Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 4
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.