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated with the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d'Ivoire to the west,...
NASA's scientific spacecraft Pioneer 4 misses moon, enters heliocentric orbit, and becomes 2nd (US 1st) earth-launched 'artificial planet' [1]
French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as Secretary-General of NATO
AEC announces 1st atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation
James Riddle Hoffa (February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood...
Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die
Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
London East End gang bosses twins Ronnie Kray and Reggie Kray are found guilty of murder; both will die in custody
French submarine "Eurydice" explodes off Cape Camarat in the Mediterranean, all 57 crew lost
"City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey
Abercorn Restaurant bombing: a bomb explodes in a crowded restaurant in Belfast, killing two civilians and wounding 130
15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America
David Hares' "Knuckle" premieres in London
John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico
The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois.
Bertha Wilson is appointed as first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada
U.S. Public Health Service's publishes its guidelines for blood donors and AIDS
STS 51-E vehicle rolls back to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida); mission cancelled
WWII veterans return to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"
Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.
US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space
Bank of Credit & Commerce Intl divests itself of 1st American Bank
On April 19, 1995, American anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh, assisted by Terry Nichols, detonated a makeshift bomb stored in a rental truck parked in front of the Alfred P.
Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital
Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks
US Supreme Court in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are of the same sex
Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people
Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos leftover from fertility treatments or abortions
Car carrying released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired upon by US soldiers in Iraq, killing an Italian Secret Service agent and injuring two passengers
Final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 by the Deep Space Network. No response received.
Estonian parliamentary election: approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of electronic voting in Estonia, world's 1st nationwide vote where part of the vote casting allowed by remote electronic voting
Munitions dump explosions kill at least 250 people in the Republic of Congo
11 children are killed after a bus collides a truck in the Jalandhar district, India
This article contains the results of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses, the processes by which the Republican Party selected delegates to attend the 2016 Republican National...
"Once in a century" winter in Moscow the hottest in 140 years, with 7.5° C (13.5° F) above average temperatures and virtually no snow [1]
Four-ton rocket debris crashes into the far side of the moon, unconfirmed booster from China's Chang'e 5-T1 mission in first unintentional collision with the moon [1]
Emory Andrew Tate III is an American and British social media personality, businessman, and former professional kickboxer who gained notoriety for promoting various highly controversial positions in...
The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (French: la Constitution de la Cinquième République), and it replaced...
Chinese architect Liu Jiakun is announced as the 2025 Pritzker Prize recipient [1]
Theodore Judah, American engineer and businessman, known for american engineer and businessman, was born on 1826-03-04.
Richard DeVos is born
Mike Krieger, Brazilian entrepreneur and software engineer, known for brazilian entrepreneur and software engineer, was born on 1987-03-04.
Catherine O'Hara, American american actress, known for canadian and american actress, was born on 1954-03-04.
Antonio Vivaldi, Italian musician, known for italian composer and violinist, was born on 1678-03-04.
Jason Newsted, American musician, known for american bassist, was born on 1964-03-04.
Jim Clark, British athlete, known for british racing driver, was born on 1936-03-04.
Ray Mancini, American athlete, known for american boxer, was born on 1962-03-04. Ray Mancini, better known as "Boom Boom" Mancini, is an American former professional boxer who competed professionally…
Draymond Green, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1991-03-04.
Matthew C. Perry, American united states navy officer, known for united states navy officer, died on 1858-03-04.
John Candy, Canadian actor and comedian, known for canadian actor and comedian, died on 1994-03-04.
Harry Blackmun dies
Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, a Roman guard, who is beheaded for converting to Christianity under Roman Emperor Galerius
Croatian Duke Trpimir I issued a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources
Wenceslaus I, Wenceslas I or Václav the Good was the Prince (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until his death, probably in 935.
Battle of the Sit River: Mongol forces of Batu Khan overcome Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal near Yaroslavl in Russia, ending Russian resistance
Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło, was Grand Duke of Lithuania beginning in 1377 and starting in 1386, becoming King of Poland as well.
German Protestant Count Philip of Hessen bigamously marries 2nd wife Margarethe von der Saale, causing a scandal
King Philip II bans foreign Dutch students as part of his attempted suppression of Protestantism
Maurice of Nassau's ship reaches Breda
George Abbot (29 October 1562 – 4 August 1633) was an English bishop who was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1611 to 1633.
Jacarta, Java, is renamed Batavia
Dutch commodore Johan van Galen leads a Dutch fleet to victory against an English naval force at the Battle of Leghorn (Livorno) during the Anglo Dutch wars, later dies from his wounds on March 23
Antonio Vivaldi, Italian musician, known for italian composer and violinist, was born on 1678-03-04.
Jews are expelled from residing in the Free Imperial City of Lübeck, Holy Roman Empire
British fleet under Rear Admiral of the Blue Sir Chaloner Ogle reaches Cartagena de Indias (Colombia)
The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years...
France is divided into 83 départements, which cut across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on noble ownership of land
First Jewish member of US Congress, Israel Jacobs (PA), takes office
Oranges introduced to Hawaii
French troops conquer Geertruidenberg, Netherlands
The first inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as the third president of the United States was held on Wednesday, March 4, 1801.
The Battle of Vinegar Hill, colony of New South Wales (Australia), when Irish convicts (some of whom had been involved in Ireland's Battle of Vinegar Hill in 1798) led the colony's only significant convict uprising.
Boston residents eligible to vote ratify the incorporation of the city and accept the charter to convert their town into a city [1]
The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
A predecessor to the Class I Delaware and Hudson Railway, the 1820s-built Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Gravity Railroad ('D&H Gravity Railroad') was a historic gravity railroad incorporated and...
Theodore Judah, American engineer and businessman, known for american engineer and businessman, was born on 1826-03-04.
I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) is an Italian opera (tragedia lirica) in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini.
HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepcion (Chile)
Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia
Pope Pius IX recovers Catholic hierarchy in Netherlands
Matthew C. Perry, American united states navy officer, known for united states navy officer, died on 1858-03-04.
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Thompson's Station is a town in Williamson County, Tennessee. The population has grown from 2,194 at the 2010 Census to 7,485 in the 2020 Census. Locations in Thompson's Station listed on the U.S.
44th US Congress (1875-77) convenes with a Democratic majority
William Worth Belknap (September 22, 1829 – October 12, 1890) was a lawyer, Union Army officer, government administrator in Iowa, and the 30th United States secretary of war, serving under President...
NY Daily Graphic publishes 1st half-tone engraving, by S. H. Horgan
The 47th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Britain's first electric trams run in East London
The Congo Free State (CFS), also known as the Independent State of the Congo, was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908.
Great fire in Shanghai; over 1,000 buildings destroyed
Gustav Mahler conducts the premiere of his incomplete 2nd Symphony ("Resurrection") in Berlin, Germany, with the Berlin Philharmonic; the complete version debuts in December
Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 m wave that reaches up to 5 km inland - over 300 dead.
George Henry White (December 18, 1852 – December 28, 1918) was an American attorney and politician, elected as a Republican U.S.
American Automobile Association (AAA) is a federation of motor clubs throughout North America.
Stanley Cup, Montreal Arena, Westmount, Quebec: Montreal HC beats Winnipeg Victorias, 4-1 for a 2-1 challenge series victory
Fire at Lakeview Elementary School in Collinwood, Ohio kills 172 students and 2 teachers: boiler room blaze trapped many victims in the building, prompting changes in school design and procedures nationwide [1]
Avalanche at Bear Creek in Rogers Pass, British Columbia, kills 58 railway line workers - Canada's worst avalanche disaster [1]
Victor Berger (Wisc) becomes 1st socialist congressman in US
1st US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds passed
The Mountainous Republic of the Northern Caucasus (MRNC), also referred to as the United Republics of the North Caucasus, Mountain Republic, or the Republic of the Mountaineers, was a short-lived...
Last day of Julian civil calendar in Greece
Hot Springs National Park is a national park of the United States in central Garland County, Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Hot Springs.
First vampire film "Nosferatu," an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula, premieres at the Berlin Zoological Garden in Germany
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or mononymously as Valentino was an Italian-born...
"Happy Birthday to You", or simply "Happy Birthday", is an American song traditionally sung to celebrate a person's birthday.
American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the south Pacific Ocean.
De Geer government in Netherlands takes office
Richard DeVos is born
"Bunion Run" race from LA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne
The Coolidge Dam is a reinforced concrete multiple dome and buttress dam 31 miles (50 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona on the Gila River.
West Indies beat Australia for the 1st time, by 30 runs at SCG
Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd US President, pledges to pull the US out of the Depression, stating in his inaugural address "that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
The self-elimination of Parliament (German: Selbstausschaltung des Parlaments) was a constitutional crisis in the First Austrian Republic caused by the resignation on March 4, 1933, of all three...
Easter Cross on Mt. Davidson (San Francisco) dedicated
Jim Clark, British athlete, known for british racing driver, was born on 1936-03-04.
18 Geuzen resistance fighters sentenced to death in The Hague
Berlin, the capital of Germany, was subject to 363 air raids during the Second World War.
Finland participated in the Second World War initially in a defensive war against the Soviet Union, followed by another, this time offensive, war against the Soviet Union acting in concert with Nazi...
WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
James E. Wilkins appointed 1st black US sub-cabinet member
Catherine O'Hara, American american actress, known for canadian and american actress, was born on 1954-03-04.
1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated with the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d'Ivoire to the west,...
NASA's scientific spacecraft Pioneer 4 misses moon, enters heliocentric orbit, and becomes 2nd (US 1st) earth-launched 'artificial planet' [1]
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American comedian, actress, producer, and studio executive.
French freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100
Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as Secretary-General of NATO
AEC announces 1st atomic power plant in Antarctica in operation
Ray Mancini, American athlete, known for american boxer, was born on 1962-03-04. Ray Mancini, better known as "Boom Boom" Mancini, is an American former professional boxer who competed professionally…
James Riddle Hoffa (February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood...
Jason Newsted, American musician, known for american bassist, was born on 1964-03-04.
Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die
Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
Italian boxer Nino Benvenuti regains the world middleweight title with a 15-round points decision over American champion Emile Griffith at Madison Square Garden, NY, in the last of a famous trilogy of fights
London East End gang bosses twins Ronnie Kray and Reggie Kray are found guilty of murder; both will die in custody
French submarine "Eurydice" explodes off Cape Camarat in the Mediterranean, all 57 crew lost
Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau (51) weds author and actress Margaret Joan Sinclair (23) at a private ceremony in North Vancouver, Canada
"City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey
Abercorn Restaurant bombing: a bomb explodes in a crowded restaurant in Belfast, killing two civilians and wounding 130
15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America
David Hares' "Knuckle" premieres in London
John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes at Toledo, Ohio
1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, New Mexico
The Chicago Daily News was an afternoon daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, published between 1875 and 1978 in Chicago, Illinois.
Bertha Wilson is appointed as first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada
Francis Ford Coppola ( KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential...
U.S. Public Health Service's publishes its guidelines for blood donors and AIDS
STS 51-E vehicle rolls back to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida); mission cancelled
WWII veterans return to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"
Mike Krieger, Brazilian entrepreneur and software engineer, known for brazilian entrepreneur and software engineer, was born on 1987-03-04.
Eastern Air Lines (also colloquially known as Eastern) was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline in the United States that operated from 1926 to 1991.
US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space
Bank of Credit & Commerce Intl divests itself of 1st American Bank
Draymond Green, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1991-03-04.
On April 19, 1995, American anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh, assisted by Terry Nichols, detonated a makeshift bomb stored in a rental truck parked in front of the Alfred P.
John Candy, Canadian actor and comedian, known for canadian actor and comedian, died on 1994-03-04.
Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital
Brazil Senate allows women to wear slacks
US Supreme Court in Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are of the same sex
Harry Blackmun dies
Hintze Ribeiro disaster, a bridge collapses in northern Portugal, killing up to 70 people
Canada bans human embryo cloning but permits government-funded scientists to use embryos leftover from fertility treatments or abortions
Car carrying released Italian hostage Giuliana Sgrena is fired upon by US soldiers in Iraq, killing an Italian Secret Service agent and injuring two passengers
Final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 by the Deep Space Network. No response received.
Estonian parliamentary election: approximately 30,000 voters take advantage of electronic voting in Estonia, world's 1st nationwide vote where part of the vote casting allowed by remote electronic voting
International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, becoming the first sitting head of state to be indicted
Munitions dump explosions kill at least 250 people in the Republic of Congo
11 children are killed after a bus collides a truck in the Jalandhar district, India
This article contains the results of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses, the processes by which the Republican Party selected delegates to attend the 2016 Republican National...
"Once in a century" winter in Moscow the hottest in 140 years, with 7.5° C (13.5° F) above average temperatures and virtually no snow [1]
Four-ton rocket debris crashes into the far side of the moon, unconfirmed booster from China's Chang'e 5-T1 mission in first unintentional collision with the moon [1]
Emory Andrew Tate III is an American and British social media personality, businessman, and former professional kickboxer who gained notoriety for promoting various highly controversial positions in...
The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic (French: la Constitution de la Cinquième République), and it replaced...
Chinese architect Liu Jiakun is announced as the 2025 Pritzker Prize recipient [1]