March 4th Holiday, Horoscope and History

March 4th Holiday List

• Benjamin Harrison Day
• Courageous Follower Day
• Dress in Blue Day
• Employee Appreciation Day
• Holy Experiment Day
• Hug a GI Day
• International GM’s Day
• Scrapbooking Industry Day
• March Forth
• National Dance the Waltz Day
• National Day of Unplugging
• National Doodle Day
• National Grammar Day
• National Poundcake Day
• National Snack Day
• Old Inauguration Day
• Toy Soldier Day
• World Day of Prayer

March 4th Trivia

• 1152 – Frederick I Barbarossa was elected King of Germany.
• 1789 – The first Congress of the United States meets in New York City, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
• 1791 – Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
• 1882 – Britain’s first electric trams run in east London.
• 1917 – The #1 movie was, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.”
• 1943 – World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific ends.
• The #1 movie was, “The Lady in the Dark.”
• 1954 – Catherine O’Hara, American-Canadian actress was born in Toronto, Canada.
• 1957 – The #1 movie was, “Funny Face,”
• 1963 – Jason Newsted, American heavy metal singer-songwriter and Bass guitarist with the band Metallica was born.
• 1969 – Chaz Bono, American writer, LGBT rights activist and son of Cher, is born in , Los Angeles, CA.
• 1982 – The #1 movie was, “On Golden Pond,” starring Jane and Henry Fonda.
• 1986 – The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley’s Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
• 1988 – Josh Bowman, Actor was born in Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, United Kingdom.
• The #1 song on the Hot 100 Billboard was, “Father Figure,” by George Michael.
• 1993 – Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown is born in Livingston, NJ.
• 1998 – 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.
• 1998 – The #1 song on the Adult Top 40 is, “3 AM,” by matchbox 20.
• 2009 – The #1 movie was, “Watchman,”
• 2013 – The #1 song on the Adult Top 40 is, “Try,” by Pink.
• 2016 – In a GOP debate, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio urged the Republican Party to unite against Donald Trump  saying the frontrunner lacked the conservative credentials and judgment to be the party’s presidential nominee. They traded insults with Trump, who called Rubio “little Marco” and accused both Rubio and Cruz of lying about him.
• 2016 – Kim Jong Un orders nuclear weapons to be ready for firing at any time
• 2017 – President Donald Trump, in a tweet, accused former president Barack Obama of tapping the phones at Trump Tower headquarters, but offered no evidence.
• 2018 – The #1 song on the Hot 100 Billboard was, “God’s Plan,” by Drake.
• 2019 – Luke Perry, American actor known for his roles as Dylan in 90210 and Fred Andrews on Riverdale, passed away from a stroke at the Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, Burbank, CA.

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