March 4
It's March 4th
On this day in 1519 – Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
In 1769 – Mozart departed Italy after the last of his three tours there.
In 1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated.
In 1882 – Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
In 1890 – 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.
In 1966 – In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
In 1986 – Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet.
In 1994 - Space Shuttle Columbia is launched.
In 1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
Birthdays:
Suzanna Choffel
Will Keen
as Woodville in Dead Shot
Patsy Kensit
on Tubi
Evan Dando
Grand Puba
Stacy Edwards
as Peggy Bell in "Spontaneous Combustion"
Jason Newsted
Steven Weber
Mykelti Williams
as F.B.I. Agent Jones in "Hollow's Grove"
Agustí Villaronga
Peter Kuhfeld
Chris Rea
Pete Haycock
James Ellroy
"Killer on the Road"
"Dick Contino's Blues and Other Stories"
Jan Garbarek
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
on the Internet Archive
Haile Gerima
"Harvest, 3000 Years"
Bobby Womack
Dieter Meier
David Matthews
Adrian Lyne
John Hancock
Paula Printiss
on Tubi
Barney Wilen
Barbara McNair
as Rita in "Venus in Furs"
on Tubi
Miriam Makeba
Alan Sillitoe
"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"
"The Death of William Posters"
"Collected Stories"
David Thayer
in "Dark Shadows - The Vampire Curse"
in "Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon"
Don Rendell
Joan Greenwood
as Gwendolin Fairfax in "The Importance of Being Ernest"
on Tubi
Alan McNaughtan
as British officer in "Children of the Damned"
as Kleve in "Frankenstein Created Woman"
William Alland
John Garfield
on the Internet Archive
on Tubi
Afro Basaldella
"Untitled"
Thomas Shaw
Edgar Barrier
as Grieg in "To the Ends of the Earth"
on Tubi
Avery Fisher
John Scarne
"Magician and gambling expert John Scarne demonstrates methods for cheating at cards."
Exposé of Slight of Hand"
Dorothy Mackaill
on the Internet Archive
Herbert Biberman
Peter Illing
as Panitov in "Innocents in Paris"
William Payne
"Hovel near Yolmton, Devon"
Henry Raeburn
"The Archers"
Kanō Tan'yū
On this day in 1519 – Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth.
In 1769 – Mozart departed Italy after the last of his three tours there.
In 1837 – The city of Chicago is incorporated.
In 1882 – Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
In 1890 – 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.
In 1966 – In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
In 1986 – Vega 1 begins returning images of Halley's Comet.
In 1994 - Space Shuttle Columbia is launched.
In 1998 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that federal laws banning on-the-job sexual harassment also apply when both parties are the same sex.
Birthdays:
Suzanna Choffel
Will Keen
as Woodville in Dead Shot
Patsy Kensit
on Tubi
Evan Dando
Grand Puba
Stacy Edwards
as Peggy Bell in "Spontaneous Combustion"
Jason Newsted
Steven Weber
Mykelti Williams
as F.B.I. Agent Jones in "Hollow's Grove"
Agustí Villaronga
Peter Kuhfeld
Chris Rea
Pete Haycock
James Ellroy
"Killer on the Road"
"Dick Contino's Blues and Other Stories"
Jan Garbarek
Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
on the Internet Archive
Haile Gerima
"Harvest, 3000 Years"
Bobby Womack
Dieter Meier
David Matthews
Adrian Lyne
John Hancock
Paula Printiss
on Tubi
Barney Wilen
Barbara McNair
as Rita in "Venus in Furs"
on Tubi
Miriam Makeba
Alan Sillitoe
"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"
"The Death of William Posters"
"Collected Stories"
David Thayer
in "Dark Shadows - The Vampire Curse"
in "Dead of Night: A Darkness at Blaisedon"
Don Rendell
Joan Greenwood
as Gwendolin Fairfax in "The Importance of Being Ernest"
on Tubi
Alan McNaughtan
as British officer in "Children of the Damned"
as Kleve in "Frankenstein Created Woman"
William Alland
John Garfield
on the Internet Archive
on Tubi
Afro Basaldella
"Untitled"
Thomas Shaw
Edgar Barrier
as Grieg in "To the Ends of the Earth"
on Tubi
Avery Fisher
John Scarne
"Magician and gambling expert John Scarne demonstrates methods for cheating at cards."
Exposé of Slight of Hand"
Dorothy Mackaill
on the Internet Archive
Herbert Biberman
Peter Illing
as Panitov in "Innocents in Paris"
William Payne
"Hovel near Yolmton, Devon"
Henry Raeburn
"The Archers"
Kanō Tan'yū
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