Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 4: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m swap US topic with another; right|100px|James Knox Polk |
Jwrosenzweig (talk | contribs) cutting Polk (dozens of inaugurations happened on the 4th) and adding Lincoln's 2nd inaugural |
||
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
On '''[[March 4]]''': |
On '''[[March 4]]''': |
||
<div style="margin-left:-1em;"> |
<div style="margin-left:-1em;"> |
||
[[Image: |
[[Image:Abraham-lincoln-thumbnail.jpg|right|100px|Abraham Lincoln]] |
||
*[[1681]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] granted '''[[William Penn]]''' a land charter. |
*[[1681]] - [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] granted '''[[William Penn]]''' a land charter. |
||
*[[ |
*[[1865]] - '''[[Abraham Lincoln]]''' gives his famous [[Lincoln's second inaugural address|2nd Inaugural Address]]. |
||
*[[1877]] - [[Emile Berliner]] invented the '''[[microphone]]'''. |
*[[1877]] - [[Emile Berliner]] invented the '''[[microphone]]'''. |
||
*[[1944]] - [[Murder, Inc.]] leader '''[[Louis Buchalter]]''' was executed. |
*[[1944]] - [[Murder, Inc.]] leader '''[[Louis Buchalter]]''' was executed. |
||
Revision as of 23:44, 4 March 2004
On March 4:
- 1681 - Charles II granted William Penn a land charter.
- 1865 - Abraham Lincoln gives his famous 2nd Inaugural Address.
- 1877 - Emile Berliner invented the microphone.
- 1944 - Murder, Inc. leader Louis Buchalter was executed.
- 1975 - Actor Charlie Chaplin was knighted by Elizabeth II.