March 4th, 1942

Born on March 4th, 1942

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

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What 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.

March 4th, 1837

Chicago was incorporated as a city.

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

Born on March 4th, 1942

82

Zorán Sztevanovity

Serbian-Hungarian recording artist; musician

*March 4th, 1942, Belgrade

82

Juan Oleniak

Argentine footballer

*March 4th, 1942, Buenos Aires

82

Lynn Sherr

American writer

*March 4th, 1942, Philadelphia

82

James Gustave Speth

American environmental lawyer and advocate

*March 4th, 1942, Orangeburg

82

Charles C. Krulak

31st Commandant of the Marine Corps

*March 4th, 1942, Quantico

82

Henryk Waniek

Polish painter

*March 4th, 1942, Oświęcim

82

Riccardo Sogliano

Italian footballer

*March 4th, 1942, Alessandria

82

David Matthews

American musician (1942–)

*March 4th, 1942, Sonora

82

Gloria Gaither

American gospel songwriter, author & scholar

*March 4th, 1942, Battle Creek

82

Maria Baciu

Romanian poet, professor, and literary critic. She also writes novels, for adults as well as children

*March 4th, 1942, Cernești

82

Sibylle Schindler

German actress

*March 4th, 1942, Frankfurt

82

Günther Mensching

German philosopher

*March 4th, 1942, Bonn

82

Franz Kleber

German skeleton racer

*March 4th, 1942, Munich

82

Massimo Castellani

Italian film director

*March 4th, 1942, Rome

82

Jochen Bender

German athletics competitor

*March 4th, 1942, Frankfurt

82

Tom Rockmore

American philosopher

*March 4th, 1942, New York City

65

George Kingsley Acquah

Former Chief Justice of Ghana

*March 4th, 1942, Sekondi-Takoradi †March 25th, 2007, Accra

71

Jock Young

British sociologist and criminologist (1942-2013)

*March 4th, 1942, Midlothian †November 16th, 2013, New York City

75

Bob Wootton

American guitarist (1942-2017)

*March 4th, 1942, Paris †April 9th, 2017, Gallatin

64

Hans-Joachim Paproth

German ethnologist (1942-2007)

*March 4th, 1942, Königsberg †January 24th, 2007, Wangen im Allgäu

82

Irene Whittome

Canadian artist

*March 4th, 1942, Vancouver

81

Ernst Behringer

German politician

*March 4th, 1942, Schönenberg †March 11th, 2023

66

Emil B. Pielke

American lawyer and politician

*March 4th, 1942, Baltimore †June 6th, 2008, Towson

82

Reg Barton

English footballer (born 1942)

*March 4th, 1942, Chester

82

Horst Stemke

American soccer player-coach

*March 4th, 1942, Lubin

82

Ross Dunning

Australian railway executive

*March 4th, 1942, Nambour

82

Stephen Blum

American scholar and musician

*March 4th, 1942, East Cleveland

82

Eleanor Millard

Canadian writer and politician

*March 4th, 1942, North Vancouver

82

Ivan Karetnikov

Russian swimmer

*March 4th, 1942, Volgograd

66

Gervais Poirot

French skier

*March 4th, 1942, La Bresse †June 5th, 2008, Gérardmer

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81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

63

Steven Weber

American actor (1961-)

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

40

Juliette Armanet

French singer

*March 4th, 1984, Lille

61

Daniel Roebuck

American actor and writer

*March 4th, 1963, Bethlehem

84

Brunella Bovo

Italian actress

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

60

Linda French

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1964, Elmhurst

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

76

James Ellroy

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, memoirist

*March 4th, 1948, Los Angeles

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

41

Michelle Butler-Emmett

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1983, Durban

93

Henri de Contenson

French archaeologist

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

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

73

Kenny Dalglish

Scottish association football player and manager

*March 4th, 1951, Glasgow

30

Caroline Black

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1994, Lisburn

29

Jennifer Karnott

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1995, Birkesdorf

77

Richard Benjamin Harrison

American pawnbroker and television personality (1941-2018)

*March 4th, 1941, Danville †June 25th, 2018, Las Vegas

86

Alpha Condé

President of Guinea from 2010 to 2021

*March 4th, 1938, Boké

69

Dominique Pinon

French actor

*March 4th, 1955, Saumur

80

Glen Baxter

Artist

*March 4th, 1944, Leeds

92

Bernard Haitink

Dutch conductor and violinist (1929-2021)

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

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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