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What happened in history on this day: March 4?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On March 4 in ...
- 1994 - Apple Computer introduces the Newton MessagePad 110 handheld computer. It features 1 MB RAM, 20-MHz ARM610 processor, and runs on four AA batteries. Remote data transfer rate is 38.5 kbps. Battery life is five times that of the Model 100. Price is US$599.
- 1994 - Apple Computer introduces an improved Newton MessagePad 100. It is physically identical to the previously released model, but contains improved software in ROM. Price is US$499.
- 1996 - In San Francisco, California, the Software Publisher's Association holds its Excellence in Software Awards ceremony. Winners include: Best Sports Software: IndyCar Racing II by Sierra On-Line; Best Simulation Software Program: IndyCar Racing II by Sierra On-Line; Best Home Learning Program for Adolescents: The Lost Mind of Dr. Brain by Sierra On-Line.
- 2002 - Intel releases the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 Processor-M, in speeds of 1.6 and 1.7 GHz. The processor consumes 1.3 volts. Prices are US$401 (1.6 GHz) and US$508 (1.7 GHz) in 1000-unit quantities.
- 2002 - Handspring begins selling its Treo handheld computer in Europe.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A personal computer is used to write a newsletter.
- 2009 - Apple introduces new models of its iMac (24-inch iMac US$1199-2199), Mac mini (6.5x6.5x2 inches US$599+), and Mac Pro (US$2499) desktops.
- 1927 - Charles Mintz signs a contract with Universal Pictures to provide 26 shorts featuring Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and Walt Disney signs a contract with Charles Mintz to provide them.
- 1937 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Disney for the film The Country Cousin.
- 1943 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards an Oscar (Short Subjects, Cartoons) to Disney for the film Der Fuehrer's Face.
- 1949 - The Pluto film Pluto's Surprise Package is released.
- 1960 - The ABC TV network airs the Walt Disney Presents TV show, featuring the 13th "Tales of Texas John Slaughter" episode, Geronimo's Revenge.
- 1962 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Carnival Time. It is hosted by Ludwig Von Drake, with José Carioca and Donald Duck.
- 1973 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, entitled Chester, Yesterday's Horse.
- 1977 - Roy E. Disney quits as vice-president of Walt Disney Productions, but keeps his stock, and remains on the board of directors.
- 1987 - The ABC TV network airs the first episode of the Disney TV show Harry.
- 1989 - The Disney Channel debuts the TV series Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers.
- 1993 - America On-Line removes its online Disney image files after being contacted by a Disney representative.
- 1993 - Disney releases the film Mary Poppins on laserdisc for US$70.
- 1994 - Disney releases the film The Fox and the Hound on videocassette (VHS) for US$25.
- 1994 - Buena Vista releases the Hollywood Pictures / Caravan Pictures live-action feature film Angie to theaters.
- 1995 - The KCAL TV station in California airs the TV special 40 Years of Adventure, commemorating the 40th anniversary of Disneyland, and the opening of the Indiana Jones Adventure. Show host is Wil Shriner.
- 1997 - Walt Disney Home Video releases the film The Hunchback of Notre Dame on videocassette. Price is US$26.99.
- 1999 - Sotheby's holds an auction for The Art of Disney's Mulan, in New York city.
- 2005 - Disney generally releases the live-action feature film The Pacifier to theaters in the US.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A child wears a broken Mickey Mouse Club hat.
- 1953 - The Corvette show car and other prototypes from the Motorama show are put on display in the General Motors Building in Detroit, Michigan, for seven days.
- 1986 - The NBC television network again airs the movie Stingray, as episodes one and two of the new weekly series. The show airs on Tuesday nights, 10:00-11:00.
- 2001 - At the Texas Motor Speedway, the Leather Center Grand Prix of Texas is held, Round One of the American Le Mans Series.
- Finishing 1st in GTS class and 7th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C5-R driven by Johnny O'Connell and Ron Fellows.
- Finishing 9th in GT class and 17th overall is the Trinkler Racing #17 Corvette C5 driven by Jeff Altenburg and Owen Trinkler.
- Placing 4th in GTS class and 20th overall is the Corvette Racing #4 Corvette C5-R driven by Andy Pilgrim and Kelly Collins. The car blows a tire, hits the wall, and is retired from the race.
- 1941 - Great Britain and Greece conclude a revised plan for the defence of Greece.
- 1941 - The Yugoslav government decides to adhere to the Tripartite Pact.
- 1941 - British commandos make a large-scale raid on Lofoten Islands, Norway. The raid is a complete success, capturing 225 prisoners and evacuating 315 Norwegian volunteers.
- 1941 - Yugoslavia's Prince Paul meets with Adolf Hitler. He tells Adolf Hitler that Yugoslavia would sign on to the Tripartite Pact, provided that Yugoslavia was not asked to fight, territory would be guaranteed, and German troops would not expect transit through Yugoslavia. The terms are agreed to.
- 1942 - In Canada, Orders-in-council authorizing relocation of Japanese Canadians on west coast goes into effect.
- 1943 - (before 0800 hours) In southern England, the General Headquarters exercise "Spartan" begins, testing the army's ability to break out of a bridgehead, and engage in open warfare. The exercise ends on March 12.
- 1943 - 17 American bombers attack Hamm, Germany, losing four planes.
- 1943 - Near Portugal, Canadian destroyer HMCS St. Croix and corvette HMCS Shediac sink German submarine U-87.
- 1944 - The United States air force makes its first attack on Berlin.
- 1944 - German forces in Italy give up counterattacks on the Anzio front.
- 1945 - German forces are cleared from the Hochwald Forest.
- 1945 - German forces are cleared from the Balberger heights.
- 1946 - At Katowice, Poland, a Polish military court sentences to death five officers of underground National Armed Froces, for organizing efforts to overthrow the Polish Government during late in the war. Eleven others are sentenced to 8-10 years in prison.
- 1946 - At the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, the prosecution cases finishes, after 73 days.
- 1994 - The American Senate subcommittee on video game violence re-convenes hearings. A group of seven game industry companies (Electronic Arts, Sega, Nintendo, Atari, Acclaim, Philips, 3DO) tells the committee it would come up with a ratings system by the Christmas buying season.
- 1997 - Sony drops the price of the PlayStation in the United States to US$149, sets the standard software price at US$49.95, and introduces a series of Greatest Hits titles at US$24.99.
- 1999 - Bandai releases the WonderSwan handheld video game system in Japan.
- 2000 - Sony releases the PlayStation 2 video game system in Japan. It features 294.912 MHz 128-bit Emotion Engine processor, 32 MB RAM, 147.456 MHz Graphics Synthesizer with 4 MB embedded VRAM cache, 2 MB sound RAM, 48 sound channels, 24X CD-ROM, 4X DVD ROM drive. The main processor is classified a supercomputer in Japan, and not allowed for export. Price is 39,800 yen.
- 2000 - Namco releases the Ridge Racer V video game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan.
- 2000 - Capcom releases the Street Fighter EX 3 video game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan.
- 2000 - Konami releases the Drum Mania video game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan.
- 2000 - From Software releases the Eternal Ring video game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan.
- 2000 - Sony CEI releases the Fantavision video game for the PlayStation 2 in Japan.
- 2001 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs the Futurama TV show in the US. Two characters play a video game system attached to a television set. The sound effects sound like Asteriods. A third character asks "Why weren't you Kong Donkeys outside cleaning up?", a reference to the video game Donkey Kong.
- 2002 - Activision releases the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA.
- 2003 - Sony CEA releases the Primal video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US. Price is US$39.99.
- 2007 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A child and his psychiatrist play the video game "Death Kill City II - Death Kill Stories".
- 2008 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the God of War: Chains of Olympus video game for the PlayStation Portable in the USA.
- 2014 - Ubisoft releases the South Park: The Stick of Truth video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 1647 - The Electors of Bavaria and Cologne sign a ceasefire at Ulm with France, Sweden, and Hesse-Kassel.
- 1920 - The Second Chamber of the riksdag votes 152 to 67 in favor of joining the League of Nations.
- 1890 - Senator T.R. McInnes from British Columbia proposes that the federal government pass a new coinage act to establish a mint in Canada. The motion is not passed.
- 1963 - Cal Orton buys the 1911 silver dollar pattern from B.A. Seaby for $3500. Orton was an employee of Seaby in England, who then moved to Canada.
- 1995 - Environomics Research Group begins conducting a Canadian national survey on behalf of the Royal Canadian Mint to canvass public opinion on the design theme for a circulating $2 coin.
- 2010 - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty announces circulating $1, $2 composition to be changed for 2011, to use multi-plated steel blanks.
- 1865 - The US Senate approves a bill providing for a 3-cent coin struck in copper-nickel.
- 1913 - The US Mint releases the Indian Head/Buffalo 5-cent coin to circulation.
- 1921 - US Congress authorizes up to 250,000 Missouri centennial commemorative silver half dollars.
- 1931 - Congress authorizes a commemorative quarter dollar for the bicentennial of the birth of George Washington.
- 1961 - Abe Kosoff conducts the Numismatic Association of Southern California auction, including the Hydeman collection.
- The Neil specimen of the 1894-S dime, Gem Proof, sells for $13,000.
- The Idler specimen of the 1804 silver dollar sells for $29,000.
- 1988 - The West Point Bullion Depository is redesignated as the West Point Mint.
- 2010 - The Philadelphia Mint and Denver Mint begin production of the 2010 Hot Springs National Park quarter dollar coins.
- 2010 - At the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Baltimore Expo, Bowers and Merena Auctions sells a 1901-S Barber quarter dollar, MS-68 PCGS, finest known for $327,750.
- 1928 - "Bunion Run" race from Los Angeles, California to New York City begins; it is won by Andy Payne.
- 1930 - Emma Fahning bowls a santioned perfect [300] game.
- 1931 - Donald Bradman bowled by Herman Griffith for a duck as West Indies win the cricket Test.
- 1931 - West Indies beat Australia in cricket for the first time, by 30 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground.
- 1941 - NHL Chicago Blackhawks' goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston Bruins' shots.
- 1967 - World Ice Dance Championship in Vienna, Austria won by Diane Towler and Bernard Ford (Great Britain).
- 1967 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Vienna, Austria won by Ljudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR).
- 1967 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (USA).
- 1967 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (Austria).
- 1968 - Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1970 - Jacksonville is first college basketball team to average 100+ points per game.
- 1970 - New York Rangers set NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out.
- 1972 - Erhard Keller (Germany) skates world record 1000 metre (1:18.5).
- 1976 - John Pezzin bowls 33 consecutive strikes in Toledo, Ohio.
- 1976 - San Francisco Giants are bought for US$8 million by Bob Lurie and Bud Herseth.
- 1977 - Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan at Port-of-Spain.
- 1979 - Sally Little wins LPGA Bent Tree Golf Classic.
- 1980 - 40th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Mike Bossy.
- 1982 - Second double hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Mike Bossy and Denis Potvin.
- 1984 - Pee Wee Reese and Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.
- 1984 - Nancy Lopez wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational.
- 1986 - Border completes twin Test tons (140 and 114) versus New Zealand.
- 1989 - Javier Sotomayor high jumps indoor world record (2.43 metre).
- 1990 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1995 - George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker.
- 1995 - Michael Johnson runs world record 400-metre indoor (44.63 seconds).
- 1995 - Replacement New York Yankees beat New York Mets 2-1.
- 2022 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Anaheim Ducks by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Winnipeg Jets by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats New Jersey Devils by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, USA, NHL regular season game: Tampa Bay Lightning beats Detroit Red Wings by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Buffalo Sabres beats Minnesota Wild by score 5-4.
- 1275 - Chinese astronomers observe a total eclipse of the sun.
- 1774 - William Herschel becomes the first to sight the Orion Nebula.
- 1959 - US Pioneer IV misses Moon and becomes second (US first) artificial planet.
- 1968 - Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 5 launched.
- 1979 - The U.S. Voyager I space probe photos reveal Jupiter's rings.
- 1982 - NASA launches Intelsat V.
- 1990 - US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) returns from space.
- 1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit.
- 1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp directly above the Sun (1.04 AU).
- 1997 - Zeya Start-1 launched (Russia).
- 2006 - The final contact attempt with Pioneer 10 receives no response.
- 1776 - George Washington's Continental Army besieges Boston.
- 1789 - First US Congress declares constitution in effect (9 senators, 13 representatives).
- 1791 - President George Washington calls the US Senate into its first special session.
- 1791 - Vermont admitted as 14th state (first addition to the 13 colonies).
- 1793 - President George Washington's second inauguration, shortest speech (133 words).
- 1797 - John Adams inaugurated as second President of the USA.
- 1801 - First President inaugurated in Washington DC (Thomas Jefferson).
- 1814 - Congress authorizes 5.4 percent interest-bearing notes.
- 1825 - Inauguration of John Quincy Adams as President of the USA.
- 1826 - First US railroad chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachusetts.
- 1829 - Andrew Jackson swears the oath of office to become 7th President of the USA.
- 1837 - City of Chicago incorporates in Illinois.
- 1837 - Martin Van Buren is sworn into office as 8th US President.
- 1845 - James K Polk inaugrated as 11th President of the United States. In his inaugural address, Polk states that the US claim to "the country of the Oregon" is "clear and unquestionable".
- 1849 - US has no President, as James Polk's term ended on a Sunday, Zachary Taylor couldn't be sworn-in, Senator David Atchison (president pro tem) term ended March third.
- 1849 - Zachary Taylor takes office as 12th President of the USA.
- 1853 - Franklin Pierce begins term as 14th US President.
- 1853 - William Rufus de Vane King is sworn in as 13th US Vice President (Democrat).
- 1857 - James Buchanan is inaugurated as 15th US President.
- 1861 - Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th President of the USA.
- 1861 - US President Abraham Lincoln opens Government Printing Office.
- 1863 - US government establishes the Territory of Idaho.
- 1863 - Battle of Thompson's Station, Tennessee.
- 1865 - Abraham Lincoln inaugurated for his second term as President of the USA.
- 1869 - Ulysses Grant inaugurated as 18th President of the US.
- 1873 - New York Daily Graphic, first illustrated daily newspaper in US, begins publishing.
- 1880 - New York Daily Graphic publishes first half-tone engraving, by S H Horgan.
- 1881 - California becomes first US state to pass plant quarantine legislation.
- 1881 - James Garfield is inaugurated as 20th President of the USA.
- 1885 - Stephen Grover Cleveland is sworn into office as 22nd US President.
- 1889 - Benjamin Harrison inaugurated as 23rd US President.
- 1893 - Stephen Grover Cleveland is sworn into office as 24th US President.
- 1897 - William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of United States.
- 1901 - President William McKinley is inaugurated for a second term as President of the USA.
- 1902 - American Automobile Association (AAA) is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1905 - Theodore Roosevelt begins second term in office as US President.
- 1907 - George B. Cortelyou takes office as Treasury Secretary.
- 1909 - President Taft inaugrated as 27th US President during 10-inch snowstorm.
- 1909 - US prohibits interstate transportation of game birds.
- 1911 - Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes first socialist congressman in US.
- 1913 - The US Mint releases the Indian Head nickel to circulation.
- 1913 - First US law regulating the shooting of migratory birds is passed.
- 1913 - US government Department of Commerce and Labor is split into separate departments.
- 1913 - Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as 28th President of the USA.
- 1918 - At Fort Riley, Kansas, USA, US Private Albert Gitchell is the first case of a new strain of influenza.
- 1921 - The Arkansas Hot Springs is designated as America's 18th national park.
- 1921 - Inauguration of Warren G. Harding as US President.
- 1925 - Calvin Coolidge is inaugurated as US President, broadcast live on 21 radio stations.
- 1925 - Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by US.
- 1929 - Herbert Hoover inaugurated as 31st US President.
- 1929 - Charles Curtis (Republican-Kansas) becomes first native American Vice President.
- 1930 - Coolidge Dam in Arizona dedicated.
- 1933 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.
- 1933 - Frances Perkins becomes US Secretary of Labor.
- 1933 - US President Franklin Roosevelt declares a Bank Holiday to begin on the following Monday.
- 1933 - By the end of the day, banks in 32 of the 48 US states are closed.
- 1944 - First US bombing of Berlin.
- 1954 - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant.
- 1955 - First radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent.
- 1959 - US Pioneer IV misses Moon and becomes second (US first) artificial planet.
- 1962 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission announces that the first atomic power plant at McMurdo Station in Antarctica is in operation.
- 1964 - Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Junior announces plans for Poor People's Campaign.
- 1971 - "City Command" kidnaps four US military men at Ankara, Turkey.
- 1977 - The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico.
- 1978 - Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue.
- 1979 - The U.S. Voyager I space probe photos reveal Jupiter's rings.
- 1985 - Virtual ban on leaded gas in USA ordered by EPA.
- 1985 - The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for AIDS, used since then to screen all blood donations in the United States.
- 1987 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan addresses the American people on the Iran-Contra Affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had 'deteriorated' into an arms-for-hostages deal.
- 1988 - West Point Bullion Depository is redesignated as a Mint.
- 1989 - Time, Inc. and Warner Communications announce plans for a merger, to form Time Warner.
- 1991 - Bank of Credit and Commerce International divests itself of first American Bank.
- 1991 - Iraq releases six US, three British, and one Italian prisoners-of-war.
- 1993 - Authorities announce the capture of suspected World Trade Center bombing conspirator Mohammad Salameh.
- 1994 - Four Arab terrorists are convicted for their roles in the World Trade Center bombing, which killed six and injured more than 1,000.
- 1994 - Space shuttle STS-62 (Columbia 16), launches into orbit.
- 1995 - Blind teenage boy receives a 'Bionic Eye' at a Washington Hospital.
- 1998 - US Attorney General Janet Reno declares it is illegal to transmit sports-wagering info over telephone lines, including the Internet.
- 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.
- 1999 - In a military court, United States Marine Corps Captain Richard Ashby is acquitted of the charge of reckless flying which resulted in the deaths of 20 skiers in the Italian Alps, when his low-flying jet hit a gondola cable.
- 2009 - The US government launches a US$75 billion foreclosure relief plan, part of a US$275 billion housing stimulus program announced last month.
Other history:
- 1924 - "Happy Birthday To You" published by Claydon Sunny.
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