March 4th, 1909

Born on March 4th, 1909

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 4th, 1909?

March 4th, 1909

U.S. President William Taft used 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.

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What else happened on March 4th?

March 4th, 1773

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart departed Italy after the last of his three journeys there.

March 4th, 0852

Trpimir I, the founder of the Trpimirović dynasty of Croatia, issued a document that contains the first known use of the name Croats.

March 4th, 2017

Construction began on a 69-metre (226 ft) statue of the Buddha at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen in Bangkok.

March 4th, 2009

President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan was indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the War in Darfur.

March 4th, 2007

Fourteen-year-old English schoolgirl Charlotte Shaw drowned on Dartmoor, becoming the first person to die in connection with the annual Ten Tors challenge.

March 4th, 1990

College basketball player Hank Gathers died after collapsing during a West Coast Conference tournament semifinal game in Los Angeles.

March 4th, 1987

U.S. president Ronald Reagan made a nationally televised address in which he accepted full responsibility for illegal actions in the Iran–Contra affair.

March 4th, 1979

The space probe Voyager 1 discovered the rings of Jupiter, the third ring system to be discovered in the Solar System, after those of Saturn and Uranus.

March 4th, 1966

During an interview, John Lennon of the Beatles argued that the band had become "more popular than Jesus".

March 4th, 1943

The Holocaust: Almost all Jews in Bulgarian-occupied Western Thrace were deported to Treblinka extermination camp to be killed.

March 4th, 1941

Second World War: British Commandos successfully executed a raid on the Lofoten Islands in German-occupied Norway.

March 4th, 1933

Frances Perkins was appointed United States Secretary of Labor, making her the first female member of the Cabinet.

March 4th, 1918

A case of influenza was recorded at Camp Funston, Kansas, conventionally marking the beginning of the Spanish flu pandemic.

March 4th, 1890

The Forth Bridge, a railway bridge connecting Edinburgh to Fife over the Firth of Forth, opened, eventually becoming an internationally recognised Scottish landmark.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 4th

Born on March 4th, 1909

87

Harry Helmsley

American businessman (1909-1997)

*March 4th, 1909, Scottsdale †January 4th, 1997, Scottsdale

86

Bertil von Wachenfeldt

Swedish athletics competitor

*March 4th, 1909, Storvik †September 30th, 1995, Gothenburg

85

Michael Schneider

Organist and choir director from Germany

*March 4th, 1909, Weimar †November 26th, 1994, Cologne

84

Vladimir Barmin

Soviet scientist

*March 4th, 1909, Moscow †July 17th, 1993, Moscow

77

George Edward Holbrook

American engineer

*March 4th, 1909, St. Louis †February 26th, 1987

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 4th?

63

Steven Weber

American actor (1961-)

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

40

Juliette Armanet

French singer

*March 4th, 1984, Lille

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

*March 4th, 1932, Padua †February 21st, 2017, Rome

61

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

93

Henri de Contenson

French archaeologist

*March 4th, 1926, 16th arrondissement of Paris †September 8th, 2019, 16th arrondissement of Paris

60

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

84

Rudolf Hanauer

German politician

*March 4th, 1908, Mellrichstadt †December 29th, 1992, Herrsching am Ammersee

41

Michelle Butler-Emmett

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1983, Durban

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

30

Caroline Black

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1994, Lisburn

29

Jennifer Karnott

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1995, Birkesdorf

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

96

Halim El-Dabh

American composer (1921-2017)

*March 4th, 1921, El-Sakakini †September 2nd, 2017, Kent

39

John Garfield

American actor (1913–1952)

*March 4th, 1913, New York City †May 21st, 1952, New York City

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

92

Bernard Haitink

Dutch conductor and violinist (1929-2021)

*March 4th, 1929, Amsterdam †October 21st, 2021, London

73

Kenny Dalglish

Scottish association football player and manager

*March 4th, 1951, Glasgow

28

Ekaterina Kut

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1996, Orekhovo-Zuyevo

27

Lu Chia-Hung

Taiwanese badminton player

*March 4th, 1997, Kaohsiung

Same year
Born in 1909

72

Dorothy Walton

Badminton player

*August 7th, 1909, Swift Current †October 17th, 1981, Toronto

69

Walter Arnold

German sculptor and politician (1909-1979)

*August 27th, 1909, Leipzig †July 11th, 1979, Dresden

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

80

Peter von Blanckenhagen

Baltic-german-american archaeologist

*March 21st, 1909, Riga †March 6th, 1990, New York City

80

Hermann Bengtson

German historian

*July 2nd, 1909, Ratzeburg †November 2nd, 1989, Munich

85

Jessica Tandy

British-American actress (1909–1994)

*June 7th, 1909, London †September 11th, 1994, Fairfield County

82

Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

*October 28th, 1909, Dublin †April 28th, 1992, Madrid

87

Alain Poher

French politician (1909-1996)

*April 17th, 1909, Ablon-sur-Seine †December 9th, 1996, Paris

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

73

Isa Miranda

Italian actress (1905-1982)

*July 5th, 1909, Milan †July 8th, 1982, Rome

65

U Thant

Third Secretary-General of the United Nations (1909-1974)

*January 22nd, 1909, Pantanaw †November 25th, 1974, New York City

62

Kwame Nkrumah

Ghanaian pan-Africanist and the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana (1909-1972)

*September 21st, 1909, Nkroful †April 27th, 1972, Bucharest

103

Rita Levi-Montalcini

Italian neurologist (1909-2012)

*April 22nd, 1909, Turin †December 30th, 2012, Nomentano

106

Hans Erni

Swiss painter and engraver (1909-2015)

*February 21st, 1909, Lucerne †March 21st, 2015, Lucerne

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

108

Jacques Clemens

Belgian priest

*July 11th, 1909, The Hague †March 7th, 2018, Loverval

89

Gratien Gélinas

Canadian author, playwright, actor, director, producer and administrator

*December 8th, 1909, Mauricie †March 16th, 1999, Deux-Montagnes

104

Frits Thors

Dutch television presenter

*September 13th, 1909, Amsterdam †April 19th, 2014, Laren

53

Hans-Heinrich Sievert

German decathlete (1909-1963)

*December 1st, 1909, Gut Grittern †April 5th, 1963, Eutin

34

Simone Weil

(1909-1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, writer and social activist

*February 3rd, 1909, Paris †August 24th, 1943, Ashford

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Public holidays on March 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 4th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1909 is a normal year and no leap year.

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