March 4

THIS DAY IN RECENT HISTORY ~ MARCH 4

 

 

 

 1914 - Disney animator/director, Ward Kimball is born. Kimball is best remembered as

one of Walt's "Nine Old Men" and for his contributions to such classics as Fantasia, Pinochio, and Dumbo.

 1929 - Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st president

 1930 - Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated
 1930 - Emma Fahning bowls 1st sanctioned 300 game by a woman
 1933 - Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st US woman cabinet member
 1933 - Henderson, DeSylva & Brown's "Strike Me Pink" premieres in NYC
 1933 - FDR inaugrated as 32nd pres, pledges to pull US out of Depression & says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"

 1936 - 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany

 1944 - 1st US bombing of Berlin

 1944 - Anti-Germany strikes in North Italy
 1945 - Finland declares war on nazi-Germany
 1945 - In the United Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth, later to become Queen Elizabeth II, joins the British Army as a driver.
 1954 - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, announces the first successful kidney transplant.

 1954 - Catherine O'Hara, Toronto Ont, comedienne (Beetlejuice, SCTV) born

 1955 - 1st radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent

 1956 - Walt Disney appears on The Ed Sullivan Show.

 1958 - Patricia Heaton, Cleve OH, actress (Debra-Everybody Loves Raymond) born

 1959 - US Pioneer IV misses Moon & becomes 2nd (US 1st) artificial planet
 1960 - Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz
 1964 - Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering
 1966 - John Lennon, says "We (Beatles) are more popular than Jesus"

 1968 - Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for heavyweight boxing title

 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr announces plans for Poor People's Campaign
 1968 - Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched

 1969 - Chaz Bono [Chastity Sun Bono], LA California, actress (Sonny & Cher Show) born

 1970 - Janis Joplin was fined $200 for using obscene language onstage in Tampa, FL.
 1973 - 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America

 1974 - David Hares' "Knuckle," premieres in London

 1976 - SF Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie & Bud Herseth

 1976 - Hall & Oates recorded "Rich Girl."

 1976 - The 100th episode of "The Waltons" aired.

 1977 - 1st CRAY 1 supercomputer shipped, to Los Alamos Laboratories, NM

 1977 - The Rolling Stones recorded their "Love You Live" album in Toronto.
 1979 - "Grand Tour" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 61 performances
 1979 - 200th episode of "All in the Family"

 1979 - US Voyager I photo reveals Jupiter's rings

 1984 - Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
 1985 - Virtual ban on leaded gas ordered by EPA
 1985 - War veterans returned to the "Bridge over the River Kwai"

 1986 - Richard Manuel (The Band) committed suicide at the age of 41.
 1993 - "Goodbye Girl" opens at Marquis Theater NYC for 188 performances

 1993 - Patti LaBelle received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

 1994 - John Candy, actor (SCTV, Uncle Buck), dies from a heart attack at 43

 1996 - Minnie Pearl, country comedienne (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 84