Daily Calendar for Wednesday, March 4, 2026
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Born
- Antonio Vivaldi (composer) –
- Benjamin Waterhouse (physician) –
- Knute Rockne (football coach) –
- John Garfield (actor) –
- Alan Sillitoe (novelist) –
- Alice Mitchell Rivlin (government official) –
- Miriam Makeba (singer) –
- Barbara McNair (singer) –
- Kay Lenz (actress) –
- Catherine O'Hara (actress) –
- Patricia Heaton (actress) –
- Dav Pilkey (children’s book author and illustrator) –
- Jason Sellers (country singer) –
- Landon Donovan (soccer player) –
- Andrea Bowen (actress) –
Died
- John Candy (comedian) –
- Minnie Pearl (comedienne & singer) –
- George Pake (computer pioneer) –
- Horton Foote (playwright & screenwriter) –
- Luke Perry (actor) –
Events
- William Penn was given a charter for lands in the New World by King Charles II –
- The first Congress met in NY –
- Vermont became the 14th state of the Union –
- George Washington was inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States in Philadelphia; John Adams became Vice President. George Washington’s second inaugural address was the shortest on record—135 words. It took him only two minutes to read it. –
- John Adams was inaugurated as the second U.S. President; Thomas Jefferson became Vice President –
- Thomas Jefferson became the first president to be inaugurated in the new U.S. capital of Washington, D.C.; Aaron Burr became Vice President –
- James Madison inaugurated as 4th U.S. President –
- James Monroe inaugurated as 5th U.S. President –
- John Quincy Adams inaugurated as 6th U.S. President –
- Granite Railway was chartered, Quincy, Massachusetts –
- Andrew Jackson inaugurated as the 7th U.S. President –
- John Quincy Adams returned to the House of Representatives. He was the first former president to do so and served for nine consecutive terms –
- Martin Van Buren inaugurated as the 8th U.S. President –
- William H. Harrison inaugurated as 9th U.S. President; upon his death a month later, the vice president, John Tyler, became the 10th U.S. President –
- James Polk inaugurated as 11th U.S. President –
- Franklin Pierce became the 14th U.S. President –
- James Buchanan became the 15th U.S. President –
- Abraham Lincoln became the 16th U.S. President –
- Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term as U.S. President; Vice President, Andrew Johnson –
- Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th U.S. President –
- Benjamin Harrison was sworn in as the 23rd U.S. President –
- Rep. Jeanette Rankin became first woman in Congress –
- In his first inaugural speech, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt told his fellow Americans that, … the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, referring to the Great Depression. –
- Nuclear-power plant began operation in Antarctica –
- Earthquake destroyed parts of Bucharest Romania, and nearby area, leaving 1,500 dead –
- Voyager I spacecraft revealed rings of Jupiter –
- Bertha Wilson became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada –
- Machinists strike Eastern Airlines. Pilots and flight attendants honor picket lines –
- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown awarded an honorary knighthood to U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy –
- LeBron James became the first player in the history of the NBA to score 50,000 career points across both the regular season and playoffs –
Weather
- Southern New Hampshire received four feet of snow in nine days –
- Deadly avalanche occurred at Rogers Pass in British Columbia –
- Snow in Oahu, Hawaii –
- Blizzard hit Cape Cod, Massachusetts –