March 4 in History

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese Pre

2009 — The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur

Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002.

March 4 spans 77 recorded events across recorded history, from 51 to 2020. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Historical Events 77 events 51 – 2020

More major events on March 4

The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.

  1. 1980 Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister. Source
  2. 1797 John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4. Source
  3. 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States. Source
  4. 1901 William McKinley is inaugurated President of the United States for the second time; Theodore Roosevelt is vice president. Source

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In 2009, The International Criminal Court (ICC) issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the ICC since its establishment in 2002. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organisation and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

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Established in 2002 under the multilateral Rome Statute, the ICC is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.

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The ICC is intended to complement, not replace, national judicial systems; it can exercise its jurisdiction only when national courts are unwilling or unable to prosecute criminals. This shows how the event shaped policy and public communication in the same period.

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It is distinct from the International Court of Justice, an organ of the United Nations that hears disputes between states. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

51
Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
Calendar year
AD 51 (LI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Scipio.
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306 Martyr
Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
Person who suffers persecution and death for the faith
A martyr is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party.
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581 Emperor_Wen_of_Sui
Yang Jian declares himself Emperor Wen of Sui, ending the Northern Zhou and beginning the Sui dynasty.
Emperor of China from 581 to 604
Emperor Wen of Sui, personal name Yang Jian (楊堅), childhood name Naluoyan (那羅延), Xianbei name Puliuru Jian (普六茹堅), was the founding emperor of the Sui dynasty of China.
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852 Knyaz
Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.
Historical Slavic title
A knyaz, also knez, knjaz, kniaź or kniaz, is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times.
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938 Relic
Translation of the relics of martyr Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Prince of the Czechs.
Object of religious significance from the past
In religion, a relic is an object or article of religious significance from the past.
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1152 Frederick_Barbarossa
Frederick I Barbarossa is elected King of Germany.
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Frederick Barbarossa, also known as Frederick I, was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152.
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1171 Alexios_II_Komnenos
Alexios II Komnenos is crowned Byzantine co-emperor to his father Manuel I Komnenos.
Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183
Alexios II Komnenos, Latinized Alexius II Comnenus, was Byzantine emperor from 1180 to 1183. He ascended to the throne as a minor. For the duration of his short reign, the imperial power was de facto held by regents.
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1238 Battle_of_the_Sit_River
The Battle of the Sit River begins two centuries of Mongol horde domination of Rus.
Part of Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
The Battle of the Sit River took place on 4 March 1238 between the Mongol forces of Batu Khan and the army of Vladimir-Suzdal led by Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir during the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'.
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1351 Uthong
Ramathibodi becomes King of Siam.
King of Siam from 1351 to 1369
King U-thong or King Ramathibodi I was the founder and first monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, reigning from 1351 to 1369.
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1386 Władysław_II_Jagiełło
Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila) is crowned King of Poland.
Grand Duke of Lithuania (1377–1434); King of Poland (1386–1434)
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło, was Grand Duke of Lithuania beginning in 1377 and King of Poland from 1386 until his death.
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1461 Wars_of_the_Roses
Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
Series of civil wars in England (1455–1487)
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in the following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and campaigns fought for control of the English throne from 1455 to…
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1493 Christopher_Columbus
Explorer Christopher Columbus arrives back in Lisbon, Portugal, aboard his ship Niña from his voyage to what are now The Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean.
Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European…
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1519 Hernán_Cortés
Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
Spanish conquistador and explorer (1485–1547)
Hernán Cortés, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish conquistador, military commander, explorer, captain general, and writer who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large…
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1628 Massachusetts_Bay_Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal charter.
1628-1691 English colony in North America
The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1691), more formally the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, was an English settlement on the east coast of North America around Massachusetts Bay, one of the several colonies later…
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1665 Charles_II_of_England
English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands, marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685
Charles II was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
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1675 John_Flamsteed
John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
English astronomer (1646–1719)
John Flamsteed was an English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal.
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1681 William_Penn
Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
English writer and religious thinker (1644–1718)
William Penn was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania.
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1686 Dominican_Order
After being unofficially established as a settlement in 1678, the Dominican mission of Ilagan is founded in the Philippines.
Catholic mendicant order
The Order of Preachers, commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by the Castilian priest Dominic de Guzmán.
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1773 Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart departs Italy after the last of his three tours there.
Composer and musician (1756–1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a Classical composer and musician.
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1776 American_Revolutionary_War
American Revolutionary War: The Continental Army fortifies Dorchester Heights with cannon, leading the British troops to abandon the Siege of Boston.
1775–1783 conflict in North America
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence or simply the American Revolution, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American…
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1789 1st_United_States_Congress
In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect.
1789–91 meeting of the U.S. Congress
The 1st United States Congress, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives, met from March 4, 1789, to March 4, 1791, during the first two years of George Washington's presidency,…
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1790 Departments_of_France
France is divided into 83 départements, cutting across the former provinces in an attempt to dislodge regional loyalties based on ownership of land by the nobility.
Administrative subdivision in France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department is one of the three levels of government under the national level, between the administrative regions and the communes.
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1791 Vermont
Vermont is admitted to the United States as the fourteenth state.
U.S. state
Vermont is a landlocked state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.
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1794 Eleventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
The 11th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution is passed by the U.S. Congress.
The Eleventh Amendment is an amendment to the United States Constitution which was passed by Congress on March 4, 1794, and ratified by the states on February 7, 1795.
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1797 John_Adams
John Adams is inaugurated as the 2nd President of the United States of America, becoming the first President to begin his presidency on March 4.
Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801
John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain.
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1804 Castle_Hill_convict_rebellion
Castle Hill Rebellion: Irish convicts rebel against British colonial authority in the Colony of New South Wales.
1804 Australian revolt in New South Wales
The Castle Hill convict rebellion was a convict rebellion in Castle Hill, Sydney, then part of the British colony of New South Wales.
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1813 Cyril_VI_of_Constantinople
Cyril VI of Constantinople is elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
Encumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1813 to 1818
Cyril VI of Constantinople, lay name Konstantinos Serpentzoglou, was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople between the years 1813 and 1818.
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1814 War_of_1812
War of 1812: Americans defeat British forces at the Battle of Longwoods between London, Ontario and Thamesville, near present-day Wardsville, Ontario.
1812–1815 conflict in North America
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars.
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1837 Chicago
The city of Chicago is incorporated.
Most populous city in Illinois, US
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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1848 Charles_Albert_of_Sardinia
Carlo Alberto di Savoia signs the Statuto Albertino that will later represent the first constitution of the Regno d'Italia.
King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849
Charles Albert was the King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard state from 27 April 1831 until his abdication in 1849.
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1849 Zachary_Taylor
Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States of America and Millard Fillmore, 12th Vice President, did not take their respective oaths of office (they did so the following day), leading to the erroneous theory that outgoing President pro tempore of the United States Senate David Rice Atchison had assumed the role of acting president for one day.
President of the United States from 1849 to 1850
Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850.
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1861 Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War.
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1865 Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
The third and final national flag of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the Confederate Congress.
The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War.
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1865 Andrew_Johnson
U.S.
politician Andrew Johnson makes his drunk vice-presidential inaugural address in Washington, D.C.
Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. The 16th vice president, he assumed the presidency following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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1878 Pope_Leo_XIII
Pope Leo XIII reestablishes the Catholic Church in Scotland, recreating sees and naming bishops for the first time since 1603.
Head of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903
Pope Leo XIII was head of the Catholic Church from 1878 until his death in 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign and third-longest verified reign of any pope, behind those of St. Peter, Pius IX, and John Paul II.
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1882
Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
There have been two separate generations of trams in London, from 1860 to 1952 and from 2000 to the present. There were no trams at all in London between 1952 and 2000.
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1890 Forth_Bridge
The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 8,094 feet (2,467 m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
Railway bridge over the Firth of Forth in Scotland
The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, 9 miles west of central Edinburgh.
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1899 Cyclone_Mahina
Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39 ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inland, killing over 300.
Australian region cyclone in 1899
Cyclone Mahina was the deadliest cyclone in recorded Australian history, and also potentially the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere.
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1901 William_McKinley
William McKinley is inaugurated President of the United States for the second time; Theodore Roosevelt is vice president.
President of the United States from 1897 to 1901
William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.
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1908 Collinwood_school_fire
The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
Deadly 1908 fire in Collinwood, Ohio, US
The Collinwood school fire was a major disaster that occurred at the Lake View School in Collinwood, Ohio, when a fire erupted on March 4, 1908, killing 172 students, two teachers and one rescuer.
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1909 William_Howard_Taft
U.S.
President William Howard Taft uses what became known as a Saxbe fix, a mechanism to avoid the restriction of the U.S. Constitution's Ineligibility Clause, to appoint Philander C. Knox as U.S. Secretary of State.
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He is the only person to have held both offices.
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1913 First_Balkan_War
First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
1912–1913 war between the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire
The First Balkan War lasted from October 1912 to May 1913 and involved actions of the Balkan League against the Ottoman Empire.
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1913 United_States_Department_of_Labor
The United States Department of Labor is formed.
U.S. federal government department
The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.
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1917 Jeannette_Rankin
Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
First woman elected to U.S. Congress (1880–1973)
Jeannette Pickering Rankin was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S.
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1918 Camp_Funston
A case of influenza is recorded at Camp Funston, Kansas, conventionally marking the beginning of the worldwide Spanish flu pandemic.
US Army training camp in Fort Riley, Kansas
Camp Funston is a U.S. Army training camp located on the grounds of Fort Riley, southwest of Manhattan, Kansas. The camp was named for Brigadier General Frederick Funston (1865–1917).
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1933 Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Franklin D.
Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
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1933 United_States_Senate
The United States Senate confirms Frances Perkins as United States Secretary of Labor and she is sworn in the same day, making her the first female member of the United States Cabinet.
Upper house of the US Congress
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house.
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1933 Austrian_Parliament
The Parliament of Austria is suspended because of a quibble over procedure – Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss initiates an authoritarian rule by decree.
Bicameral federal legislature of Austria
The Austrian Parliament is the bicameral federal legislature of Austria. It consists of two chambers – the National Council and the Federal Council. In specific cases, both houses convene as the Federal Assembly.
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1941 World_War_II
World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands, the first large-scale British Commando raid.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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1943 Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea
World War II: The Battle of the Bismarck Sea in the south-west Pacific comes to an end.
1943 Allied attack on a Japanese convoy
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea took place in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during World War II when aircraft of the U.S.
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1943
World War II: The Battle of Fardykambos, one of the first major battles between the Greek Resistance and the occupying Royal Italian Army, begins.
It ends on 6 March with the surrender of an entire Italian battalion and the liberation of the town of Grevena.
The Battle of Fardykambos, also known as the Battle of Bougazi, was fought between the National Liberation Front (EAM-ELAS) of the Greek Resistance against the Italian troops during the Axis Occupation of Greece.
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1944
World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
1944 series of aerial bombings of German industry by the U.S. during WWII
Operation Argument, after the war dubbed Big Week, was a sequence of raids by the United States Army Air Forces and RAF Bomber Command from 20 to 25 February 1944, as part of the Combined Bomber Offensive against Nazi…
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1946 President_of_Finland
The sixth President of Finland, Gustaf Mannerheim, submits his resignation for health reasons.
Head of state
The president of the Republic of Finland is the head of state of Finland. The incumbent president is Alexander Stubb, since 1 March 2024. He was elected president for the first time in 2024.
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1955 Saimaa_ringed_seal
An order to protect the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is legalized.
Freshwater seal found in Finland
The Saimaa ringed seal is a species of seal. It is among the most endangered seals in the world, having a total population of only about 500 individuals.
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1957
The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
Large-cap American stock market index
The S&P 500 is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 leading companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States.
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1960 La_Coubre_explosion
The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
1960 deadly explosion of a French cargo ship in Havana, Cuba
The French freighter La Coubre exploded in the harbour of Havana, Cuba, on 4 March 1960 while it was unloading 76 tons of grenades and munitions. Seventy-five to 100 people were killed, and many were injured.
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1962 Caledonian_Airways
A Caledonian Airways Douglas DC-7 crashes shortly after takeoff from Cameroon, killing 111 – the worst crash of a DC-7.
Charter airline of the United Kingdom (1961–1970)
Caledonian Airways was a wholly private, independent charter airline in the United Kingdom formed in April 1961. It began with a single 104-seat Douglas DC-7C leased from the Belgian flag carrier Sabena.
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1966 Canadian_Pacific_Air_Lines
A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
Airline of Canada (1942–1987)
Canadian Pacific Air Lines was a Canadian airline that operated from 1942 to 1987. It operated under the name CP Air from 1968 to 1986.
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1966 The_Standard_(London_newspaper)
In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
British newspaper
The London Standard, branded online as The Standard and formerly known as the Evening Standard, is a long-established regional newspaper published weekly on Thursdays and distributed free of charge in London, England.
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1970 French_submarine_Eurydice_(S644)
French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
French submarine, 1964–1970
Eurydice was a French submarine, one of eleven of the Daphné class.
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1976 Northern_Ireland_Constitutional_Convention
The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland, resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London by the British parliament.
The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention (NICC) was an elected body set up in 1975 by the United Kingdom Labour government of Harold Wilson as an attempt to deal with constitutional issues surrounding the status…
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1977 1977_Vrancea_earthquake
The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in eastern and southern Europe kills more than 1,500, mostly in Bucharest, Romania.
Romanian earthquake
The 1977 Vrancea earthquake occurred on 4 March 1977, at 21:22 local time, and was felt throughout the Balkans.
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1980 Robert_Mugabe
Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
Leader of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 2017
Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017. He served as the country's first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as its second President from 1987 to 2017.
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1985 Food_and_Drug_Administration
The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.
Federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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1986 Soviet_Union
The Soviet Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet and the first images of its nucleus.
Country in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissolution in 1991.
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1990 Basketball
American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference tournament game.
Team sport
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players each oppose one another on a rectangular court. Players compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through a hoop at each end of the court.
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1990 Lennox_Sebe
Lennox Sebe, President for life of the South African Bantustan of Ciskei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by Brigadier Oupa Gqozo.
Chief minister and first president of Ciskei (1926–1994)
Lennox Leslie Wongama Ngweyesizwe Sebe was the chief minister of the Xhosa bantustan of Ciskei after its self-rule in 1972, and the nominally independent country's first president from 1983.
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1994 Space_Shuttle_program
Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-62.
1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S.
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1996 Weyauwega,_Wisconsin,_derailment
A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
1996 train accident in Wisconsin, U.S.
The Weyauwega derailment was a railroad accident that occurred in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, United States, in the early morning hours of March 4, 1996.
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1998 LGBTQ_rights_in_the_United_States
Gay rights: Oncale v.
Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.: 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.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights in the United States have developed over time, with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s.
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2001 2001_BBC_bombing
BBC bombing: A massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring one person; the attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
2001 Real IRA attack on the BBC headquarters in London
The 2001 BBC bombing was a bomb attack on the BBC's main news centre within BBC Television Centre, on Wood Lane in the White City area of West London.
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2002 War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
Afghanistan: Seven American Special Operations Forces soldiers and 200 Al-Qaeda Fighters are killed as American forces attempt to infiltrate the Shah-i-Kot Valley on a low-flying helicopter reconnaissance mission.
U.S Armed conflict in South Asia
The war in Afghanistan was a prolonged armed conflict lasting from 2001 to 2021.
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2012
A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
2012 deadly explosions in Congo
On 4 March 2012, a series of blasts occurred at an army arms dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo. At least 300 people were killed by the explosions.
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2015 2015_Zasyadko_mine_disaster
At least 34 miners die in a suspected gas explosion at the Zasyadko coal mine in the rebel-held Donetsk region of Ukraine.
Deadly coal mine explosion in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
On 4 March 2015, at around 05:20 local time, there was a mining accident at the Zasyadko coal mine in rebel-held Eastern Ukraine. It is suspected to have been caused by a gas explosion.
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2018 MI6
Former MI6 spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter are poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England, causing a diplomatic uproar that results in mass-expulsions of diplomats from all countries involved.
British foreign intelligence agency
The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6, is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence on foreign…
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2020 Nik_Wallenda
Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to walk over the Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua.
American acrobat (born 1979)
Nikolas Wallenda is an American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, high wire artist, and author. He is known for his high-wire performances without a safety net.
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