March 4 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for March 4
In the headlines today:

1999	Retired US Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, author of a 1973 decision legalizing abortion, dies in Arlington, VA, at age 90.
1999	A military jury in North Carolina clears a Marine pilot of reckless endangerment charges when his jet severed a gondola cable in the Alps, sending 20 people to their deaths.
1989	Time and Warner Communications announce a planned merger to form the world's largest media and entertainment company.
1952	Movie star and future US president Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis. (photo credit: NARA)
1933	Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for his first term as US president.
1921	Warren G. Harding is sworn in as the 29th US president.
1902	The American Automobile Association is founded in Chicago.
1861	Abraham Lincoln is sworn in as US president.
1801	Thomas Jefferson becomes the first US president inaugurated in Washington, DC.
1791	Vermont becomes the 13th state to join the US.
1634	Proprietor Samuel Cole opens the first tavern in Boston.