March 04
1789
The Constitution of the United States went into effect.
1791
Vermont became the 14th state in the United States.
1861
Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as president.
1917
Jeannette Rankin took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
1933
Frances Perkins, appointed Secretary of Labor, became first woman to serve in the Cabinet.
1994
Four Muslim fundamentalists were found guilty in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York.
1999
Retired Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun died in Arlington, Va., at age 90.
Birthdays
Casimir Pulaski
1748–1779, Polish General.
Henry the Navigator
prince (1394)
Antonio Vivaldi
composer (1675)
Knute Rockne
football coach (1888)
Miriam Makeba
singer (1932)