March 4 Events AD 51 - Nero , later to become Roman emperor , is given the title princeps iuventutis . 306 - Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia . 852 - Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute , a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources. 938 - Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia , Prince of the Czechs . 1152 - Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany . 1238 - The Battle of the Sit River is fought in the northern part of the present-day Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia between the Mongol hordes of Batu Khan and the Russians under Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus' . 1351 - Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam . 1386 - Władysław II Jagiełło is crowned King of Poland . 1461 - Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV . 1493 - Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon , Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean . 1519 - Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth. 1628 - The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter . 1665 - English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War . 1675 - John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England . 1681 - Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania . 1776 - American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon , leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston . 1789 - In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect. The United States Bill of Rights is written and proposed to Congress. 1790 - France is divided into 83 départements , cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility. 1791 - The Constitutional Act of 1791 is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada and Upper Canada . 1791 - Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state . 1794 - The 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress. 1797 - John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America , becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4. 1804 - Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales . 1813 - Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople . 1814 - Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario . 1837 - The city of Chicago is incorporated. 1848 - Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia . 1849 - President-Elect Zachary Taylor and Vice President-Elect Millard Fillmore did not take their respective oaths of office, leading to the erroneous theory that outgoing President pro tempore of the United States Senate David Rice Atchison had assumed the role of acting president for one day. 1861 - The first national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted. 1865 - The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress. 1882 - Britain's first electric trams run in east London. 1890 - The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII . 1899 - Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown , Queensland, with a wave that reaches up to inland, killing over 300. 1908 - The Collinwood school fire , Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio , kills 174 people. 1909 - U.S. President William Taft used what became known as a Saxbe fix , a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause , to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State. 1913 - First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani , resulting in victory two days later. 1913 - The United States Department of Labor is formed. 1917 - Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives . 1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States . 1933 - Frances Perkins becomes United States Secretary of Labor , the first female member of the United States Cabinet . 1933 - The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure - Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree . 1941 - World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands ; the first large scale British Commando raid. 1943 - World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end. 1943 - World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos , one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army , begins. It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena . 1944 - World War II: After the success of Big Week , the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin . 1957 - The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90. 1960 - The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba , killing 100. 1962 - A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon , killing 111 - the worst crash of a DC-7. 1966 - A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport , killing 64 people. 1966 - In an interview in the London Evening Standard , The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now". 1970 - French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew. 1974 - People for the first time in the United States as People Weekly . 1976 - The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament . 1977 - The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania . 1980 - Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister . 1985 - The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States. 1986 - The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus. 1990 - American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference Tournament game. 1996 - A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days. 1998 - Gay rights: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. : The Supreme Court of the United States rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex. 2001 - BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA . 2002 - Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission. 2009 - The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur . Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002 . 2012 - A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville , the capital of the Republic of the Congo , killing at least 250 people. 2015 - At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine. 2018 - Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury , England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved. 2019 - The Indian Attack submarine was spotted by the Pakistan Navy . 2020 - Former Daredevil Nik Wallenda is the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.Births 895 - Liu Zhiyuan , founder of the Later Han Dynasty 977 - Al-Musabbihi , Fatimid historian and official 1188 - Blanche of Castile , French queen consort 1394 - Henry the Navigator , Portuguese explorer 1484 - George , margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach 1492 - Francesco de Layolle , Italian organist and composer 1502 - Elisabeth of Hesse , princess of Saxony 1519 - Hindal Mirza , Mughal emperor 1526 - Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon 1602 - Kanō Tan'yū , Japanese painter 1634 - Kazimierz Łyszczyński , Polish philosopher 1651 - John Somers, 1st Baron Somers , English lawyer, jurist, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain 1655 - Fra Galgario , Italian painter 1665 - Philip Christoph von Königsmarck , Swedish soldier 1678 - Antonio Vivaldi , Italian violinist and composer 1702 - Jack Sheppard , English criminal 1706 - Lauritz de Thurah , Danish architect, designed the Hermitage Hunting Lodge and Gammel Holtegård 1715 - James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave , English historian and politician 1719 - George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot , English politician 1729 - Anne d'Arpajon , French wife of Philippe de Noailles 1745 - Charles Dibdin , English actor, playwright, and composer 1745 - Casimir Pulaski , Polish-American general 1756 - Henry Raeburn , Scottish painter and educator 1760 - William Payne , English painter 1760 - Hugh Ronalds , British nurseryman who cultivated and documented 300 varieties of apples 1769 - Muhammad Ali , Ottoman military leader and pasha 1770 - Joseph Jacotot , French philosopher and academic 1778 - Robert Emmet , Irish commander 1781 - Rebecca Gratz , American educator and philanthropist 1782 - Johann Rudolf Wyss , Swiss philosopher, author, and academic 1792 - Isaac Lea , American conchologist, geologist, and publisher 1793 - Karl Lachmann , German philologist and critic 1814 - Napoleon Collins , Rear Admiral of the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War 1817 - Edwards Pierrepont , American lawyer and politician, 34th United States Attorney General 1820 - Francesco Bentivegna , Italian rebel leader 1822 - Jules Antoine Lissajous , French mathematician and academic 1823 - George Caron , Canadian businessman and politician 1826 - August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein , German linguist, ethnographer, and theologian 1826 - John Buford , American general 1826 - Elme Marie Caro , French philosopher and academic 1826 - Theodore Judah , American engineer, founded the Central Pacific Railroad 1828 - Owen Wynne Jones , Welsh clergyman and poet 1838 - Paul Lacôme , French pianist, cellist, and composer 1847 - Carl Josef Bayer , Austrian chemist and academic 1851 - Alexandros Papadiamantis , Greek author and poet 1854 - Napier Shaw , English meteorologist and academic 1856 - Alfred William Rich , English painter, author, and educator 1861 - Arthur Cushman McGiffert , American theologian and author 1862 - Jacob Robert Emden , Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist 1863 - R. I. Pocock, English zoologist and archaeologist 1863 - John Henry Wigmore , American academic and jurist 1864 - David W. Taylor, American admiral, architect, and engineer 1866 - Eugène Cosserat , French mathematician and astronomer 1867 - Jacob L. Beilhart, American activist, founded the Spirit Fruit Society 1867 - Charles Pelot Summerall , senior United States Army officer 1870 - Thomas Sturge Moore , English author and poet 1871 - Boris Galerkin , Russian mathematician and engineer 1873 - Guy Wetmore Carryl , American journalist and poet 1873 - John H. Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 70th Governor of Connecticut 1875 - Mihály Károlyi , Hungarian politician, President of the Hungary 1875 - Enrique Larreta , Argentinian historian and author 1876 - Léon-Paul Fargue , French poet and author 1876 - Theodore Hardeen , Hungarian-American magician 1877 - Alexander Goedicke , Russian pianist and composer 1877 - Fritz Graebner , German geographer and ethnologist 1877 - Garrett Morgan , African-American inventor 1878 - Takeo Arishima , Japanese author and critic 1878 - Egbert Van Alstyne , American pianist and songwriter 1879 - Bernhard Kellermann , German author and poet 1880 - Channing Pollock , American playwright and critic 1881 - Todor Aleksandrov , Bulgarian educator and activist 1881 - Thomas Sigismund Stribling , American lawyer and author 1881 - Richard C. Tolman, American physicist and chemist 1882 - Nicolae Titulescu , Romanian academic and politician, 61st Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1883 - Maude Fealy , American actress and screenwriter 1883 - Robert Emmett Keane , American actor 1883 - Sam Langford , Canadian-American boxer 1884 - Red Murray , American baseball player 1884 - Lee Shumway , American actor 1886 - Paul Bazelaire , French cellist and composer 1888 - Rafaela Ottiano , Italian-American actress 1888 - Jeff Pfeffer , American baseball player 1888 - Emma Richter , German paleontologist 1888 - Knute Rockne , American football player and coach 1889 - Oscar Chisini , Italian mathematician and statistician 1889 - Oren E. Long, American soldier and politician, 10th Territorial Governor of Hawaii 1889 - Pearl White , American actress 1889 - Robert William Wood , English-American painter 1890 - Norman Bethune , Canadian soldier and physician 1891 - Dazzy Vance , American baseball player 1893 - Charles Herbert Colvin , American engineer, co-founded the Pioneer Instrument Company 1893 - Adolph Lowe , German sociologist and economist 1894 - Charles Corm , Lebanese businessman and philanthropist 1895 - Milt Gross , American animator, director, and screenwriter 1896 - Kai Holm , Danish actor and director 1897 - Lefty O'Doul , American baseball player and manager 1898 - Georges Dumézil , French philologist and academic 1898 - Hans Krebs , German general 1899 - Peter Illing , Austrian born, British film and television actor 1899 - Emilio Prados , Spanish poet and author 1900 - Herbert Biberman , American director and screenwriter 1901 - Wilbur R. Franks, Canadian scientist, invented the g-suit 1901 - Charles Goren , American bridge player and author 1901 - Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo , Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright 1902 - Rachel Messerer , Lithuanian-Russian actress 1902 - Russell Reeder , American soldier and author 1903 - William C. Boyd, American immunologist and chemist 1903 - Malcolm Dole , American chemist and academic 1903 - Dorothy Mackaill , English-American actress and singer 1903 - John Scarne , American magician and author 1904 - Luis Carrero Blanco , Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain 1904 - George Gamow , Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist 1904 - Joseph Schmidt , Austrian-Hungarian tenor and actor 1906 - Meindert DeJong , Dutch-American soldier and author 1906 - Avery Fisher , American violinist and engineer, founded Fisher Electronics 1906 - Georges Ronsse , Belgian cyclist and manager 1907 - Edgar Barrier , American actor 1908 - T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist 1908 - Thomas Shaw , American singer and guitarist 1909 - Harry Helmsley , American businessman 1909 - George Edward Holbrook , American chemist and engineer 1910 - Tancredo Neves , Brazilian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil 1911 - Charles Greville, 7th Earl of Warwick , English actor 1912 - Afro Basaldella , Italian painter and academic 1912 - Ferdinand Leitner , German conductor and composer 1912 - Carl Marzani , Italian-American activist and publisher 1913 - Taos Amrouche , Algerian singer and author 1913 - John Garfield , American actor and singer 1914 - Barbara Newhall Follett , American author 1914 - Ward Kimball , American animator, producer, and screenwriter 1914 - Robert R. Wilson, American physicist, sculptor, and architect 1915 - László Csatáry , Hungarian art dealer 1915 - Frank Sleeman , Australian lieutenant and politician, Lord Mayor of Brisbane 1915 - Carlos Surinach , Spanish-Catalan composer and conductor 1916 - William Alland , American actor, director, and producer 1916 - Giorgio Bassani , Italian author and poet 1916 - Hans Eysenck , German-English psychologist and theorist 1917 - Clyde McCullough , American baseball player, coach, and manager 1918 - Kurt Dahlmann , German pilot, lawyer, and journalist 1918 - Margaret Osborne duPont , American tennis player 1919 - Buck Baker , American race car driver 1919 - Tan Chee Khoon , Malaysian physician and politician 1920 - Jean Lecanuet , French politician, French Minister of Justice 1920 - Alan MacNaughtan , Scottish-English actor 1921 - Halim El-Dabh , Egyptian-American composer and educator 1921 - Joan Greenwood , English actress 1921 - Dinny Pails , English-Australian tennis player 1922 - Richard E. Cunha, American director and cinematographer 1922 - Dina Pathak , Indian actor and director 1923 - Russell Freeburg , American journalist and author 1923 - Francis King , English author and poet 1923 - Patrick Moore , English astronomer and television host 1924 - Kenneth O'Donnell , American soldier and politician 1925 - Alan R. Battersby, English chemist and academic 1925 - Paul Mauriat , French conductor and composer 1926 - Henri de Contenson , French archaeologist and academic 1926 - Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma , French businessman, soldier and race car driver 1926 - Richard DeVos , American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Amway 1926 - Pascual Pérez , Argentinian boxer 1926 - Don Rendell , English saxophonist and flute player 1927 - Phil Batt , American soldier and politician, 29th Governor of Idaho 1927 - Thayer David , American actor 1927 - Jacques Dupin , French poet and critic 1927 - Robert Orben , American magician and author 1927 - Dick Savitt , American tennis player and businessman 1928 - Samuel Adler , German-American composer and conductor 1928 - Alan Sillitoe , English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet 1929 - Bernard Haitink , Dutch violinist and conductor 1929 - Peter Swerling , American theoretician and engineer 1931 - Wally Bruner , American journalist and television host 1931 - Bob Johnson , American ice hockey player and coach 1931 - William Henry Keeler , American cardinal 1931 - Alice Rivlin , American economist and politician 1932 - Sigurd Jansen , Norwegian pianist, composer, and conductor 1932 - Ryszard Kapuściński , Polish journalist, photographer, and poet 1932 - Miriam Makeba , South African singer-songwriter and actress 1932 - Ed Roth , American illustrator 1932 - Frank Wells , American businessman 1933 - Nino Vaccarella , Italian race car driver 1934 - Mario Davidovsky , Argentinian-American composer and academic 1934 - John Duffey , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1934 - Anne Haney , American actress 1934 - Barbara McNair , American singer and actress 1934 - Sandra Reynolds , South African tennis player 1934 - Janez Strnad , Slovenian physicist and academic 1935 - Edward Dębicki , Ukrainian-Polish poet and composer 1935 - Bent Larsen , Danish chess player and author 1936 - Eric Allandale , Dominican trombonist and songwriter 1936 - Jim Clark , Scottish race car driver 1936 - Aribert Reimann , German pianist and composer 1937 - José Araquistáin , Spanish footballer 1937 - William Deverell , Canadian lawyer, author, and activist 1937 - Graham Dowling , New Zealand cricketer 1937 - Leslie H. Gelb, American journalist and author 1937 - Yuri Senkevich , Russian physician and explorer 1937 - Barney Wilen , French saxophonist and composer 1937 - Richard B. Wright, Canadian journalist and author 1938 - Anton Balasingham , Sri Lankan-English negotiator 1938 - Alpha Condé , Guinean politician, President of Guinea 1938 - Allan Kornblum , American police officer and judge 1938 - Angus MacLise , American drummer and composer 1938 - Don Perkins , American football player and sportscaster 1938 - Paula Prentiss , American actress 1938 - Adam Daniel Rotfeld , Polish academic and politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs 1939 - Jack Fisher , American baseball player 1939 - Robert Shaye , American film producer 1940 - Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem , German scholar and judge 1940 - David Plante , American novelist 1941 - John Hancock , American film and television actor 1941 - Adrian Lyne , English director, producer, and screenwriter 1941 - James Zagel , American lawyer and judge 1942 - Gloria Gaither , American singer-songwriter 1942 - Charles C. Krulak, American general 1942 - David Matthews , American keyboard player and composer 1942 - Lynn Sherr , American journalist and author 1942 - James Gustave Speth , American lawyer and politician 1942 - Zorán Sztevanovity , Serbian-Hungarian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1943 - Lucio Dalla , Italian singer-songwriter and actor 1943 - Aldo Rico , Argentinian commander and politician 1944 - Harvey Postlethwaite , English engineer 1944 - Anthony Ichiro Sanda , Japanese-American physicist and academic 1944 - Len Walker , English footballer and manager 1944 - Bobby Womack , American singer-songwriter 1945 - Tommy Svensson , Swedish footballer and manager 1945 - Gary Williams , American basketball player and coach 1946 - Michael Ashcroft , English businessman and politician 1946 - Danny Frisella , American baseball player 1946 - Haile Gerima , Ethiopian born US filmmaker 1946 - Patricia Kennealy-Morrison , American journalist and author 1947 - David Franzoni , American screenwriter and film producer 1947 - Jan Garbarek , Norwegian saxophonist and composer 1947 - Bob Lewis , American guitarist 1947 - Pēteris Plakidis , Latvian pianist and composer 1948 - Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton , New Zealand-Australian author 1948 - James Ellroy , American writer 1948 - Tom Grieve , American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster 1948 - Mike Moran , English musician, songwriter and record producer 1948 - Jean O'Leary , American nun and activist 1948 - Chris Squire , English singer-songwriter and bass guitarist 1948 - Shakin' Stevens , British singer-songwriter 1949 - Sergei Bagapsh , Abkhazian politician, 2nd President of Abkhazia 1949 - Carroll Baker , Canadian singer-songwriter 1950 - Ofelia Medina , Mexican actress and screenwriter 1950 - Rick Perry , American captain and politician, 47th Governor of Texas 1950 - Safet Plakalo , Bosnian author and playwright 1951 - Edelgard Bulmahn , German educator and politician, German Federal Minister of Education and Research 1951 - Theresa Hak Kyung Cha , South Korean-American author, director, and producer 1951 - Kenny Dalglish , Scottish footballer and manager 1951 - Pete Haycock , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1951 - Peter O'Sullivan , Welsh international footballer, winger 1951 - Sam Perlozzo , American baseball player and manager 1951 - Chris Rea , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1951 - Glenis Willmott , English scientist and politician 1951 - Zoran Žižić , Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1952 - Peter Kuhfeld , English painter 1952 - Ronn Moss , American singer-songwriter and actor 1952 - Svend Robinson , American-Canadian lawyer and politician 1952 - Umberto Tozzi , Italian singer-songwriter and producer 1953 - John Edwards , Australian director and producer 1953 - Emilio Estefan , Cuban-American drummer and producer 1953 - Paweł Janas , Polish footballer and manager 1953 - Ray Price , Australian rugby player and sportscaster 1953 - Reinhold Roth , German motorcycle racer 1953 - Chris Smith , American lawyer and politician 1953 - Agustí Villaronga , Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter 1953 - Daniel Woodrell , American novelist and short story writer 1954 - Timur Apakidze , Russian general and pilot 1954 - Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Korean American author 1954 - François Fillon , French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France 1954 - Peter Jacobsen , American golfer and sportscaster 1954 - Catherine O'Hara , Canadian-American actress and comedian 1954 - Irina Ratushinskaya , Russian poet and author 1955 - Tim Costello , Australian minister and politician 1955 - Joey Jones , Welsh footballer and manager 1957 - Nicholas Coleridge , English journalist and businessman 1957 - Ron Fassler , American film and television actor and author 1957 - Mykelti Williamson , American actor and director 1958 - Patricia Heaton , American actress 1958 - Massimo Mascioletti , Italian rugby player and coach 1958 - Tina Smith , American politician, junior senator of Minnesota 1959 - Rick Ardon , Australian journalist 1959 - Plamen Getov , Bulgarian footballer 1960 - Chonda Pierce , American comedian 1961 - Ray Mancini , American boxer 1961 - Steven Weber , American actor, producer, and screenwriter 1961 - Roger Wessels , South African golfer and educator 1962 - Simon Bisley , English author and illustrator 1962 - Paul Canoville , English footballer 1962 - Stephan Reimertz , German historian and author 1963 - Jason Newsted , American heavy metal singer-songwriter and bass player 1964 - Dave Colclough , Welsh computer programmer and poker player 1964 - Brian Crowley , Irish lawyer and politician 1964 - Tom Lampkin , American baseball player and sportscaster 1964 - Paolo Virzì , Italian director and screenwriter 1965 - Greg Alexander , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster 1965 - Paul W. S. Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter 1965 - Andrew Collins , English journalist and screenwriter 1965 - Khaled Hosseini , Afghan-born American novelist 1965 - Yury Lonchakov , Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut 1965 - John Murphy British film composer 1966 - Emese Hunyady , Hungarian speed skater 1966 - Kevin Johnson , American basketball player and politician, 55th Mayor of Sacramento 1966 - Fiona Ma , American accountant and politician 1966 - Helmut Mayer , Austrian skier 1966 - Glen Nissen , Australian rugby league player 1966 - Dav Pilkey , American author and illustrator 1966 - Grand Puba , American rapper 1966 - Mike Small , American golfer and coach 1967 - Daryll Cullinan , South African cricketer and coach 1967 - Evan Dando , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1967 - Ivan Lewis , English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 1967 - Terry Matterson , Australian rugby league player and coach 1967 - Dave Rayner , English cyclist 1967 - Sam Taylor-Johnson , English filmmaker and photographer 1967 - Kubilay Türkyilmaz , Swiss footballer 1967 - Tim Vine , English comedian, actor, and author 1968 - Giovanni Carrara , Venezuelan baseball player 1968 - Jorge Celedón , Colombian singer 1968 - Patsy Kensit , English model and actress 1968 - Kyriakos Mitsotakis , Greek banker and politician, Prime Minister of Greece 1968 - Graham Westley , English footballer and manager 1969 - Pierluigi Casiraghi , Italian footballer and manager 1969 - Wayne Collins , English footballer, midfielder 1969 - Annie Yi , Taiwanese singer, actress, and writer 1970 - Àlex Crivillé , Spanish motorcycle racer 1970 - Will Keen , English actor 1970 - Caroline Vis , Dutch tennis player 1971 - Iain Baird , Canadian soccer player and manager 1971 - Claire Baker , Scottish politician 1971 - Emily Bazelon , American journalist 1971 - Jason Croot , English actor and director 1971 - Anders Kjølholm , Danish bass player 1971 - Satoshi Motoyama , Japanese race car driver 1971 - Geraldine O'Rawe , Northern Irish actress 1972 - Katherine Center , American journalist and author 1972 - Nocturno Culto , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1972 - Robert Smith , American football player and sportscaster 1972 - Ivy Queen , Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, rapper, actress and record producer 1972 - Jos Verstappen , Dutch race car driver 1972 - Alison Wheeler , English singer-songwriter 1973 - Massimo Brambilla , Italian footballer and coach 1973 - Phillip Daniels , American football player and coach 1973 - Valery Kobelev , Russian ski jumper 1973 - Penny Mordaunt , English lieutenant and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces 1973 - Linus of Hollywood , American singer-songwriter and producer 1973 - Len Wiseman , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1973 - Chandra Sekhar Yeleti , Indian director and screenwriter 1974 - Crowbar , American wrestler 1974 - Mladen Krstajić , Serbian footballer and manager 1974 - Karol Kučera , Slovak tennis player 1974 - Ariel Ortega , Argentinian footballer 1974 - Tommy Phelps , South Korean-American baseball player and coach 1974 - ICS Vortex , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1974 - David Wagner , American tennis player and educator 1974 - Bill Young , Australian rugby player 1975 - Mats Eilertsen , Norwegian bassist and composer 1975 - Patrick Femerling , German basketball player 1975 - Antti Aalto , Finnish ice hockey player 1975 - Kristi Harrower , Australian basketball player 1975 - Hawksley Workman , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1976 - Robbie Blake , English footballer 1976 - Tommy Jönsson , Swedish footballer 1977 - Nacho Figueras , Argentinian polo player and model 1977 - Traver Rains , American fashion designer and photographer 1978 - Pierre Dagenais , Canadian ice hockey player 1978 - Denis Dallan , Italian rugby player and singer 1978 - Jean-Marc Pelletier , American ice hockey player 1979 - Sarah Stock , Canadian wrestler and trainer 1980 - Rohan Bopanna , Indian tennis player 1980 - Omar Bravo , Mexican footballer 1980 - Suzanna Choffel , American singer-songwriter 1980 - Giedrius Gustas , Lithuanian basketball player 1980 - Scott Hamilton , New Zealand rugby player and coach 1980 - Jack Hannahan , American baseball player 1980 - Michael Henrich , American ice hockey player 1980 - Phil McGuire , Scottish footballer and manager 1980 - Aja Volkman , American singer-songwriter 1981 - Ariza Makukula , Portuguese footballer 1981 - Helen Wyman , English cyclist 1982 - Landon Donovan , American soccer player and coach 1982 - Cate Edwards , American lawyer and author 1982 - Ludmila Ezhova , Russian gymnast 1982 - Yasemin Mori , Turkish singer 1983 - Samuel Contesti , French-Italian figure skater 1983 - Adam Deacon , English film actor, rapper, writer and director 1983 - Jaque Fourie , South African rugby player 1983 - Drew Houston , American billionaire and Internet entrepreneur 1984 - Josh Bowman , English actor 1984 - Tamir Cohen , Israeli footballer 1984 - Anders Grøndal , Norwegian race car driver 1984 - Spencer Larsen , American football player 1984 - Jeremy Loops , South African singer-songwriter and record producer 1984 - Raven Quinn , American singer-songwriter 1984 - Zak Whitbread , American-English footballer 1985 - Jake Buxton , English footballer 1985 - Chinedum Ndukwe , American football player 1985 - Whitney Port , American fashion designer and author 1986 - Steven Burke , English road and track cyclist 1986 - Tom De Mul , Belgian footballer 1986 - Mike Krieger , Brazilian-American computer programmer and businessman, co-founded Instagram 1986 - Siim Roops , Estonian footballer 1986 - Bohdan Shust , Ukrainian footballer 1986 - Manu Vatuvei , New Zealand rugby league player 1986 - Margo Harshman , American actress 1987 - Ben McKinley , Australian footballer 1987 - Cameron Wood , Australian footballer 1987 - Tamzin Merchant , English actress 1988 - Gal Mekel , Israeli basketball player 1988 - Laura Siegemund , German tennis player 1988 - Adam Watts , English footballer 1989 - Benjamin Kiplagat , Ugandan long-distance runner 1990 - Andrea Bowen , American actress 1990 - Draymond Green , American basketball player 1990 - Paddy Madden , Irish footballer 1990 - Fran Mérida , Spanish footballer 1992 - Nick Castellanos , American baseball player 1992 - Erik Lamela , Argentinian international footballer, midfielder 1992 - Bernd Leno , German footballer 1992 - Karl Mööl , Estonian footballer 1993 - Bobbi Kristina Brown , American singer and actress 1993 - Richard Peniket , English footballer 1994 - Callum Harriott , English footballer 1994 - AJ Tracey , British hip-hop artist and record producer 1995 - Chlöe Howl , British singer-songwriter 1995 - Bill Milner , English actor 1996 - Lukas Webb , Australian rules footballer 2002 - Jacob Hopkins , American actorDeaths 306 - Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia , Christian martyrs 480 - Landry of Sées , French bishop and saint 561 - Pelagius I , pope of the Catholic Church 934 - Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah , Fatimid caliph 1172 - Stephen III , king of Hungary 1193 - Saladin , founder of the Ayyubid Sultanate 1238 - Joan of England , queen of Scotland 1238 - Yuri II, Russian Grand Prince 1303 - Daniel of Moscow , Russian Grand Duke 1314 - Jakub Świnka , Polish priest and archbishop 1371 - Jeanne d'Évreux , queen consort of France 1388 - Thomas Usk , English author 1484 - Saint Casimir , Polish prince 1496 - Sigismund , archduke of Austria 1583 - Bernard Gilpin , English priest and theologian 1604 - Fausto Sozzini , Italian theologian and educator 1615 - Hans von Aachen , German painter and educator 1710 - Louis III , duke of Bourbon 1733 - Claude de Forbin , French admiral and politician 1744 - John Anstis , English historian and politician 1762 - Johannes Zick , German painter 1793 - Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre 1795 - John Collins , American politician, 3rd Governor of Rhode Island 1805 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze , French painter 1807 - Abraham Baldwin , American minister, lawyer, and politician 1811 - Mariano Moreno , Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician 1832 - Jean-François Champollion , French philologist and scholar 1851 - James Richardson , English explorer 1852 - Nikolai Gogol , Ukrainian-Russian short story writer, novelist, and playwright 1853 - Thomas Bladen Capel , English admiral 1853 - Christian Leopold von Buch , German geologist and paleontologist 1858 - Matthew C. Perry, American naval commander 1864 - Thomas Starr King , American minister and politician 1866 - Alexander Campbell , Irish-American minister and theologian 1872 - Carsten Hauch , Danish poet and playwright 1883 - Alexander H. Stephens, American lawyer and politician, Vice President of the Confederate States of America 1888 - Amos Bronson Alcott , American philosopher and educator 1903 - Joseph Henry Shorthouse , English author 1906 - John Schofield , American general and politician, 28th United States Secretary of War 1915 - William Willett , English inventor, founded British Summer Time 1916 - Franz Marc , German painter 1925 - Moritz Moszkowski , Polish-German pianist and composer 1925 - James Ward , English psychologist and philosopher 1925 - John Montgomery Ward , American baseball player and manager 1927 - Ira Remsen , American chemist and academic 1938 - George Foster Peabody , American banker and philanthropist 1938 - Jack Taylor , American baseball player 1940 - Hamlin Garland , American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer 1941 - Ludwig Quidde , German activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate 1944 - Fannie Barrier Williams , American educator and activist 1944 - Louis Buchalter , American mob boss 1944 - Louis Capone , Italian-American gangster 1944 - René Lefebvre , French businessman 1945 - Lucille La Verne , American actress 1945 - Mark Sandrich , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1948 - Antonin Artaud , French actor and director 1949 - Clarence Kingsbury , English cyclist 1952 - Charles Scott Sherrington , English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate 1954 - Noel Gay , English composer and songwriter 1960 - Herbert O'Conor , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland 1963 - William Carlos Williams , American poet, short story writer, and essayist 1969 - Nicholas Schenck , Russian-American businessman 1972 - Harold Barrowclough , New Zealand general, lawyer, and politician, 8th Chief Justice of New Zealand 1972 - Charles Biro , American author and illustrator 1974 - Adolph Gottlieb , American painter and sculptor 1976 - John Marvin Jones , American judge and politician 1976 - Walter H. Schottky, Swiss-German physicist and engineer 1977 - Anatol E. Baconsky, Romanian poet, author, and critic 1977 - Nancy Tyson Burbidge , Australian botanist and curator 1977 - Andrés Caicedo , Colombian author, poet, and playwright 1977 - William Paul , American lawyer and politician 1977 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk , German jurist and politician, German Minister for Foreign Affairs 1978 - Wesley Bolin , American businessman and politician, 15th Governor of Arizona 1978 - Joe Marsala , American clarinet player and songwriter 1979 - Willi Unsoeld , American mountaineer and educator 1980 - Alan Hardaker , English lieutenant and businessman 1981 - Torin Thatcher , American actor 1981 - Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer , German admiral 1986 - Albert L. Lehninger, American biochemist and academic 1986 - Richard Manuel , Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist 1986 - Elizabeth Smart , Canadian poet and author 1987 - Seibo Kitamura , Japanese sculptor 1988 - Beatriz Guido , Argentine author and screenwriter 1989 - Tiny Grimes , American guitarist 1990 - Hank Gathers, American basketball player 1991 - Godfrey Bryan , English cricketer 1992 - Art Babbitt , American animator and director 1992 - Pare Lorentz , American director, producer, and screenwriter 1993 - Art Hodes , Ukrainian-American pianist and composer 1993 - Tomislav Ivčić , Croatian singer-songwriter and politician 1993 - Izaak Kolthoff , Dutch chemist and academic 1993 - Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale , English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment 1994 - John Candy , Canadian comedian and actor 1994 - George Edward Hughes , Irish-Scottish philosopher and author 1995 - Matt Urban , American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient 1996 - Minnie Pearl , American entertainer 1996 - John Sauer , American football player, coach, and sportscaster 1997 - Joe Baker-Cresswell , English captain 1997 - Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer 1998 - Ivan Dougherty , Australian general 1999 - Harry Blackmun , American lawyer and judge 1999 - Del Close , American actor and educator 1999 - Miłosz Magin , Polish pianist and composer 2000 - Hermann Brück , German-Scottish physicist and astronomer 2000 - Michael Noonan , New Zealand-Australian author and screenwriter 2000 - Ta-You Wu , Chinese physicist and academic 2001 - Gerardo Barbero , Argentinian chess player 2001 - Jean René Bazaine , French painter and author 2001 - Fred Lasswell , American cartoonist 2001 - Jim Rhodes , American businessman and politician, 61st Governor of Ohio 2001 - Harold Stassen , American educator and politician, 25th Governor of Minnesota 2002 - Ugnė Karvelis , Lithuanian author and translator 2002 - Elyne Mitchell , Australian skier and author 2002 - Velibor Vasović , Serbian footballer and manager 2003 - Jaba Ioseliani , Georgian playwright, academic, and politician 2003 - Sébastien Japrisot , French author, screenwriter, and director 2004 - Claude Nougaro , French singer-songwriter 2005 - Nicola Calipari , Italian general 2005 - Yuriy Kravchenko , Ukrainian police officer and politician 2005 - Carlos Sherman , Uruguayan-Belarusian author and activist 2006 - John Reynolds Gardiner , American author and engineer 2006 - Edgar Valter , Estonian author and illustrator 2007 - Thomas Eagleton , American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri 2007 - Tadeusz Nalepa , Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist 2007 - Ian Wooldridge , English journalist 2008 - Gary Gygax , American game designer, co-created Dungeons & Dragons 2008 - Leonard Rosenman , American composer and conductor 2009 - Yvon Cormier , Canadian wrestler 2009 - Horton Foote , American playwright and screenwriter 2009 - George McAfee , American football player 2010 - Raimund Abraham , Austrian architect and educator, designed the Austrian Cultural Forum New York 2010 - Johnny Alf , Brazilian pianist and composer 2010 - Vladislav Ardzinba , Abkhazian historian and politician, 1st President of Abkhazia 2010 - Fred Wedlock , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 2011 - Krishna Prasad Bhattarai , Nepalese journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Nepal 2011 - Vivienne Harris , English journalist and publisher, co-founded the Jewish Telegraph 2011 - Ed Manning , American basketball player and coach 2011 - Arjun Singh , Indian politician 2011 - Alenush Terian , Iranian astronomer and physicist 2011 - Simon van der Meer , Dutch-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 2012 - Paul McBride , Scottish lawyer and politician 2012 - Don Mincher , American baseball player 2013 - Lillian Cahn , Hungarian-American businesswoman, co-founded Coach, Inc. 2013 - Mickey Moore , Canadian-American actor and director 2013 - Toren Smith , Canadian businessman, founded Studio Proteus 2014 - Mark Freidkin , Russian author and poet 2014 - Elaine Kellett-Bowman , English lawyer and politician 2014 - Jack Kinzler , American engineer 2014 - Wu Tianming , Chinese director and producer 2015 - Dušan Bilandžić , Croatian historian and politician 2015 - Ray Hatton , English-American runner, author, and academic 2016 - Bud Collins , American journalist and sportscaster 2016 - Pat Conroy , American author 2016 - P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha 2016 - Zhou Xiaoyan , Chinese soprano and educator 2017 - Clayton Yeutter , American politician 2018 - Davide Astori , Italian soccer player 2019 - Keith Flint , English singer 2019 - Luke Perry , American actor 2020 - Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , Peruvian politician and diplomatHolidays and observances Christian feast day: *Adrian of Nicomedia *Casimir *Felix of Rhuys *Giovanni Antonio Farina *Blessed Humbert III, Count of Savoy *Paul Cuffee *Peter of Pappacarbone *Blessed Zoltán Meszlényi *March 4 St Casimir's Day
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